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Required MODS form fields

Required MODS form fields

Nov 14, 2022
[ 1 Digital Asset Level ] [ 2 Collection Level ]

MultiExcerpt Include

Digital Asset Level

  • Contributor—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <name>

    Short definition: Person, organization, or event (conference, meeting, etc.) associated in some way with the resource.

  • Creation, Issuance, Copyright date—

    REQUIRED

    MODS Element name: <originInfo><dateCreated> (Creation date) or <originInfo><dateIssued> (Issuance date); <originInfo><copyrightDate> (Copyright date)

    Short definition: Information about the original creation, publication or copyright date of the resource (adapted from MODS standard). An asset's metadata need to contain either a Creation date or an Issuance date. If both dates are present, the asset cannot be published to the Collections portal.

  • Description—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <abstract>

    Short definition: A summary of the content of the resource.

  • File Format—

    REQUIRED

    MODS Element name: <physicalDescription><internetMediaType>

    Short definition: The electronic file format type/extension of the object.

  • Language—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <language>

    Short definition: A designation of the language in which the content of a resource is expressed.

  • MODS Language of Cataloging—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <recordInfo><languageOfCataloging>

    Short definition: The language of the text of the cataloging in the MODS record.

  • MODS Record Content Source—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE

    MODS Element name: <recordInfo><recordContentSource>

    Short definition: Name of the organization, unit or entity that either created or modified the original metadata record.

  • Repository—

    REQUIRED MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <location><physicalLocation>

    Short definition: The institution or repository that holds the original resource or where it is available.

  • Rights—

    REQUIRED

    MODS Element name: <accessCondition>

    Short definition: Indication of rights relating to access and use of a resource.

  • Subject: Topic—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <subject><topic>

    Short definition: Topic the described resource is about.

  • Title—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element: <titleInfo>

    Short definition: Name given to the resource to be described.

  • Type of Resource—

    REQUIRED

    MODS Element name: <typeOfResource>

    Short definition: A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource.

Collection Level

  • Contributor (Collections)—

    see Contributor(s)

  • Description (Collections)—

    see Description

  • MODS Language of Cataloging (Collections)—

    see MODS Language of Cataloging

  • MODS Record Content Source(s) (Collections)—

    see MODS Record Content Source

  • Repository (Collections)—

    see Repository

    A digital Collection in the DAMS can hold digitally reformatted versions of objects from multiple physical locations/repositories. Therefore the Repository statement in a Collection's metadata is repeatable.

  • Title (Collections)—

    see Title

    The Title statement of a DAMS Collection is not repeatable.

  • Type of Resource (Collections)—

    see Type of Resource

    When adding a Collection to the DAMS, the MODS XML element typeOfResource in the Collection metadata will automatically receive a collection="yes" attribute.