Contributor Role

Contributor Role

MODS Element: name

Definition

The role of a person, organization, or event (conference, meeting, etc.) associated in some way with the resource.

Form option

Role / Papel = drop down menu (contains both English and Spanish Role Terms)

Repeatable

Yes (as a child of Contributor)

Form Required?

Required (at least 1 role per contributor) (as a child of Contributor)

AILLA Required?

Required (at least 1 role per contributor) (as a child of Contributor)

Subelement/Attribute Name

Definition/Description

Examples

XPath Syntax

Dublin Core

Role

Subelement

A term(s) that designates the role of the entity recorded in Contributor(s) in relation to the resource

 

mods:name/mods:role

 

Role term

Subelement

Contains the textual form and attributes of a role

 

mods:role/mods:roleTerm

 

Type

Indicates that the role is expressed in textual form

text

mods:roleTerm[@type="text"]

to be added

Language

Specifies the language using the codes from ISO 639-2/b

eng

AND

spa

mods:roleTerm[@language="eng"]

AND

mods:roleTerm[@language="spa"]

 

Authority

The name of the authoritative list for a controlled value is recorded here.

aillaRoleTerms

mods:roleTerm[@authority="aillaRoleTerms"]

 

XML

<name>

    <role>

        <roleTerm type="text" lang="eng" authority="aillaRoleTerms">Actor, performer</roleTerm>

    </role>

    <role>

        <roleTerm type="text" lang="spa" authority="aillaRoleTerms">Actor, Acrtriz</roleTerm>

    </role>

</name>