MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directionsJenn RileyMetadata Librarian, Indiana University Digital Library ProgramChair, MODS/MADS Editorial Committee

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What’s new with MODS?

•MODS 3.4 Schema released June 2010•MODS/MADS Editorial Committee

currently considering overall direction for MODS 4.0

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Some changes in MODS 3.4 (1)

•Support for RDA descriptions▫<name type=“family”>▫More values for the <issuance> element▫Many new note types in User Guidelines

• Better handling of subject vocabularies• Specify vocabulary at relevant <subject>

subelements• Specify vocabulary used by URI• Specify term used by URI

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Some changes in MODS 3.4 (2)

•Better support for multilingual cataloging▫Explicit indication of the script used in a

resource▫Ability to link translations and

transliterations through a shared attribute▫Expanded use of the lang, xml:lang, script

and transliteration attributes•Expanded use of the usage attribute

▫Could be used to indicate main entry•Expanded use of the displayLabel attribute

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Some changes in MODS 3.4 (3)

•Ability to bind a specific name to a title to create a Uniform title

•The ability to mark selected elements as containing cataloger-supplied data

•Various changes to make the Schema itself more consistent, easier to manage and of greater utility to other applications importing elements from the MODS namespace

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Considerations for MODS 4.0

•More formal data model?•RDF representation?•How can we encourage Linked Data

implementations?

What direction should we go? Tell us! Conversation happening on the MODS

listserv.Find it at http://www.loc.gov/mods/

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Speakers in this session

•Bill Leonard, Library and Archives Canada

•Sally McCallum and Rebecca Guenther, Library of Congress

•Amanda Harlan, Baylor University•Karen Miller, Northwestern University

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