Metadata Object Description Schema: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:19, 5 October 2012

Revision as of 12:46, 12 October 2012

Line 6:

}}

The '''Metadata Object Description Schema''' (MODS) is an [[Extensible Markup Language|XML]]-based bibliographic description schema developed by the [[United States]] [[Library of Congress]]' Network Development and Standards Office. MODS was designed as a compromise between the complexity of the [[MARC standards|MARC]] format used by libraries and the extreme simplicity of [[Dublin Core]] metadata.

Line 14 ⟶ 13:

===History and development===

MODS was first announced for trial use in June, 2002. As of June 2010 it is at version 3.4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presentations.ala.org/images/1/1f/Riley.pdf |title= MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions |accessdate=2011-08-01}}</ref>.

The number of users of MODS is unknown. Implementers are encouraged to register their uses of MODS in the [http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/registry.php implementation registry] on the official MODS website. To date there are about 35 projects listed in the registry, although it is assumed that many others are making use of the standard. Users are primarily operating in the area of [[digital libraries]], and some of the registered uses are in [[digital library]] projects at the [[Library of Congress]].

Line 32 ⟶ 31:

=== Maintenance board ===

Revisions to the schema are suggested and discussed on the [http://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/mods.html MODS listserv], and approved by the MODS Editorial Committee. The MODS/MADS Editorial Committee is an international group of volunteers responsible for maintaining editorial control over MODS and MADS and their accompanying documentation as well as for the MODS and MADS XML schemas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/editorial-committee.html |title= MODS/MADS Editorial Committee |accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref>. The [[Library of Congress]] carries out the application of approved changes to the schema and maintains the official web site for the standard. There is no formal standards body involved in the MODS schema at this time.

==See also==

Line 45 ⟶ 44:

==External links==

* {{Official website|http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/}}

* [http://www.loc.gov/listarch/mods.html MODS listserv Site]