MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="description" content="An output of the Research Data Alliance Metadata Standards Directory Working Group"> <link href="/metadata-directory/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="/metadata-directory/css/hc.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.0.3/css/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet">   <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-59116315-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </head> <body> <div class="nav-toggle"><i class="fa fa-bars fa-2x"></i>Metadata Standards Directory</div> <div id = "wrapper">  <div class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation"> <div class="container"> <div class="navbar-header"> <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <p class="navbar-brand">Metadata Standards Directory</p> </div> <div class="navbar-collapse collapse"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav"> <li> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/standards/mods.md">Edit this page</a> </li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/standards/">View the standards</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/extensions/">View the extensions</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/tools/">View the tools</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/use_cases/">View the use cases</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/subjects/">Browse by subject areas</a></li>  </ul> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="sidebar-wrapper"> <ul class="sidebar-nav"> <li class="sidebar-brand"> <h1 class="brand"><a href="/metadata-directory/">Metadata Standards Directory</a></h1> </li> <hr />  <li><a href="/metadata-directory/standards/">View the standards</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/extensions/">View the extensions</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/tools/">View the tools</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/use_cases/">View the use cases</a></li> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/subjects/">Browse by subject areas</a></li> <hr /> <li><a href="/metadata-directory/about/">How contributing worked</a></li>  <hr /> <div id="social-wrapper"> <li> <a href="http://www.github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory"><i class="fa fa-github-square"></i> github</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/resdatall"><i class="fa fa-twitter-square"></i> @twitter</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=272003890&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile"><i class="fa fa-linkedin-square"></i> linkedin</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Research-Data-Alliance/459608890798924"><i class="fa fa-facebook-square"></i> facebook</a></li> </div> </ul> </div>  <div class="container"> <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert"> <div class="media"> <div class="pull-left"> <span class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle fa-2x"></span> </div> <div class="media-body"> This directory has been superseded by the <a href="https://rdamsc.bath.ac.uk/">RDA Metadata Standards Catalog</a> and is no longer maintained. </div> </div> </div> <h1>MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)</h1> <p><p>The Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is a bibliographic metadata standard implemented in XML. It reimplements a subset of the elements of MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) using language-based tags instead of numeric ones, and groups them somewhat differently. It is intended both as a simplified version of MARC 21 and as a richer alternative to Dublin Core for applications such as metadata syndication/harvesting and the documentation of digital information packages.</p><p>It was developed in 2002 by the Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office along with a group of interested experts.</p> </p> <h2>Summary <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/standards/mods.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </h2> <dl> <dt>Standard Website</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/">http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/</a></dd> <dt>Specification</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-schemas.html">http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-schemas.html</a></dd> <dt>Sponsors</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a></dd> <dt>Contact</dt> <dd><a href="mailto:ndmso@loc.gov">Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office</a></dd> <dt>Standard Update Date</dt> <dd>2018-01-04</dd> <dt>Related Vocabularies</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/">Library of Congress Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes</a></dd> <dt>Mappings</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-mapping-3-6.html">MARC 21 (to MODS v.3.6)</a></dd> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods2marc-mapping-3-5.html">MARC 21 (from MODS v.3.5)</a></dd> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/dcsimple-mods.html">Dublin Core (to MODS vv.3.2-3.5)</a></dd> <dd><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-dcsimple.html">Dublin Core (from MODS v.3.5)</a></dd> <dt>Subjects</dt> <dd> <a href="/metadata-directory/subjects/general.html">General Research Data</a> </dd> <dt>Disciplines</dt> <dd> <a href="/metadata-directory/subjects/multi-disciplinary.html">Multi-disciplinary</a> </dd> </dl> <h2>Extensions <a href="../extensions/add.html" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Add</a> </h2> <dl> </dl> <h2>Tools <a href="../tools/add.html" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Add</a> </h2> <dl> </dl> <h2>Use Cases <a href="../use_cases/add.html" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Add</a> </h2> <dl> <dt> <a href="https://www.dri.ie/">The Digital Repository of Ireland</a> <a href="https://github.com/rd-alliance/metadata-directory/edit/gh-pages/use_cases/DRI.md" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" role="button"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> Edit</a> </dt> <dd><p>Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a national trusted digital repository (TDR) for Ireland鈥檚 social and cultural data. 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