Quick Overview of MODS and Dublin Core

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Quick Overview of MODS and Dublin Core

• Introduction to METS
• September 29, 2006
• Caldwell/Yott

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Dublin Core

• First developed in 1995 in Dublin, Ohio
• Originally developed to supplement existing
  methods for searching and indexing web-based
  metadata
• Unqualified and qualified DC
• Version 1.1

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Dublin Core elements

• Title
• Creator
• Subject
• Description
• Publisher
• Contributor
• Date
• Type

• Format
• Identifier
• Source
• Language
• Relation
• Coverage
• Rights

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MODS

• Metadata Object Description Schema
• Simpler than MARC richer than DC
• Simple and complex tags
• Hierarchical structure

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MODS elements

• Title info
• Name
• Type of resource
• Genre
• Origin info
• Language
• Physical description
• Abstract
• Table of contents
• Target audience

• Note
• Subject
• Classification
• Related item
• Identifier
• Location
• Access condition
• Part
• Extension
• Record info