Priya,
The @authority and @id should identifies the category of the data
contained in the subject/topic elements. When you write the XSL for
transforming the data for display you should be able to transform
@authority="local" + @ID="xxx" to the corresponding name of the subject
category. Or am I missing the gist of your question?
Best wishes,
Linda
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----- Original Message -----
From: Prajakta Vaidya <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:49 am
Subject: [MODS] Representing metadata using MODS
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to represent some metadata terms using MODS for which
> I was
> currently using the MODS:Subject element. The metadata I am trying to
> represent belongs to distinct categories such as Ethnic Group, Theme,
> Instrument Type, Performance Technique, etc. The values for these
> fieldswill be populated using existing lists of controlled
> vocabulary where
> appropriate or else locally defined values.
>
> Using the MODS Subject field, I am representing this information as
> follows:
> <mods:subject authority="local" ID="CV1 ">
> <mods:topic>Ethnic_Group_Value</mods:topic>
> </mods:subject>
>
> <mods:subject authority="local" ID="CV2">
> <mods:topic>Instrument_Type_Value</mods:topic>
> </mods:subject>
>
> <mods:subject authority="local" ID="CV3">
> <mods:topic>Analytic_Theme_Value</mods:topic>
> </mods:subject>
>
> <mods:subject authority="local" ID="CV4">
> <mods:topic>Instrument_Type_Value</mods:topic>
> </mods:subject>
>
> However, representing the metadata as shown above, I cannot capture
> information about the category of the data contained in the subject
> elements.
>
> Is this a correct representation or should I be using some other
> elementsin MODS to represent this data? It would have been nice to
> have a type
> attribute with the Subject element or maybe a DisplayLabel so that
> whenthe information is retrieved, it can be displayed as belonging
> to a
> certain category.
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Prajakta Vaidya
>
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