You're right, I actually meant to send this to the MODS list but got
my wires crossed, sorry about that!  Switching over...

Arwen

On 7/21/06, Rebecca S. Guenther <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You can submit information to us to add the sources to the source code
> list. We would need title, organization responsible, and publication data
> including a URL for access if there is one.
>
> (Maybe this should have gone to the MODS list.)
>
> Rebecca
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> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, a hutt wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I'm in the process of mapping a collection of locally created legacy
> > metadata into MODS (well, the descriptive metadata is going into
> > MODS).  The materials described are all related to the study of
> > oceanography and because of this specialization, there are several
> > discipline specific authority sources used for subject terms which are
> > not listed in the source code list referenced from the MODS guidelines
> > (http://www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/subject/subjectsource.html).
> >
> > For example, the International Hydrographic Organization Limits of
> > Oceans and Seas:
> > http://ioc.unesco.org/oceanteacher/oceanteacher2/01_GlobOcToday/03_GeopolOc/OceansSeas.htm
> >
> > Also less domain specific, but still unlisted, the Alexandria Digital
> > Library Gazetteer:
> > http://middleware.alexandria.ucsb.edu/client/gaz/adl/index.jsp
> >
> > My question is: is there a good (or "less bad") way of referencing
> > authority sources that are not included in the MARC source code list?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Arwen
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> > Arwen Hutt
> > Metadata Specialist
> > Geisel Library
> > University of California, San Diego
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