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Behalf Of Christoph Schmidt-Supprian
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:50 AM
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Subject: [MODS] LCSH rules and MODS <geographic>
Hi,
are there any 'best practice' guidelines for geographic subdivisions in
MODS
when using subjects from LCSH? Specifically, is anyone following the
LCSH
rule of indirect geographic subdivision?
I am referring to the rule that transforms a geographic main heading,
such
as "Halkyn Mountain (Wales)", into two geographic entities when used as
a
subdivision: Wales--Halkyn Mountain. (Example taken from:
http://www.tulane.edu/~techserv/geogqual.html#subdbasic)
So if the subject is "gorse on the Halkyn Mountain", do I represent it
in
MODS as
1) <subject authority="lcsh"><topic>Gorse</topic><geographic>Halkyn
Mountain
(Wales)</geographic></subject>, or
2) <subject
authority="lcsh"><topic>Gorse</topic><geographic>Wales</geographic><geog
raphic>Halkyn
Mountain</geographic></subject>, or
3) <subject
authority="lcsh"><topic>Gorse</topic><hierarchicalGeographic><state>Wale
s</state><area>Halkyn
Mountain</area></hierarchicalGeographic></subject>?
Obviously, there are implications for maintaining local authority files
and
validating the records (easiest in the case of 1., but this is does not
strictly speaking produce a pure LCSH subject string), as well as for
creating browsable subject lists as a finding aid (whereby 2. and 3.
collate
subjects much better according to geographic area).
I have been wrecking my head with this problems for quite some time now
and
would love to hear whether (and how!) anyone else has tried to tackle
this
problem in MODS!
Thanks,
Christoph
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Christoph Schmidt-Supprian
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive Project,
James Joyce Library,
UCD,
Belfield,
Dublin 4.
(t) 01 716 7506
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