The current version of MODS is available both through a version specific
URL (http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd) as well as a
more generic URL (http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods.xsd). Can
users count on the more generic URL always pointing to the most recent
version of the MODS schema that is backwards compatible through version
3.1? (I believe that there is a break in compatibility between version
3.0 and 3.1). Or, to phrase the question a little differently, if a new
version of the MODS schema was produced that was not backwards
compatible with versions 3.1-3.3, would it replace the 3.3 schema that
is now available via the generic URL
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods.xsd? I am asking this because of
its implications for how the schemaLocation in mods instances should be
set up.
Thanks,
Rick Beaubien
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Rick Beaubien
Software Engineer, Research and Development
U.C. Berkeley Library
Contact information:
505-466-6630
88 Herrada Rd
Santa Fe, NM 87508
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