I think a relatedItem type specific to datasets is too narrow in scope for the types of material that may accompany a digital object being deposited in a repository. If a set of files for a computer program is the thing being deposited and it comes with a manual, could one use a relatedItem type to associate the text manual with the software program? Or is there another way to do this in MODS?

Thanks,
Shelley

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rebecca Guenther" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:49:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [MODS] MODS relatedItem to associate datasets with research publications
> 
> The MODS Editorial Committee will consider this a proposal and discuss adding
> another type value to relatedItem.  As you say, such a property is in
> BIBFRAME.
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> Rebecca Squire Guenther
> Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office
> Washington, DC
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Metadata Object Description Schema List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Simone Sacchi
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MODS] MODS relatedItem to associate datasets with research
> publications
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We are using MODS as the metadata schema for our digital repository, Academic
> Commons.  AC contains the scholarly work from Columbia faculty, students,
> and staff of Columbia University. Increasingly, we are receiving data files
> along with the research publication (e.g. a conference paper).  We would
> like to describe these related files in a relatedItem section of the main
> record, but none of the existing relatedItem types appears to fit this case.
> 
> The existing types are:
> 
> "host"
> "isReferencedBy"
> "original"
> "otherFormat"
> "otherVersion"
> "preceding"
> "references"
> "reviewOf"
> "series"
> "succeeding"
> 
> Have other MODS users encountered this issue? If yes, how did you handle it?
> Would it be useful to introduce a new type to cover this situation?
> MARC  21 includes the 786 (Data Source Entry) for "Information pertaining to
> a data source to which the described item is related. It may contain
> information about other files, printed sources, or collection procedures".
> There is also dataSource in BIBFRAME. Definition: "Has data source / Work
> that is a data source to which the described resource is related.
> It may contain information about other files, printed sources, or collection
> procedures."
> 
> Looking forward to any suggestions / feedback.
> 
> All the best,
> Simone
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> Simone Sacchi
> Research and Scholarship Initiatives Manager CDRS - Center for Digital
> Research and Scholarship Columbia University http://www.cdrs.columbia.edu
> email: [log in to unmask]
> phone: (212) 851-7339
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