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
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