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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:55:22 -0400, "Andrew E Switala" <[log in to unmask]> said: > What are the <refs> and <otherElements> containers for? > > If related records are authoritative and variants are not authoritative, > the relatedType and variantType attributes on <ref> are mutually > exclusive. It would be cleaner to just make two distinct elements: > <ref type="earlier | later | parent org | broader | narrower | other"> > <variant type="acronym | abbreviation | translation | other"> I agree with this, and that ref ought to be called ¨referent¨(or whatever it actually means). Also, I think name handling is the weakest part of MODS. I think I sent Rebecca some comments on this privately, but don´t have them handy (am travelling). Bruce