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Hi Sally Have you considered adding a date granularity attribute to any element in MODS that will express a date value? I queried the MODS mailing list about this in my email on the 19/1/2007 but have had no reply. Thanks, Christiaan Kortekaas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christiaan Kortekaas Senior Library Systems Programmer Library Technology Service The University of Queensland, Australia QLD 4072 Telephone : (+61) (7) 3346 4337 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 14/4/07 7:02 AM, "Sally H. McCallum" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > MODS 3.3 is now available for review with an accompanying corresponding > 3.3 draft outline . The review period is 3 weeks, April 13-May 4. Please > send your comments to the MODS list [log in to unmask] or to [log in to unmask] by May 4. > > MODS web site: www.loc.gov/mods > Schema: > <http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3-draft-for-final-review-april- > 13.xsd> > Outline: <http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3-outline-review.html> > > As part of preparation of MODS 3.3, we have tried to respond to requests > for more guidance on collection level records. (See Collection Description > and MODS at the MODS web site) Accordingly a mapping of the NISO/DCCD > element list for collection level records has been drafted. Only one > element called for an augmentation to MODS: add authority to > <mods:originInfo><frequency> making it <mods:originInfo><frequency > authority=""> so that a controlled list , e.g., "marcfrequency", may be > specified. The NISO and DCCD drafts use the list in MARC field 853 for > their values so that list would be established separate from the MARC > format and could thus be referenced. > > The other changes were listed in a message last week. They are: > > 1. Increased support for holdings. > 2. Increased support for rights schemas: extensibility mechanism added to > accessCondition to allow for other more detailed rights schemas (e.g. > CDL.s). > 3. Allow typeOfResource to be empty. > 4. Add attribute 'authority' to <frequency> under <originInfo>. > 5. Add under <recordInfo>, a new element <descriptionStandard> with an > authority attribute, e.g. <descriptionStandard > authority="marcdescription">rak</descriptionStandard>. > 6. Add under hierarchicalGeographic (under subject): extraterrestrialArea, > citySection. > > The addition of elements for holdings has been coordinated with work in ISO > on a larger, much more detailed holdings schema. Provision is made for > both simple detailed holdings using additional MODS elements and use of > external schemas in <location>, as described in the paper MODS Holdings > Information – Discussion at the MODS web site. When the ISO schema is > completed, it would be one of the external schemas that might be referenced. > > Please review! > > > > ******************************************************** > Sally H. McCallum, Chief, Network Development and > MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress > Washington, DC 20540 USA > [log in to unmask] (Fax: 1-202-707 0115) (Voice: 1-202-707 5119) > ******************************************************** --