On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Karen Coyle <
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Joe,
This looks to be something more than a display label, however. It seems to refine the subject field to include materials, styles, etc.
kc
Joe Altimus wrote:
I wonder if there is support for defining the displayLabel attribute
for the subject element in MODS?
Some databases have keyword fields in various categorizations. In an
archeology database, for example, a particular database may have
several specific keyword fields: the cultures associated with a
resource, the materials used in artifacts, the sites associated with a
resource, etc.
When mapping such data to MODS subject/topic (or other subject
elements), it would be useful to have displayLabel available to retain
the categorization of the source data. For example:
<subject displayLabel="artifact material keyword">
<topic>ceramic</topic>
</subject>
<subject displayLabel="artifact decorative style keyword">
<topic>animal</topic>
</subject>
<subject displayLabel="archeological site keyword">
<geographic>Galaz</geographic>
</subject>
Joe Altimus
Arizona State University Libraries
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