Does MODS have a method of encoding alternate names for a person or corp? For example, "Claudia Alta Johnson" and "Lady Bird Johnson" or "IBM" and "International Business Machines"
I was thinking I could I encode them as <namePart type="alternative"> but the MODS description of namePart only lists four values for @type and none of them are "alternative". Is that list of four set in stone, or are those just examples,
and I'm free to use other values if I want/need to?
<name type=”corporate”>
<namePart>IBM</namePart>
<namePart type=”alternative”>International Business Machines”</namePart>
</name>
Or should it just go in as part of <description>?
Thanks --
Michele
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