metadata object description schema. Developed by the Library of Congress, MODS is an XML-based schema for a bibliographic element set that may be used for a variety of purposes, and particularly for library applications. It is intended to be able to carry selected data from existing MARC 21 records as well as to enable the creation of original resource description records. It includes a subset of MARC fields and uses language-based tags rather than numeric ones, in some cases regrouping elements from the MARC 21 bibliographic format ( http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/).
Metadata Objects Description Schema
(Metadata Object Description Schema). MODS is intended to be able to carry selected data from existing MARC 21 records as well as to enable the creation of original resource description records. It includes a subset of MARC fields and uses language-based tags rather than numeric ones, in some cases regrouping elements from the MARC 21 bibliographic format. MODS is expressed using the XML schema language of the World Wide Web Consortium. The standard is maintained by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress with input from users. (Source: MARC Standards home page: http://www.loc.gov/marc/)
A format developed by the Library of Congress for bibliographic metadata; a subset of MARC XML.
Metadata Object Description Schema (Library of Congress): A standard set of elements or labels to structure descriptive records. Intended to be able to carry selected data from existing MARC 21 records as well as to enable the creation of original descriptive records. It includes a subset of MARC 21 bibliographic fields and uses language-based tags rather than numeric ones, in some cases regrouping elements from the MARC 21 bibliographic format. Expressed using the World Wide Web Consortium.
Could be called "MARC Lite." A bibliographic element set that may be used for a variety of purposes, and particularly for library applications. It includes a subset of MARC fields and uses language-based tags rather than numeric ones, in some cases regrouping elements from the MARC 21 bibliographic format. MODS is expressed using the XML schema language.
Metadata Object Description Schema A XML schema, and a data structure and interchange standard, used for the creation of original resource description records (and may also be used as an alternative method for representing MARC data). MODS was developed by the Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office. See the MODS web site for more information.