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- Mads 2.0 User Guidelines
News from LC. The MADS 2.0 User Guidelines http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/userguide/index.html are now available on the Library of Congress' MADS Web site: http://www.loc.gov/mads, along with the XML schema itself, an Outline of Elements and Attributes,...
- Mads/rdf Ontology For Review
The Library of Congress is looking for feedback on the MADS/RDF ontology. A MADS/RDF ontology developed at the Library of Congress is available for a public review period until Jan. 14, 2011. The MADS/RDF (Metadata Authority Description Schema in RDF)...
- Mods Schema, 3.4
Image via WikipediaNews from the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee. The MODS/MADS Editorial Committee and the Library of Congress are pleased to announce that a new incremental version of the MODS Schema, 3.4, is now available on the MODS web site at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-4.xsd....
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
In preparation for a new MADS draft, there is a "preview" draft".For reference see Rebecca's message of August 27 (subject: MADS review) accessible from the archive.There are three changes from the previous version:Descriptors now allow empty elements,...
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
In response to numerous requests, the Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office has drafted an XML schema for an authority element set that may be used to provide metadata about agents (people, organizations), events, and...
Library Cataloging
Metadata Authority and Description Schema 2.0
Image via WikipediaNews from LC.The MODS/MADS Editorial Committee and the Library of Congress are pleased to announce a new version of the Metadata Authority and Description Schema, MADS version 2.0. This is the first major revision of MADS since its initial release in 2005. MADS web site: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads
MADS schema version 2.0: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/mads.xsd
Major changes in MADS 2.0 are:A complete list of changes in MADS 2.0 may be found at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/changes-2-0.html. MADS user guidelines are under development and will be made available soon. Please direct any comments or questions on the MADS 2.0 Schema, or MODS/MADS developments in general, to the MODS Listserv http://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/mods.html.
- Elimination of dependence on the MODS schema
- Updated elements that are the same in MODS to reflect version 3 (e.g. added additional subelements under hierarchicalGeographic, added descriptionStandard under recordInfo)
- Addition of authority URI and value URI for controlled lists
- Addition of
and elements - Addition of an otherType attribute on
for relationship types not enumerated in the schema - Ability to specify if a subject heading can be subdivided geographically
- Mads 2.0 User Guidelines
News from LC. The MADS 2.0 User Guidelines http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/userguide/index.html are now available on the Library of Congress' MADS Web site: http://www.loc.gov/mads, along with the XML schema itself, an Outline of Elements and Attributes,...
- Mads/rdf Ontology For Review
The Library of Congress is looking for feedback on the MADS/RDF ontology. A MADS/RDF ontology developed at the Library of Congress is available for a public review period until Jan. 14, 2011. The MADS/RDF (Metadata Authority Description Schema in RDF)...
- Mods Schema, 3.4
Image via WikipediaNews from the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee. The MODS/MADS Editorial Committee and the Library of Congress are pleased to announce that a new incremental version of the MODS Schema, 3.4, is now available on the MODS web site at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-4.xsd....
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
In preparation for a new MADS draft, there is a "preview" draft".For reference see Rebecca's message of August 27 (subject: MADS review) accessible from the archive.There are three changes from the previous version:Descriptors now allow empty elements,...
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
In response to numerous requests, the Library of Congress' Network Development and MARC Standards Office has drafted an XML schema for an authority element set that may be used to provide metadata about agents (people, organizations), events, and...