Library Cataloging
A new draft of MADS is available. Please review and comment by next Friday, March 18.The major changes (since the December draft) are:
MADS
- 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,...
- 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...
- Mads, Request For Comments
A request for comments from the MADS folks. The MODS/MADS Editorial Committee has released a draft the MADS 2.0 XML Schema for community review and testing. Your comments are invited on the draft schema, posted at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/mads-2-0-draft.xsd...
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
Some news about the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Please note that we've made some changes to the draft MARC authorities to MADS mapping, since we discovered in writing the stylesheet for conversion that the authority attribute was...
- 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 Description Schema
A new draft of MADS is available. Please review and comment by next Friday, March 18.The major changes (since the December draft) are:
- The constraint that an item (authority, variant, or related) must have exactly one high-level descriptor has been removed. An item may have an arbitrary combination of descriptors.Descriptor metadata has been eliminated -- identifier and url have been moved to "additional elements".The nameTitle descriptor has been removed.Authority attributes have been re-worked.The structured
MADS
- 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,...
- 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...
- Mads, Request For Comments
A request for comments from the MADS folks. The MODS/MADS Editorial Committee has released a draft the MADS 2.0 XML Schema for community review and testing. Your comments are invited on the draft schema, posted at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/mads-2-0-draft.xsd...
- Metadata Authority Description Schema
Some news about the Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS).Please note that we've made some changes to the draft MARC authorities to MADS mapping, since we discovered in writing the stylesheet for conversion that the authority attribute was...
- 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...