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mods:name
[Required if Applicable]
mods:name
is a wrapper element used to record all relevant personal, corporate or event names
associated with a resource. At least one name is required if applicable. A name must be parsed into parts (i.e.
use repeatable subelement mods:namePart
as appropriate), and be assigned a role.
@type
[Required] Use the appropriate type attribute value supplied by the
schema: personal
, corporate
, or conference
.
@authority
[Required] Princeton's default policy for MODS records is to use the naf as our authority. When the naf is used, the value will always be "naf"
@lang
, @script
, @xlink:role
, @xlink:title
[Required if Applicable] See Linking Parallel Data in Alternate Scripts
mods:namePart
[Required]
mods:namePart
is repeatable. A name should be parsed according to the values prescribed for
the type
attribute. Give them in the order in which the heading is constructed in the
authority file.
mods:namePart/@type
[Required for personal names] The values of the type attribute are "date", "family", "given", and "termsOfAddress".
mods:role/mods:roleTerm
[Required] Used to record the MARC relator code. To record more than one roleTerm, repeat the entire role element.
mods:role/mods:roleTerm/@authority
[Required] The value is always "marcrelator".
mods:role/mods:roleTerm/@type
[Required] The value is always "code".
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100, 110, 111, 700, 710, 711
For names as subjects (600, 610, 611) see mods:name
as subelement of mods:subject
. In
general, practices are the same except a role is not supplied.
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