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Record Information

mods:recordInfo [Required]

Local Practices and Interpretations

mods:recordInfo is used to record information about the MODS record itself. This information does not display.

Supported Descendant Elements and Attributes

mods:recordIdentifier

[Required] The value will always be something similar to: http://diglib.princeton.edu/md/pudl0017/wc064/H/H0001.mods

mods:recordContentSource

[Required] The value is always "NjP" or "NjP-G".

mods:recordContentSource/@authority

[Required] The value is always "marcorg".

mods:recordOrigin

Can be used for a textual note describing content standards used and/or how the record was converted.

mods:languageOfCataloging/mods:languageTerm

[Required] Record the language of the catalog record. In almost all cases the value will be "eng".

mods:languageOfCataloging/mods:languageTerm/@authority

[Required] The value is always "iso639-2b".

mods:languageOfCataloging/mods:languageTerm/@type

[Required] The value is always "code".

XML Examples

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Display Examples

Information recorded in mods:recordInfo is not intended for display.

Content Standards

Other Sources of Documentation

MARC Mappings

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Outstanding Questions and Issues

made this not required, and removed recordCreateDate

rescordIdentifer is required, so this element is required

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