RelatedItem Element Help

Definition

RelatedItem provides a relation relation for a record: linked, context, or constituent parts.

The use of the type attribute is required. The value of the type attribute describes the relationship between the <relatedItem> and the resource being described in the MODS record.

The relatedItem: type attribute may contain the following values:

preceding – Information concerning a predecessor to the resource.
succeeding – Information concerning a successor to the resource.
original – Information concerning an original form of the resource.
host – Information concerning a host or parent resource for the resource described; this may be a parent collection.
series – Information concerning the series in which a resource is issued.
otherVersion – Information concerning another version (i.e. change in intellectual content) of the resource.
otherFormat – Information concerning another format (i.e. change in physical format) of the resource.¹

Information concerning the host item for the constituent unit described in the record (vertical relationship). In the case of host items that are serial or multi-volume in nature, information in subfields $g and $q is necessary to point to the exact location of the component part within the bibliographic item. Provided in order to enable the user to locate the physical piece that contains the component part or subunit being described. Thus, only those data elements required to assist in the identification of the host item need to be included in the field, such as links to the bibliographic record describing the item and/or descriptive data that identify the host item.²

Examples: relatedItem allows you to encode the metadata for a single journal article such that the information is discrete for the article alone and to meaningfully express the relationship of the article within the larger journal in which it is found.

Form Element

The online form element appears as below:

This form element allows the user to enter the relatedItem information:

Select the type of relation
- Host
- Other format
- Other version
- Preceding
- Succeeding
Then:
- Enter the display label
- Enter the title
- Enter the URL
- Enter a UFDC ID
- Enter an OCLC identifier
- Enter the ISSN and LCCN

Best Practices

This section is In development. See also:
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/modsjournal.xml
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/modsjournal.html

SobekCM / MODS Encoding

This data is encoded entirely in the MODS section of the SobekCM METS file.

relatedItem type="host"

<mods:relatedItem type="host">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>2008 American Library Association Annual Conference</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
</mods:relatedItem>

relatedItem type="original"

<mods:relatedItem type="original">
<mods:physicalDescription>
<mods:extent>Journal Article / presentation</mods:extent>
</mods:physicalDescription>
</mods:relatedItem>

<mods:relatedItem type="original">
<mods:physicalDescription>
<mods:extent>v. : ; 32-59 cm.</mods:extent>
</mods:physicalDescription>
</mods:relatedItem>

relatedItem type="otherVersion"

<mods:relatedItem type="otherVersion">
<mods:location>
<mods:url>http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/html/Output/Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Pdf/1710210401.pdf</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Online access from publisher</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
</mods:relatedItem>

relatedItem type="preceding"

<mods:relatedItem type="preceding">
<mods:identifier type="lccn">96027439</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="oclc">1410246</mods:identifier>
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Florida alligator</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
</mods:relatedItem>

<mods:relatedItem type="preceding">
<mods:identifier type="oclc">1388280</mods:identifier>
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Orange and blue</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
</mods:relatedItem>

relatedItem type="succeeding"

<mods:relatedItem type="succeeding">
<mods:identifier type="issn">0889-2423</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="lccn">86010448</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="oclc">13827512</mods:identifier>
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Independent Florida alligator</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
</mods:relatedItem>

relatedItem type="series"

<mods:relatedItem type="series">
<mods:part>
<mods:detail type="Enum1">
<mods:caption>1917</mods:caption>
<mods:number>1917</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="Enum2">
<mods:caption>August</mods:caption>
<mods:number>8</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="Enum3">
<mods:caption>10</mods:caption>
<mods:number>10</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="Year">
<mods:caption>1917</mods:caption>
<mods:number>1917</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="Month">
<mods:caption>August</mods:caption>
<mods:number>8</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="Day">
<mods:caption>10</mods:caption>
<mods:number>10</mods:number></mods:detail>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>

<mods:relatedItem type="series">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Collection Management, v.24, no.1/2, pp.87-92</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
</mods:relatedItem>

Metadata Mapping

MARC to MODS Mapping

The relatedItem type: preceding is mapped from the 780 - Preceding Entry field for MARC.

The relatedItem type: succeeding is mapped from the 785 - Succeeding Entry field for MARC.

The relatedItem type: other version is mapped from the 775 - Other Edition Entry field for MARC.

The relatedItem type: other format is mapped from the 776 - Additional Physical Form Entry field for MARC.

MODS to MARC Mapping

Mapping from the MODS back to MARC is the reverse of the procedure listed above.