Edition Element Help

Definition

Information identifying the edition or version to which the resource belongs. ¹

Information relating to the edition of a work as determined by applicable cataloging rules. Edition statement that usually consists of numeric and alphabetic characters and accompanying words and/or abbreviations. ²

Form Element

In the online templates, this element appears as below:

This form element allows the user to enter the edition statement for a described resource.

Best Practices

The edition statement for an item should be an abbreviated but identically ordered statement of the edition statement found in the item.

Examples

The following are examples of well formatted editions:

• 2nd ed.
• Rev. ed.
• New and rev. ed.

SobekCM / MODS Encoding

This data is encoded entirely in the MODS section of the SobekCM METS file. Edition is a subelement of the main originInfo tag.

<mods:originInfo>
    <mods:edition>Special education ed.</mods:title>
</mods:originInfo>

<mods:originInfo>
    <mods:edition>World's classics ed., New ed., rev., reset, and illustrated.</mods:title>
</mods:originInfo>

<mods:originInfo>
    <mods:edition>3rd draft -- edited by Paul Wilson.</mods:title>
</mods:originInfo>

Metadata Mapping

MARC to MODS Mapping

The main title maps from the MARC 250 field. If there is a |b subfield, this is added to the |a subfield, seperated by ' -- '. So, "250 |a 3rd draft /|b edited by Paul Watson." becomes "3rd draft -- edited by Paul Watson."

MODS to MARC Mapping

Mapping from the MODS back to MARC is generally the reverse of the procedure listed above. If the ' -- ' string is present in the edition, then that later portion is moved back into the |b subfield.

Sources

1. MODS User Guidelines Version 3, Detailed Description of MODS Elements
2. MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data

Contributors

Nicola Hill, Mark Sullivan, and Laurie Taylor

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