Record Origin Element Help

Definition

Information about the metadata record, including origin or provenance.

Form Element

 

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Examples

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SobekCM / MODS Encoding

<mods:recordInfo>
<mods:recordIdentifier source="SobekCM">MVS0000001_00001</mods:recordIdentifier>
<mods:recordCreationDate encoding="marc">080303</mods:recordCreationDate>
<mods:recordOrigin>Imported from (OCLC)001213124</mods:recordOrigin>
<mods:recordContentSource>University of Florida</mods:recordContentSource>
<mods:recordContentSource authority="marcorg">FUG</mods:recordContentSource>
<mods:languageOfCataloging>
<mods:languageTerm type="text">English</mods:languageTerm>
<mods:languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</mods:languageTerm>
<mods:languageTerm type="code" authority="rfc3066">en</mods:languageTerm>
</mods:languageOfCataloging>
<mods:languageOfCataloging>
<mods:languageTerm type="text">French</mods:languageTerm>
<mods:languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">fre</mods:languageTerm>
<mods:languageTerm type="code" authority="rfc3066">fr</mods:languageTerm>
</mods:languageOfCataloging>
</mods:recordInfo>

Metadata Mapping

MARC to MODS Mapping

The creator information maps from :

• 008/0-5 → recordCreationDate (encoding = 'MARC')
• 008/35-37 → language of cataloging (ISO code)

MODS to MARC Mapping

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

Sources

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