MODS

E166785

XML schema bibliographic metadata standard

MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) is a bibliographic metadata standard developed by the Library of Congress that provides a rich, XML-based format for describing digital and print resources.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
MODS canonical	2
MODS 3.10	1
MODS 3.2	1
MODS 3.4	1
MODS 3.5	1
MODS 3.6	1
MODS 3.8	1
MODS 3.9	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1468027 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MODS
Context triple: [METS, relatedStandard, MODS]

A. MOD
MOD is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, the government department responsible for implementing defense policy and overseeing the armed forces.
B. MDE
MDE is the state agency in Maryland responsible for protecting and restoring the environment and public health through regulation, monitoring, and enforcement of environmental laws.
C. MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
D. MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
E. MDA
MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MODS
Target entity description: MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) is a bibliographic metadata standard developed by the Library of Congress that provides a rich, XML-based format for describing digital and print resources.

A. MOD
MOD is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, the government department responsible for implementing defense policy and overseeing the armed forces.
B. MDE
MDE is the state agency in Maryland responsible for protecting and restoring the environment and public health through regulation, monitoring, and enforcement of environmental laws.
C. MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
D. MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
E. MDA
MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	XML schema ⓘ bibliographic metadata standard ⓘ
abbreviation	MODS ⓘ
applicationArea	archives ⓘ digital libraries ⓘ institutional repositories ⓘ museums ⓘ
basedOn	MARC standards ⓘ surface form: MARC 21
category	library metadata standard ⓘ
compatibleWith	Dublin Core ⓘ METS ⓘ OAI-PMH ⓘ
developedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
documentationURL	https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/ ⓘ
domain	bibliographic metadata ⓘ
fullName	MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) ⓘ surface form: Metadata Object Description Schema
governedBy	Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office ⓘ surface form: Network Development and MARC Standards Office
hasComponent	abstract element ⓘ accessCondition element ⓘ classification element ⓘ genre element ⓘ identifier element ⓘ language element ⓘ location element ⓘ name element ⓘ note element ⓘ originInfo element ⓘ physicalDescription element ⓘ recordInfo element ⓘ relatedItem element ⓘ subject element ⓘ tableOfContents element ⓘ targetAudience element ⓘ titleInfo element ⓘ typeOfResource element ⓘ
hasDesignGoal	human-readable XML ⓘ machine-processable metadata ⓘ rich descriptive metadata ⓘ
hasFormatType	XML ⓘ
hasGranularity	less complex than MARC 21 ⓘ richer than Dublin Core ⓘ
hasVersion	MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.0 MODS 3.1 ⓘ MODS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.10 MODS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.2 MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.3 MODS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.4 MODS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.5 MODS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.6 MODS 3.7 ⓘ MODS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.8 MODS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MODS 3.9
language	XML Schema ⓘ surface form: XML Schema Definition (XSD)
maintainedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
namespaceURI	http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 ⓘ
relatedStandard	BIBFRAME ⓘ MARC standards ⓘ surface form: MARCXML
serializationFormat	XML ⓘ
standardizedBy	Library of Congress Standards ⓘ
supports	access conditions ⓘ genre ⓘ hierarchical description ⓘ location information ⓘ metadata exchange ⓘ metadata harvesting ⓘ multilingual metadata ⓘ names and roles ⓘ origin information ⓘ physical description ⓘ record information ⓘ related items ⓘ resource discovery ⓘ subjects ⓘ
supportsEncoding	Unicode ⓘ
usedFor	describing digital resources ⓘ describing print resources ⓘ digital library metadata ⓘ library cataloging ⓘ metadata interoperability ⓘ