MODS
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Identifier
Corresponds to "identifier" top level element.
MODS suggests values: "hdl, doi, isbn, isrc, ismn, issn, issue number, istc, lccn, local, matrix number, music publisher, music plate, sici, uri, upc, videorecording identifier, stock number."
Title
Corresponds to "title" sub-element in "titleInfo" top level element.
Names and origin info
Corresponds to "name" and "originInfo" top level elements.
See add new event
Type of resource
Corresponds to "typeOfResource" top level element.
The DCB provides a data entry field using a drop-down menu to select type derived from the MODS resource type taxonomy based on the MODS list of enumerated values for this field.
This taxonomy can be edited by administrators and editors on the list taxonomy terms page.
If the term you want to use does not appear on the menu, you (or your system administrator or editor) must first add it to the taxonomy.
For more on editing terms and adding to taxonomies, see add/edit terms.
Add new child levels
See add a new archival description
Language
Corresponds to "language" top level element.
ICA-AtoM implements this as a drop-down menu. The user may select as many languages as desired.
Click on the field and select the language from the drop-down menu. To narrow the list of choices, enter the first few letters of the language.
Subject
Corresponds to "subject" top level element.
Click on the "Subject" field and select a term from the drop-down menu. You can narrow the list of choices by entering the first few letters of the term.
The values in the subject drop-down menu are drawn from the subjects taxonomy. ICA-AtoM does not ship with any pre-loaded subject terms.
This taxonomy can be edited by administrators and editors on the list taxonomy terms page.
If the subject you want to use does not appear on the menu, you (or your system administrator or editor) must first add it to the taxonomy.
For more on editing terms and adding to taxonomies, see add/edit terms.
Access conditions
Corresponds to "accessCondition" to level element.
MODS suggests values: "restriction on access; use and reproduction."
Repository
Select a repository only at the highest level of description; leave this field blank at the lower levels if they are all held by the same repository. It is important to remember this because if a repository is selected for the lower levels then these lower levels will all be displayed in the holdings area of an archival institution's context menu.
Click on the "Repository" field and select the archival institution that holds the archival material being described. The names are drawn from pre-existing archival institution records. You can narrow down the list of choices by typing in the first few letters of the name.
If the repository does not appear in this list, you can type it in and a new repository record will be created.