METS / MODS UPDATE HISTORY

 UPDATED VERSION Released November 10, 2008 
 
  • UFDC Schema Changes
    • Added Encoding Level
  • MODS Implementation Changes
    • Related Item now more fully supported
    • Added frequency to originInfo
 

 UPDATED VERSION Released October 27, 2008 
 
  • UFDC Schema Changes
    • Added Manufacturer and Publisher elements. Associates name and place information.
  • MODS Implementation Changes
    • RecordInfo
      • Added:
        • recordCreationDate (encoding = marc)
        • recordContentSource (duplicates Source Institution Name)
        • recordOrigin (tells how record was originally created/imported)
        • languageOfCataloging
 

 NEW VERSION Released October 10, 2008 
 
  • Readers and Writers
    • METS Reader
      • Reimplemented with Streams and XmlTextReader
      • Reads about three times as quickly as previous implementation
    • Reimplemented METS writer with a 10% decrease in write time
    • Reimplemented Greenstone writer
    • Reimplemented MARC reader
    • Implemented a new writer which outputs MARC
    • Implemented a new writer which outputs OAI-PMH
  • UFDC Schema
    • Updated controlled ufdc:type list to include types in new tracking database
      • Archival (mixed material)
      • Audio (sound recording)
      • Book (text)
      • Map (cartographic)
      • Newspaper (text)
      • Photograph (still image)
      • Serial (text)
      • Video (moving image)
      • Artifact (three dimensional object)
      • Aerial (still image)
    • Made holding location non-mandatory (now appears in MODS)
  • METS Implementation Changes
    • Notes added to individual creator in the METS header
  • MODS Implementation Changes
    • Name
      • Added type = conference
      • Changed name to full name
      • Added:
        • given name
        • family name
        • displayLabel (as display form)
        • affiliation
        • description
        • terms of address
    • Language
      • Added iso639-2b and rfc3066 codes
    • OriginInfo
      • Combined some existing elements to form this
      • Added:
        • marc and iso3166 codes to the publication place
        • MARC encoded publication dates
        • date copyrighted
        • edition
    • Abstract
      • Added:
        • type
        • displayLabel
        • language
    • Note
      • Added thirty different type elements (had only funding)
      • Added displayLabel
    • AccessCondition
      • Added:
        • type
        • language
        • displayLabel
    • Physical Description (of related type=original)
      • Collapsed format(extent) into this object
      • Added physical description notes
    • TitleInfo
      • Collapsed seperate collections into this one object
      • Added attributes:
        • authority
        • displayLabel
      • Added sub-elements
        • subTitle
        • partNumber
        • partName
    • SubjectInfo
      • Reworked this structure
        • Abstract Subject_Info base class
        • Five classes extend the base class
          • Subject_Info_Standard
          • Subject_Info_Name
          • Subject_Info_Title
          • Subject_Info_Cartographic
          • Subject_Info_HierarchicalGeographic
      • Added attributes:
        • language
        • ID
      • Added sub-elements
        • titleInfo
        • name
        • occupation
    • Identifier
      • Made type less controlled to allow other values
      • Added displayLabel
    • Location
      • Stores all the holding location information (from UFDC schema)
      • Stores the PURL (from UFDC schema)
      • Includes other url, label, and display
      • Includes EAD name, EAD url
    • Target Audience
      • Now implemented
    • TypeOfResource
      • Now implemented
      • Maps from more discrete ufdc:Type (see above for mapping)
    • Part (of related item = series)
      • Encode enumeration and chronology here (from ufdc:serialHierarchy eventually)
        • Enum1
        • Enum2
        • Enum3
        • Enum4
        • Year
        • Month (or Season)
        • Day
 


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