# Description types ## Access accesscontact types _Path: access.accessContact_ * email: Email address for a contact person or institution concerning the resource. * repository: Institution providing access to the resource. ## Access digitallocation types _Path: access.digitalLocation_ * discovery: Online location for the purpose of discovering the resource. ## Access note types _Path: access.note_ * access restriction: Restrictions on or conditions for gaining access to the resource. * display label: Display label for the purl. * license: License describing allowed uses of the resource. * use and reproduction: Information related to allowed uses of the resource in other contexts. ## Access physicallocation types _Path: access.physicalLocation_ * discovery: Location where a user may find the resource. * location: Physical location of the resource, or path to the resource on a hard drive or disk. * repository: The institution holding the resource. * series: Archival series of the resource. * shelf locator: Identifier or shelfmark indicating the location of the resource. ## Adminmetadata note types _Path: adminMetadata.note_ * record information: General information about the metadata record. * record origin: The source of the record, such as another record transformed to generate the current record. # Contributor types _Path: contributor_ * conference: An event focusing on a particular topic or discipline. * event: A time-bound occurrence. * family: A group of individuals related by blood or personal alliance. * organization: An institution or other corporate or collective body. * person: An individual identity. * unspecified others: Designator for one or more additional contributors not named individually. ## Contributor identifier types _Path: contributor.identifier_ * ORCID: Identifier from orcid.org. * Wikidata: Identifier from wikidata.org. ## Contributor name types _Path: contributor.name_ * alternative: Additional nonpreferred form of name. * display: Preferred form of the name for display. * forename: First or given name or names. * inverted full name: Name given in last name, first name order. * pseudonym: Name used that differs from legal or primary form of name. * surname: Last or family name. * transliteration: Name originally in non-Latin script presented phonetically using Latin characters. ### Contributor name part types for structured value _Path: contributor.name.structuredValue_ * activity dates: The date or dates when someone was producing work. * forename: First or given name or names. * life dates: Birth and death dates, or dates when an entity was in existence. * name: Name provided alongside additional information. * ordinal: Indicator that the name is one in a series (e.g. Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King, Jr.). * surname: Last or family name. * term of address: Title or other signifier associated with name. ### Contributor name types for grouped value (MODS legacy) _Path: contributor.name.groupedValue_ * alternative: Additional nonpreferred form of name. * name: Primary form of name within group of values. * pseudonym: Name used that differs from legal or primary form of name. ## Contributor note types _Path: contributor.note_ * affiliation: Institution with which the contributor is associated. * citation status: Indicator of whether the contributor should be included in the citation. * description: Biographical information about the contributor. # Event types _Path: event_ * acquisition: The transferral of ownership of a resource to a repository. * capture: A record of the resource in a fixed form at a specific time. * collection: The addition of a resource to a set of other resources. * copyright: The activity by which a resource may be considered subject to copyright law. * copyright notice: An explicit statement that a resource is under copyright. * creation: The coming into being of a resource. * degree conferral: The institutional approval of a thesis or other resource leading to an academic degree. * development: The creation of a print from a photographic negative or other source medium. * distribution: The delivery of the resource to an external audience. * generation: The creation of a resource by an automatic or natural process. * manufacture: The physical assembly of a resource, often in multiple copies, for publication or other distribution. * modification: A change to an existing resource. * performance: The enactment of an artistic or cultural work for an audience, such as a play. * presentation: The discussion of an academic or intellectual work for an audience, such as a seminar. * production: The physical assembly of a resource not considered published, such as page proofs for a book. * publication: The publishing or issuing of a resource. * recording: The initial fixation to a medium of live audio and/or visual activity. * release: Making a resource available to a broader audience. * submission: The provision of a resource for review or evaluation. * validity: When a resource takes effect, such as a revised train schedule. * withdrawal: The removal of previous access to a resource, often due to its obsolescence. ## Event date types _Path: event.date_ * acquisition: The transferral of ownership of a resource to a repository. * capture: A record of the resource in a fixed form at a specific time. * collection: The addition of a resource to a set of other resources. * copyright: The activity by which a resource may be considered subject to copyright law. * coverage * creation: The coming into being of a resource. * degree conferral: The institutional approval of a thesis or other resource leading to an academic degree. * developed: The creation of a print from a photographic negative or other source medium. * development: The creation of a print from a photographic negative or other source medium. * distribution: The delivery of the resource to an external audience. * generation: The creation of a resource by an automatic or natural process. * manufacture: The physical assembly of a resource, often in multiple copies, for publication or other distribution. * modification: A change to an existing resource. * performance: The enactment of an artistic or cultural work for an audience, such as a play. * presentation: The discussion of an academic or intellectual work for an audience, such as a seminar. * production: The physical assembly of a resource not considered published, such as page proofs for a book. * publication: The publishing or issuing of a resource. * recording: The initial fixation to a medium of live audio and/or visual activity. * release: Making a resource available to a broader audience. * submission: The provision of a resource for review or evaluation. * validity: When a resource takes effect, such as a revised train schedule. * withdrawal: The removal of previous access to a resource, often due to its obsolescence. ### Event date part types for structured value _Path: event.date.structuredValue_ * start: The start date in a range. * end: The end date in a range. ## Event note types _Path: event.note_ * copyright statement: A formal declaration of copyright on a resource. * edition * frequency: How often a resource is issued, such as monthly. * issuance: How the resource is issued, such as serially. # Form types _Path: form_ * carrier * data format * digital origin * extent * form * genre * map projection * map scale * material * media * media type * reformatting quality * resource type * technique * type ## Form part types for structured value _Path: form.structuredValue_ * type * subtype ## Geographic form types _Path: geographic.form_ * data format * media type * type ## Geographic subject types _Path: geographic.subject_ * bounding box coordinates * coverage * point coordinates ### Geographic subject part types for structured value _Path: geographic.subject.structuredValue_ * east * latitude * longitude * north * south * west # Identifier types _Path: identifier_ * accession number * alternate case number * Apis ID * ARK * arXiv * case identifier * case number * CSt * CStRLIN * document number * DOI * druid * GTIN-14 ID * Handle * inventory number * ISBN * ISMN * ISRC * ISSN * ISSN-L * issue number * LCCN * local * Local ID * matrix number * music plate * music publisher * OCLC * OCoLC * PMCID * PMID * record id * Senate Number * Series * SIRSI * Source ID * sourceID * stock number * SUL catalog key * Swets (Netherlands) ID * UPC * URI * URN * videorecording identifier * West Mat \# * Wikidata # Note types _Path: note_ * abstract * access * access note * acquisition * action * additional physical form * additions * admin * affiliation * arrangement * bibliographic * bibliography * binding * biographical/historical * biographical/historical note * biography * boat note * citation/reference * codicology * collation * colophon * condition * contact * content * content note * content warning * contents * copyright * creation/production credits * date * date/sequential designation * decoNote * decoration * description * digitization * dimensions * duration * event * exhibitions * explicit * foliation * funding * general * genre type * geography * hand note * handNote * host * incipit * instrumentation * language * layout * local * location * material * medium of performance * names * numbering * original location * other relation type * ownership * part * performer * performers * preferred citation * provenance * publications * qualifications * quote * reassembly * reference * references * reformatting * related publication * reproduction * research * restriction * rubric * scope and content * secfol * second folio * secondFolio * source characteristics * source identifier * statement of responsibility * summary * system details * system requirements * table of contents * target audience * technical note * thesis * transcript * translation * unit * update * use and reproduction * venue * version * version identification * writing ## Note types for grouped value (MODS legacy) _Path: note.groupedValue_ * caption * date * detail type * extent unit * list * marker * number * title * text # Relatedresource types _Path: relatedResource_ * has original version: An initial form of the resource. * has other format: A version of the resource in a different physical or digital format. * has part: A constituent unit of the resource. * has version: A version of the resource with different intellectual content. * in series: The name of a series of publications to which the resource belongs. * other relation type: Resource type not otherwise described. * part of: A larger resource to which the resource belongs, such as a collection. * preceded by: A predecessor to the resource, such as a preceding journal title. * referenced by: Other resources that cite the resource, such as a catalog. * references: A resource which the resource references or cites. * related to: A generically related resource. * reviewed by: A review of the resource. * succeeded by: A successor to the resource, such as a subsequent journal title. # Subject types _Path: subject_ * classification * conference * display * event * family * genre * map coordinates * name * occupation * organization * person * place * point coordinates * time * title * topic ## Subject note types _Path: subject.note_ * role ## Subject part types for structured value _Path: subject.structuredValue_ * activity dates * area * city * city section * conference * continent * country * county * end * east * event * extraterrestrial area * display * family * forename * genre * island * latitude * life dates * longitude * main title * name * north * occupation * ordinal * organization * part name * part number * person * place * region * south * start * state * surname * term of address * territory * time * title * topic * west ### Subject note types _Path: subject.structuredValue.note_ * affiliation * role: The relation of the subject entity to the resource. ## Subject types for grouped value (MODS legacy) _Path: subject.groupedValue_ * uniform: Form of title in Library of Congress title authority. # Title types _Path: title_ * abbreviated: Abbreviated form of title for indexing or identification. * alternative: Variant title. * parallel: Title transcribed from the resource in multiple languages or scripts. * supplied: Title provided by metadata creator rather than transcribed from the resource. * translated: Title translated into another language. * transliterated: Title transliterated from non-Latin script to Latin script. * uniform: Form of title in Library of Congress title authority. ## Title note types _Path: title.note_ * associated name: A name linked to the title, such as for a name-title heading. * nonsorting character count: The number of characters at the beginning of the string to be disregarded when sorting. ## Title part types for structured value _Path: title.structuredValue_ * main title: The primary part of a multipart title. * nonsorting characters: A string at the beginning of the title to be disregarded when sorting. * part name: The distinct name of a resource as part of a series or multivolume set. * part number: The distinct number of a resource as part of a series or multivolume set. * subtitle: The secondary part of a title.