Metadata : MODS Draft Version 3.0 available for review. Hot off the MODS listserv:

A proposed new version of the MODS XML schema (version 3.0) has been drafted by the MODS Team and is now available at the MODS web site at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-0-draft-aug-22.xsd. To assist in the review, the outline of elements and attributes for this version is available at: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-0-draft-outline.html.

The Library of Congress would like to invite those using MODS to review the new version of the schema and send any comments they may have to the MODS Team at LC. Please send comments by Sept. 5, 2003, after which we will evaluate them and make the new version available as soon as possible thereafter. The new version of MODS makes the following changes (MARC equivalents given where applicable):

1. Adds a version attribute to indicate the current major and minor version of the document (in this case 3.0). In addition uses the namespace and filename to indicate the schema version and in the filename (e.g.namespace: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/3 with filename: mods3.xsd
2. Declares all first-level MODS elements (those immediately subordinate to ) as global, so they can be root elements of instance documents, or imported into other schemas.
3. Takes out mandatory requirement for title; instead, requires at least one element (but not necessarily title).
4. Adds type "termsOfAddress" to (for titles, Jr., etc.) under . (MARC X00 $b and$c)

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