Administrative Metadata
type: Class
comment: Administrative metadata for the description

MODS - A MODS Resource
type: Class
comment: The resource which is the subject of this description.
equivalent class: Res

MODS - Cartographic Information
type: Class
comment: Aggregates cartographic properties.
subclass of: Thing

MODS - Note Typed
type: Class
comment: Aggregates a note with its type.

MODS - Part
type: Class
comment: An aggregator for part properties.

MODS - Role Relationship
type: Class
comment: Aggregates a name with its role.

MODS - Location
type: Class
comment: An aggregator for location properties.

MODS - Identifier - Typed
type: Class
comment: Used when the identifier type is not from the controlled list. Bundles together an identifier and its type.
subclass of: Thing

MODS - Classification Group
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
comment: For a classification whose scheme is not part of the controlled vocabulary. Bundles together a classification number and scheme.

MODS - Location - Copy
type: Class
comment: An aggregator for copy properties.

Subject - Temporal
type: ObjectProperty
range: Temporal
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A subject of the resource which is a temporal expression, expressed in terms of a MADS Temporal.
sub property of: Subject

Subject
type: ObjectProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: An abstract property defined for which the various subject catergories (e.g. subjectGenre, subjectTitle) are subproperties.

Subject - Complex
type: ObjectProperty
range: ComplexSubject
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A subject of the resource composed of several component subjects.
sub property of: Subject

Subject - Hierarchical Geographic
type: ObjectProperty
range: HierarchicalGeographic
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A subject of the resource which is a hierarchy of geographic entities expressed in terms of a MADS Geographics.
sub property of: Subject

Role Relationship
type: ObjectProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: MODS - Role Relationship
comment: Binds a name to the role that the named entity played for the resource.

Title - Uniform
type: ObjectProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: Title
sub property of: Title
comment: A title which has been distinguished as a uniform title. (This corresponds to a MODS XML titleInfo with 'type=uniform' attribute.) There should be no more than one uniform title. Represented as a MADS Title, or, if there is a primary name, it is represented as a MADS NameTitle.

Title
type: ObjectProperty
range: Title
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A title for the resource. Represented as a MADS Title.

Title - Principal
type: ObjectProperty
range: Title
sub property of: Title
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A title which has been distinguished as the principal title. (This corresponds to a MODS XML titleInfo with no type attribute.) There should be no more than one principal title. Represented as a MADS Title.

Cartographics
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - Cartographic Information
comment: A geographic entity expressed in cartographic terms.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Related item - Original
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another MODS resource which is an original of the described resource.

Related Item
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another, related MODS resource.

Place
type: ObjectProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: Geographic
comment: Place of publication/origin. Used in connection with the origin of a resource, i.e., creation, publication, issuance, etc. Represented as a MADS Geographic.

Name - Principle
type: ObjectProperty
range: Name
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Name
comment: A name that has been distinguished as the principal name associated with the resource. There should be no more than one name principal name. (The rule for determining the principal name is as follows: If the role associated with the name is 'creator' AND if it is the only name whose role is 'creator' then it is the principal name. Thus if there are more than one name, or no name, whose role is 'creator', then there is no principal name.) If there is a principal name, and if there is a uniform title, then that name and title are to be combined into a nameTitle.

Name
type: ObjectProperty
range: Name
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A name - personal, corporate, conference, or family - associated with the resource. Represented in the MADS namespace.

Related item - Referenced By
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another MODS resource which references the described resource.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item

Administrative Metadata
type: ObjectProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Administrative metadata for the MODS description, corresponds to recordInfo (MODS XML) which is, minimimally, a Class defined outside of the MADS/RDF namespace. The RecordInfo Class from the RecordInfo ontology is recommended.
range: AdminMetadata

Related Item - Other Version
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another MODS resource which is a different version of the described resource.

Subject - Geographic
type: ObjectProperty
range: Geographic
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A subject of the resource which is a geographic entity, expressed in terms of a MADS Geographic.
sub property of: Subject

Location - Copy
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Information about a specific tangible instance of a bibliographic resource or set which comprises one or more pieces via indication of sublocation and/or locator.
domain: MODS - Location
range: MODS - Location - Copy

Related item - Constituent
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another MODS resource which is a constituent of the described resource.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Subject - Occupation
type: ObjectProperty
range: Occupation
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A subject of the resource which is an occupation, expressed in terms of a MADS Occupation.
sub property of: Subject

Publisher
type: ObjectProperty
range: Name
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: The name of the entity that published, printed, distributed, released, issued, or produced the resource.

Related item - Review
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another MODS resource which is review of the described resource.

Role (unbound)
type: ObjectProperty
equivalent property: role
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: role is an abstract property, for which all terms in the relator vocabulary of roles become subproperties. Thus for example 'relator:artist' refers to the role 'artist' within that vocabulary. (The prefix 'relator:' is used to denote the namespace for the "relator" vocabulary. The property 'relator:artist' relates the resource to an artist associated with the resource, represented as a mads name.

Subject - Title
type: ObjectProperty
range: Title
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A subject of the resource which is a title, expressed in terms of a MADS Title.
sub property of: Subject

Subject - Geographic Code
type: ObjectProperty
range: Geographic
comment: A subject of the resource which is a geographic entity, expressed as a geographic code and in terms of a MADS Geographic.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Subject - Geographic

Note Group
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Used for a note with a type (other than "statement of responsibility")
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: MODS - Note Typed

Related item - Host
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another MODS resource which is a host of the described resource.

Subject - Name Subject
type: ObjectProperty
range: Name
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A subject of the resource which is a name, expressed in terms of a MADS Name.
sub property of: Subject

Classification Group
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Used when classification scheme is not in controlled vocabulary. Bundles together the classification number with its scheme.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: MODS - Classification Group

Part
type: ObjectProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: MODS - Part
comment: Information about a physical part of the resource, including the part number, its caption and title, and dimensions.

Related item - Suceeding
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described resource to a another MODS resource which suceeded it.

Related item - Instantiation
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: Related Item
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described resource to a another MODS resource with different origination information.
range: MODS - A MODS Resource

Related item - Reference
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to another MODS resource which the described resource references.

Role Relationship - Name
type: ObjectProperty
range: Name
comment: The name included in a roleRelationship. The roleRelationship binds an name and a role, where the name is a name associated with the resource and is specified elsewhere via the hasName property. This mechanism is used when the role is not part of a known vocabulary. Otherwise, the relationship is expressed by using the role vocabulary term as the property; for example, see relator:creator.
domain: MODS - Role Relationship

Related item - Other Format
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to a similar MODS resource of a different format.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Genre
type: ObjectProperty
range: GenreForm
comment: The genre (or one of several genres) of the resource. Represented in the MADS namespace.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Subject - Topic
type: ObjectProperty
range: Topic
sub property of: Subject
comment: A subject of the resource which is a topic, expressed in terms of a MADS Topic.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Related item - Series
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
comment: Relates the described resource to a another MODS resource which is a series of which the described resource is a part.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Subject - Genre Subject
type: ObjectProperty
range: GenreForm
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Subject
comment: A subject of the resource which is a genre, expressed in terms of a MADS GenreForm.

Identifier Group
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - Identifier - Typed
comment: Used when identifier type is not in controlled vocabulary. Bundles together the identifier with its type.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Location
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - Location
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: The location (or one of several locations) at which the resource resides.

Related item - Preceding
type: ObjectProperty
range: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Related Item
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Relates the described MODS resource to a MODS resource which preceded the described resource.

Part - List
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Part
range: string
comment: A property of a part - a textual listing of the units within the part.

Identifier Group - Value
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The identifier value .
range: string
domain: MODS - Identifier - Typed

Part - Order
type: DatatypeProperty
range: integer
domain: MODS - Part
comment: An integer that designates the sequence of parts

Location - Copy -- Note
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A note pertaining to a specific copy.
range: string
domain: MODS - Location - Copy

Location - Copy - Enumeration And Chronology -- Supplement
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: One of three levels of enumerationAndChronology:'supplement'
domain: MODS - Location - Copy
sub property of: Location - Copy - Enumeration And Chronology

Location - Copy - Enumeration And Chronology
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: A summary holdings statement for the copy. A string with information including volume or issue, date of publication or date of issue of a component of a multi-part resource, distinguishing it from other components of the same resource.
domain: MODS - Location - Copy

Part - End
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Part
range: string
comment: The value of the end of a part. For example, if unit of the part has value 'page', this is the number of the last page.

Physical Extent
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: a statement of the number and specific material of the units of the resource that express physical extent.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: string

Location - Copy -- Form
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: The form of a particular copy may be indicated when the general description refers to multiple forms and there is different detailed holdings information associated with different forms.
domain: MODS - Location - Copy

Part - Detail Type
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Part
range: string
comment: The type of the resource part, e.g. volume, issue, page.

Record Origin
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Describes the origin or provenance of the description.
domain: AdminMetadata
range: string

Access Condition
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Information about restrictions imposed on access to the resource.
range: string
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Cartographics - Coordinates
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: MODS - Cartographic Information
type: Property

Location - Shelf Locator
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Location
range: string
comment: Shelfmark or other shelving designation

Note
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Textual information about the resource. This property is used when no type is specified. (In contrast to hasTypedNote, whose object is an aggregator that includes both the type and note.)
range: string

Record Description Standard
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: AdminMetadata
comment: Part of administrative metadata. The standard which designates the rules used for the content of the description.
range: string

Cartographics - Projection
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: MODS - Cartographic Information
type: Property

Classification Group - Value
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The classification value
domain: MODS - Classification Group
range: string

Reformatting Quality
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: The reformatting quality; e.g. access, preservation, replacement.

Part - Start
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: MODS - Part
comment: The beginning unit of the part.

Location - Physical Location
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Location
range: string
comment: The institution or repository that holds the resource, or where it is available.

Digital Origin
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: a designation of the source of a digital file important to its creation, use and management.

Part - Unit
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Part
range: string
comment: the unit -- e.g. page, chapter -- applying to the start, end, and total values.

Cartographics - Scale
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: MODS - Cartographic Information

Record Content Source
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The code or name of the organization that either created the original description or modified it.
domain: AdminMetadata
range: string

Table of Contents
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: Description of the contents of the resource.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Part - Number
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A string that designates the part number.
domain: MODS - Part
range: string

Statement of Responsibility
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
range: string
comment: A note, when the note type is "statement of responsibility"

Identifier Group - Type
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The identifier type.
range: string
domain: MODS - Identifier - Typed

Location - Copy -- Sublocation
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: Department, division, or section of an institution holding a copy of the resource.
domain: MODS - Location - Copy

Issuance
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Describes the issuance of the resource.
range: string
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

NoteGroup - Value
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A property of noteGroup - used when a type is supplied for the note. The text of the note.
range: string
domain: MODS - Note Typed

Abstract
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A summary of the content of the resource.
range: string
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

NoteGroup - Type
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: A property of NoteGroup - used when a type is supplied for the note. The type.
domain: MODS - Note Typed

Record Identifier
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The system control number assigned by the organization creating, using, or distributing the description.
domain: AdminMetadata
range: string

Location - Copy - Enumeration And Chronology -- Index
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: One of three levels of enumerationAndChronology:'index'
domain: MODS - Location - Copy
sub property of: Location - Copy - Enumeration And Chronology

Frequency
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: publication frequency
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Edition
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: Version of the resource.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Location - URL
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Location
range: string
comment: Location of the resource (a URL)

Part - Total
type: DatatypeProperty
range: positiveInteger
domain: MODS - Part
comment: The total number of units within a part.

Role Relationship - Role
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
domain: MODS - Role Relationship
comment: The role associated with a name, where the name and role are bound together in a roleRelationship.

Identifier - Value
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Identifier - Typed
range: string
comment: Used in conjuction with identifierType, when the type is not from the controlled vocabulary.

Classification Group - Scheme
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Classification Group
comment: The classification scheme
range: string

Part - Type
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Part
comment: The segment type of a part. (When parts are included, the resource is ususally a document, so the part type would be the segment type of the document.)
range: string

Part - Name
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Part
comment: A string that designates the part name.
range: string

Part - Level
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - Part
range: positiveInteger
comment: A property of a part - the level of numbering in the host/parent item.

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: Shelfmark or other shelving designation that indicates the location identifier for a copy.
domain: MODS - Location - Copy

Target Audience
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: The target audience of the resource. Examples: adolescent, adult, general, juvenile, preschool, specialized.
range: string

Identifier
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: identifier is a property for which all terms in the "identifier" vocabulary become subproperties. Thus for example 'identifer:isbn' is a subproperty saying in effect "has this ISBN" where 'isbn' is a term within that vocabulary. (The prefix 'identifier:' is used to denote the namespace for the "identifier" vocabulary.
range: string
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
equivalent property: id

Location - Copy - Enumeration And Chronology -- Basic
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: One of three levels of enumerationAndChronology: 'basic'
domain: MODS - Location - Copy
sub property of: Location - Copy - Enumeration And Chronology

Physical Form
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: A particular physical presentation of the resource, including the physical form or medium of material for a resource. Example: oil paint
range: string

Location - Copy -- Electronic Locator
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: URI of the copy of the resource.
domain: MODS - Location - Copy

Media Type
type: DatatypeProperty
range: string
comment: An Internet Media (MIME) type e.g. text/html.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date Captured - End
type: AnnotationProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: When there is both a start and end for the capture date this is the end date.
sub property of: Date Captured

Date Captured
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: Date that the resource was digitized or a subsequent snapshot was taken.

Date
comment: An abstract property for which date properties in general are subproperties.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date Modified - End
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date Modified
comment: When there is both a start and end for the modification date this is the end date.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date Modified
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date
comment: Date when resource was modified.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Part Date
type: AnnotationProperty
domain: MODS - Part
sub property of: Date
comment: Date associated with a part.

Date Captured - Start
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: When there is both a start and end for the capture date this is the start date.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Date Captured

Date Created - Start
type: AnnotationProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: When there is both a start and end for the creation date this is the start date.
sub property of: Date Created

Date Created
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date
comment: The resource's creation date.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date of Copyright - Start
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date of Copyright
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date of Copyright
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date
comment: Date when resource was copyrighted.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date Valid - End
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: When the resource is valid over an interval with a start and end date, this is the end date. (When start and end date are given, it is an assertion that the information was valid over the course of this interval. It does not necessarily assert that is was not valid before the start or after the end of the interval.)
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
sub property of: Date Valid

Date Valid
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date
comment: A date when resource was valid. (Not necessarily the first or last date, but this is an assertion that on that given date the information was valid.)
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date Valid - Start
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date Valid
comment: When the resource is valid over an interval with a start and end date, this is the start date. (When start and end date are given, it is an assertion that the information was valid over the course of this interval. It does not necessarily assert that is was not valid before the start or after the end of the interval.)
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date of Copyright - End
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date of Copyright
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Date Modified - Start
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date Modified
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: When there is both a start and end for the modification date this is the start date.

Language of Resource
type: AnnotationProperty
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
comment: The language (or one of several languages) of the resource.

Date Created - End
type: AnnotationProperty
sub property of: Date Created
comment: When there is both a start and end for the creation date this is the end date.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource

Classification
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A designation applied to the resource that indicates the subject by applying a formal system of coding and organizing resources according to subject areas.
domain: MODS - A MODS Resource
equivalent property: classification