Descriptive Metadata

Section: Note

Name

note

Schema

MODS

Definition

This section provides a statement of any additional information relating to a resource.

note has the following components:

• A value
• Attributes:
  • type

Label

Note - Value

Usage Note

A link may be supplied in lieu of or in addition to the content. Each note should be entered in a separate element. Notes relating to physical description aspects of a resource should be recorded in the "Note" subelement of "physicalDescription".

Example(s)

New Jersey State Archives, description of "Morris Canal Views: supplementing report."

This photographic supplement to the commissioners' report consists of 91 captioned 7.5" x 9.5" B&W prints showing the canal from Jersey City to Phillipsburg. The "views" were originally bound into an album, which has been dismantled for purposes of preservation.

Repeatable

Y

Name

noteType

Label

Note - Type

Usage Note

MODS has a list of implemented note types, which can be expanded locally. See www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-notes.html.

Controlled Vocabulary

accrual method; accrual policy; acquisition; action; additional physical form; admin; bibliographic history; bibliography; biographical; citation/reference; conservation history; content; creation/production credits; date; degree; exhibitions; funding; inscription; language; original location; original version; ownership; performers; preferred citation; publications; reproduction; restriction; source characteristics; source dimensions; source identifier; source note; source type; statement of responsibility; subject completeness; system details; thesis; venue; version identification