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- Join all information going into the MODS metadata on one sheet (tab).
- Arrange all data pertaining to one asset in no more than one row.
- Give each column a unique name in the first row of the spreadsheet: follow the naming conventions of the templating method you chose.
- Do not use spaces in your column names.
- Enter data for all of the required/mandatory MODS elements
- include the filenames of the digital files to be ingested. If you don't know the filenames yet, include a column with a unique identifier for each asset, e.g. the OCLC number that can later be used to link an image file name to the corresponding metadata record. If in doubt which identifier to use, consult with the DAMS management team (utldamsmanagers@utlists.utexas.edu).click here to create a DAMS service request)
- the special XML characters &, ", ', <, > must not occur inside metadata values like titles or names (cf. https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-markup). Replace them with the following escape strings:
- & → &
- " → "
- ' → '
- < → <
- > → >
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