MODS Element: genre
| Definition | A term(s) that designates a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content, such as artistic, musical, literary composition, etc. (Using AILLA's controlled vocabulary of genre terms.) |
| Form option | Genres / Géneros = drop down menu (English and Spanish are listed and selected together) |
| Repeatable | Yes |
| Form Required? | Recommended |
| AILLA Required? | Required (minimum of 1) |
| Subelement/Attribute Name | Definition/Description | Examples | XPath Syntax | Dublin Core |
| Type | Defines the authority schema as a locally grown schema | local | mods:genre[@type="local"] | to be added |
| Authority | Supplies the name of the authoritative list used for the controlled vocabulary/values | aillaResourceGenre | mods:genre[@authority="aillaResourceGenre"] | to be added |
| Language | Specifies the language used using the codes from ISO 639-2/b | eng AND spa | mods:genre[@lang="eng"] AND mods:genre[@lang="spa"] | to be added |
| XML |
<genre type="local" authority="aillaResourceGenres" lang="eng">Article</genre> <genre type="local" authority="aillaResourceGenres" lang="spa">Artículo</genre> |