Abstract

REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

MODS Element name: <originInfo><publisher>

Short definition: The name of the entity that published, printed, distributed, released, issued, or produced the resource, or a statement about publication/origin.

Input guidelines: Input a named entity determined to be the publisher/originator for a resource or a statement about publication/origin. Descriptive standards such as RDA or DACS should be used to format the name of the publisher.

Definition

The name of the entity that published, printed, distributed, released, issued, or produced the resource, or a statement about publication/origin.

DAMS input form fields

Publisher(s)

MODS Element description

Element <originInfo>

http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/origininfo.html

Guidelines for use

<originInfo> is a container element that contains all subelements related to publication and origination information. It includes all dates associated with the creation, issuance, and/or publication of the resource. Dates associated with the temporal content of the resource go under <subject>, and dates associated with the metadata go in <recordInfo>. Data is input only within each subelement.

Attributes

Currently no attributes for <originInfo> are implemented in the DAMS.

Subelements

The following subelements of <originInfo> are used in the DAMS:

• publisher
• (dateCreated)
• (dateIssued)
• (copyrightDate)
• (place)

Subelement <originInfo><publisher>

Guidelines for use

Input named entity determined to be the publisher/originator for a resource or a statement about publication/origin. Descriptive standards such as RDA or DACS should be used to format the name of the publisher.

Attributes

Subelements

No subelements for <publisher>.

XML Examples

<originInfo>
	<publisher>Blackwell Publishers</publisher>
</originInfo>

<originInfo>
	<publisher lang="eng">Published for the American Vacuum Society by the American Institute of Physics</publisher>
</originInfo>

Mappings

Dublin Core