Contributor Role

MODS Element: name

DefinitionThe role of a person, organization, or event (conference, meeting, etc.) associated in some way with the resource.
Form option

Role / Papel = drop down menu (contains both English and Spanish Role Terms)

RepeatableYes (as a child of Contributor)
Form Required?Required (at least 1 role per contributor) (as a child of Contributor)
AILLA Required?Required (at least 1 role per contributor) (as a child of Contributor)
Subelement/Attribute NameDefinition/DescriptionExamplesXPath SyntaxDublin Core

Role

Subelement

A term(s) that designates the role of the entity recorded in Contributor(s) in relation to the resource mods:name/mods:role 

Role term

Subelement

Contains the textual form and attributes of a role mods:role/mods:roleTerm 
TypeIndicates that the role is expressed in textual formtext

mods:roleTerm[@type="text"]

to be added
LanguageSpecifies the language using the codes from ISO 639-2/b

eng

AND

spa

mods:roleTerm[@language="eng"]

AND

mods:roleTerm[@language="spa"]

 
AuthorityThe name of the authoritative list for a controlled value is recorded here.

aillaRoleTerms

mods:roleTerm[@authority="aillaRoleTerms"]

 
XML

<name>

    <role>

        <roleTerm type="text" lang="eng" authority="aillaRoleTerms">Actor, performer</roleTerm>

    </role>

    <role>

        <roleTerm type="text" lang="spa" authority="aillaRoleTerms">Actor, Acrtriz</roleTerm>

    </role>

</name>