Collection Countries**

Collection Countries**

MODS Element: originInfo

Element Definition

Information about the origin of the collection, including place of origin or publication, publisher/originator, and dates associated with the resource

AILLA Definition

A designation of the country or countries in which the collection materials were collected or created.

Form option

Country / País  = autosuggest free text field menu

Repeatable

Yes

Form Required?

Recommended

AILLA Required?

Required

Subelement/Attribute Name

Definition/Description

Examples

XPath Syntax

Dublin Core

Event type

Identifies production as the auto filled value for the event of origin for the collection

Production

mods:originInfo[@eventType="production"]

 

Place

Subelement

Name of the place(s) associated with the production origin of the collection

 

mods:originInfo/mods:place

 

Place term

Subelement

Contains the place(s) of production origin of the collection

 

mods:place/mods:placeTerm

 

Type

Indicates the language(s) of the collection in textual form

text

mods:placeTerm[@type="text"]

to be added

Authority

Supplies the name of the authoritative list used for the controlled vocabulary/values

aillaCountry

mods:placeTerm[@authority="aillaCountry"]

to be added

URI

@valueURI="URI of Country object" is flag for some automation process to insert the URI of the corresponding Country object

http://islandora-ailla.lib.utexas.edu/islandora/object/ailla:119902

mods:placeTerm[@valueURI="URI of Country object"]

to be added

XML

<originInfo eventType="production">

    <place>

        <placeTerm type="text" authority="aillaCountry" valueURI="http://islandora-ailla.lib.utexas.edu/islandora/object/ailla:11902"/>

    </place>

</originInfo>


** Country entry on Collection and Resource levels differ and are not the same entry. **