Original Quality

MODS Element: physicalDescription

Element DefinitionA wrapper element that contains all subelements relating to physical description information of the resource described. Data is input only within each subelement.
AILLA Definition A subjective rank of the physical quality of the original material on a scale of 1 to 5; 1 is poor quality, 3 is average, 5 is excellent
Form option

Quality of Original Medium / Calidad del Medio Original = text

RepeatableNo
Form Required?Recommended
AILLA Required?Recommended
Subelement/Attribute NameDefinition/DescriptionExamplesXPath SyntaxDublin Core

Note

Subelement

Designation more information about the physical description of the media file mods:physicalDescription/mods:noteto be added
Type

Specifies the quality of the original media on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is poor quality, 3 is average, 5 is excellent

original qualitymods:note[@type="original quality"]to be added
XML

 <physicalDescription>

    <note type="original quality">3</note>

 </physicalDescription>