Status

APPROVED to add @eventType to the originInfo subelements place, publisher, and dateOther, with values production, publication, distribution, manufacture. 

Scope

Indicate whether the statement of originInfo relates to the role of production, publication, distribution or manufacture.

Proposer

http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1112&L=mods&T=0&P=337

Change proposal

Add an attribute "role" to the originInfo subelements place, publisher, and dateOther, with values production, publication, distribution, manufacture. Note that mods:publisher is used in a broad way to mean the entity involved in the "origin" of the resource, i.e. could be manufacturer, distributor, printer etc. as well as publisher.

Revised proposal: Add an attribute "eventType" to originInfo (not its subelements) with suggested values production, publication, distribution, manufacture. originInfo is repeated for each eventType. See here for rules: http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1301&L=mods-ec&T=0&X=575DBD49AC3C51A984&P=4967

Use case

MARC defined a new field 265 which allows for indicating different roles; this is roughly equivalent to the second indicator value. MODS does not currently have a method for indicating role in the elements place or publisher.

Implementation

Recommended practice is repeat originInfo for each eventType. See also rules in link above.

Examples

<originInfo eventType="publication">

<place>

<placeTerm authority="marccountry">cau</placeTerm>
<placeTerm>Menlo Park, CA</placeTerm>

</place>
<publisher>Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities</publisher>
<dateIssued>1985-1988</dateIssued>
<dateIssued encoding="marc" point="start">1985</dateIssued>
<dateIssued encoding="marc" point="end">1988</dateIssued>
<issuance>continuing</issuance>
<frequency authority="marcfrequency">Annual</frequency>

</originInfo>

<originInfo eventType="publication">  

<place><placeTerm>Haarlem</placeTerm></place>  

<publishe>Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap</publisher>  

<dateIssued>1993</dateIssued>  

<copyrightDate>1993</copyrightDate> </originInfo>

<originInfo eventType="publication">   <place ><placeTerm>Brussel</placeTerm></place>   

<publisher>Belgisch Bijbelgenootschap</publisher>  

<dateIssued>1993</dateIssued>

<originInfo eventType="production">

<place><placeTerm>Brussel</placeTerm></place>

<publisher>Flander printer</publisher>

<dateOther type=”printing”>1993</dateOther>

</originInfo>