MODS: Clean up constituent level metadata - pulibrary/BlueMountain GitHub Wiki

Example of a constituent-level MODS in the documentation (GitHub):

https://github.com/pulibrary/BlueMountain/wiki/Reference#623-relateditem-typeconstituent

1. Correct title info

a) Make sure spelling and title are correct. Take out any extra punctuation.

b) Create sub-headlines where necessary.

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An Extract translated from the Conversations of Goethe as recorded by Eckermann

c) Confirm that there are no headlines called "Untitled," but rather "Untitled text" and "Untitled Image." (there may be a difference between Verdian and the METS file. Ignore Veridian).

d) Table of contents should be a constituent; It there is no title, create title "Table of Contents."

2. Correct name of creator & add VIAF ID

a) Make sure spelling is correct. Take out any extra punctuation.

b) If translator, "role" should be

trl

c) If collective authorship (such as editorial board, etc.) change "personal" to "corporate" name type:

d) Add the VIAF ID

How to add a VIAF ID

Find the ID in VIAF: http://viaf.org/
Copy the "permalink" and paste it into the MODS record

Notes

Illustrators, authors, artists, etc. should be "cre"
If there is a mistake in marking constituents, flag them
Artistic covers (such as Broom) are usually marked as illustrations
Punctuation can be ignored
If something is all caps, lower-cap it
Follow best practices according to AACR2 standards for transcribing titles and subtitles (Hunger : a Dublin story)

3. Extent

Check and change a to and

Change 1-2 to 1 2

4. Structure

Confirm that constituents are structured correctly. Is each article/image it's own "constituent"? Are they embedded properly? If not, create a ticket, and add the "Structure" tag. Do not change the ID number. Assign the ticket to Cliff or Natasha.

5. Parse image captions:

Currently, all image metadata is in the "title" field. Separate out creator title, and other metadata (zone as "Caption"). Correct OCR if necessary.

Example:

      <titleInfo lang="pol">

    <title>ILUSTRACJA DO „ZAGADNIEŃ WSPÓŁCZESNEJ ARCHITEKTURY" LEONA CHWISTKA (CZĘŚĆ 111. ZAGADNIENIE KONSTRUKCJI)</title> </titleInfo>

      <typeOfResource>still image</typeOfResource>

      <part>

    <extent unit="page"> <start>17</start> </extent>

      </part>

      <genre type="CCS">Illustration</genre>

    </relatedItem>

Should be:

      <titleInfo lang="pol">

    <title>ILUSTRACJA DO „ZAGADNIEŃ WSPÓŁCZESNEJ ARCHITEKTURY"</title>

      </titleInfo>

CZĘŚĆ 111. ZAGADNIENIE KONSTRUKCJI)

      <typeOfResource>still image</typeOfResource>

      <part>

    <extent unit="page">

      <start>17</start>

    </extent>

      </part>

      <genre type="CCS">Illustration</genre>

    </relatedItem>