Abstract

REQUIRED

MODS Element name: <typeOfResource>

Short definition: A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource.

Input guidelines: Specify the characteristics and general type of content of the resource (original resource, not digitized version). Information on the Type of Resource is about the original item. For example, in the case of a digitized photograph, Type of Resource information would apply to the analog original; in born-digital materials, it would apply to the original digital format. This element includes a high-level type that categorizes the material in a general way using an enumerated list of values. More specific typing is done in the information on Genre.

Select one of the available values for resource type and indicate if the content is a manuscript or not. Manuscripts are locally defined as unpublished, single instance textual materials, notated music, and cartographic materials. Manuscripts can be handwritten, typed (typescript), or computer printout materials intended to exist as a single instance. Follow your unit/collection guidelines per Supervisor/Collection Owner.

Per MODS specification, the following values are available for typeOfResource:

  • text – Resources that are basically textual in nature.
  • cartographic – Includes maps, atlases, globes, digital maps, and other cartographic items.
  • notated music – Graphic, non-realized representations of musical works, both in printed and digitized manifestations that represent the four components of musical sound: pitch, duration, timbre, and loudness.
  • sound recording – Used when a mixture of musical and nonmusical sound recordings occurs in a resource or when a user does not want to or cannot make a distinction between musical and nonmusical.
  • sound recording-musical – Used when a resource is predominately a musical sound recording.
  • sound recording-nonmusical – Used when the sound recording is nonmusical in nature.
  • still image – Includes two-dimensional images and slides and transparencies.
  • moving image – Includes motion pictures and videorecordings, as well as television programs, digital video, and animated computer graphics—but not slides and transparencies. It does not include moving images that are primarily computer programs, such as computer games or computer-oriented multimedia; these are included in "software, multimedia".
  • three dimensional object – Includes man-made objects such as models, sculptures, clothing, and toys, as well as naturally occurring objects such as specimens mounted for viewing.
  • software, multimedia – Appropriate for any electronic resource without a significant aspect that indicates one of the other <typeOfResource> categories. It includes: software, numeric data, computer-oriented multimedia, and online systems and services.
  • mixed material – Indicates that there are significant materials in two or more forms that are usually related by virtue of their having been accumulated by or about a person or body. Mixed material includes archival fonds and manuscript collections of mixed forms of materials, such as text, photographs, and sound recordings.

Definition

A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource. Information on Type of Resource is about the original item.

DAMS input form fields

Type of Resource

DAMS form field nameform field typerequiredMODS elementCollections Portal displaynotes
Select a Type

dropdown selection

depending on the content model, a selection of the following values will be available:

  • text
  • cartographic
  • notated music
  • sound recording
  • sound recording - musical
  • sound recording - nonmusical
  • still image
  • moving image
  • three-dimensional object
  • software, multimedia
  • mixed material
yestypeOfResourceType*

The value selected as Type of Resource is merged with metadata values for Form/Medium and Genre for display on the Collections portal (label "Type").



Is this resource a manuscript?

dropdown selection

  • yes
  • no
notypeOfResource[@manuscript]N/A

MODS Element description

Element <typeOfResource>

http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/typeofresource.html

Guidelines for use

Specify the characteristics and general type of content of the resource (original resource, not digitized version). Information on the Type of Resource is about the original item. For example, in the case of a digitized photograph, Type of Resource information would apply to the analog original; in born-digital materials, it would apply to the original digital format. This element includes a high-level type that categorizes the material in a general way using an enumerated list of values. More specific typing is done in the information on Genre.

Select one of the available values for resource type and indicate if the content is a manuscript or not. Manuscripts are locally defined as unpublished, single instance textual materials, notated music, and cartographic materials. Manuscripts can be handwritten, typed (typescript), or computer printout materials intended to exist as a single instance. Follow your unit/collection guidelines per Supervisor/Collection Owner.

Per MODS specification, the following values are available for typeOfResource:

  • text – Resources that are basically textual in nature.
  • cartographic – Includes maps, atlases, globes, digital maps, and other cartographic items.
  • notated music – Graphic, non-realized representations of musical works, both in printed and digitized manifestations that represent the four components of musical sound: pitch, duration, timbre, and loudness.
  • sound recording – Used when a mixture of musical and nonmusical sound recordings occurs in a resource or when a user does not want to or cannot make a distinction between musical and nonmusical.
  • sound recording-musical – Used when a resource is predominately a musical sound recording.
  • sound recording-nonmusical – Used when the sound recording is nonmusical in nature.
  • still image – Includes two-dimensional images and slides and transparencies.
  • moving image – Includes motion pictures and videorecordings, as well as television programs, digital video, and animated computer graphics—but not slides and transparencies. It does not include moving images that are primarily computer programs, such as computer games or computer-oriented multimedia; these are included in "software, multimedia".
  • three dimensional object – Includes man-made objects such as models, sculptures, clothing, and toys, as well as naturally occurring objects such as specimens mounted for viewing.
  • software, multimedia – Appropriate for any electronic resource without a significant aspect that indicates one of the other <typeOfResource> categories. It includes: software, numeric data, computer-oriented multimedia, and online systems and services.
  • mixed material – Indicates that there are significant materials in two or more forms that are usually related by virtue of their having been accumulated by or about a person or body. Mixed material includes archival fonds and manuscript collections of mixed forms of materials, such as text, photographs, and sound recordings.

Attributes

Attribute nameDetailsXPath syntax examples
manuscript
value:
  • yes

Do not apply the manuscript attribute with a value other than yes. If an asset is not a manuscript, do not include the attribute at all.

typeOfResource[@manuscript="yes"]
lang

value:

  • eng
typeOfResource[@lang="eng"]

Subelements

No subelements for <typeOfResource>.

XML Examples

<typeOfResource lang="eng">cartographic</typeOfResource>

<typeOfResource lang="eng">three dimensional object</typeOfResource>

<typeOfResource lang="eng" manuscript="yes">text</typeOfResource>

Mappings

Dublin Core

Depending on the direction of mapping necessary, check

The following specific guidelines apply for the DAMS:

Dublin Core fieldMapping conditionMODS elementNotes
dc:typeMODS to DCtypeOfResource[@manuscript=yes]When mapping from MODS to DC, map a manuscript attribute to a separate dc:type element.

MARC 21

Check LEADER pos. 06 - see http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-mapping.html#typeofresource.

Solr

In general, all MODS metadata is imported into the DAMS Solr server upon ingest. The ingest process generates Solr fields typically named according to the following schema:

mods_value*_suffix

where

  • value* can be one or multiple element, subelement or attribute names that allow to distinguish Solr fields
  • suffix is s, t, ss, ms or mt, which refers to the type of data stored in a Solr field and how it is indexed. The Solr index usually contains multiple copies of each field with the same content, distinguished by their suffix.

The following table shows mappings between MODS elements and Solr fields for those fields that are currently used for display in the Collections portal, or where additional processing happens in Islandora or during the publishing process. Suffixes are ignored, unless relevant for the mapping.

MODS elementMapping conditionSolr DAMSSolr Collections PortalNotes
typeOfResource
mods_type_consolidated_msmods_type_consolidated_msThe value for <typeOfResource> is merged with metadata values for <form> and <genre> for display on the Collections portal (label "Type").
typeOfResource
mods_type_consolidated_msdisplay_type_ms

The value for <typeOfResource> is merged with metadata values for <form> and <genre> for display on the Collections portal (label "Type").

The Solr field display_type_ms is generated from mods_type_consolidated_ms upon publishing, to feed the "Type" facet on the Collections portal start page. The first letter of each word is capitalized

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