tDAR Document Metadata Mapping to MODS and DC

Background

tDAR provides the ability to view Document metadata in MODS format as well as DC (Dublin Core) format.  This document shows the mappings for the fields in tDAR documents to MODS, DC format.

The native XSD schema for tDAR's native metadata format can be found here: https://core.tdar.org/schema/current

DC Mappings

DC Element

Extended DC

tDAR Field

tDAR Entity

Notes

title

title

title

Resource


creator


resourceCreators

Resource

for resource creators role of "AUTHOR" only


authorresourceCreators (Author)Resource

contributor

contributor

resourceCreators

Resource


publisher

publisher

publisher

Resource

for resource creators role of "CONTACT" only

coverage

spatial

geographicKeywords

Resource


coverage

temporal

temporalKeywords

Resource


subject

subject

cultureKeywords

Resource


coverage

coverage

siteNameKeywords

Resource


subjectsubjectmaterialKeywordsResource
subjectsubjectsiteTypeKeywordsResource

subject

subject

otherKeywords

Resource


type

type

resource type (label)

ResourceType


coverage

spatial

longLat

Resource

example: <coverage>MaxY: 41.90476840963856, MinY: 41.90236487933304, MaxX: -70.00227570533752, MinX: -70.00521540641785</coverage>

coverage

date

calendarDate

Resource


coverage

date

radiocarbonDate

Resource


date

dateCreated

dateCreated

InformationResource


language

language

resourceLanguage

InformationResource

resourceLanguage.getCode()

type

type

ResourceType

InformationResource


typetypetypeInformationResourceFile

contributor

contributor

resourceProviderInstitution

InformationResource


description

abstract

description

Document


identifieridentifiertDAR ID

identifier

identifier

DOI

InformationResource


relation

relation

copyLocation

Document


identifier

identifier

ISBN

Document


identifier

identifier

ISSN

Document


relation

relation

series

Document

series/seriesnumber concatenate e.g. <relation>Series  seriesName #123</relation>

relation

relation

seriesNumber

Document

series/seriesnumber concatenate e.g. <relation>Series  seriesName #123</relation>

relation

relation

volume, edition

Document (DocumentType.BOOK)

Concatenated, e.g. <relation>Edition:5  Volume:3</relation>

source

relation

journalName, bookTitle, volume, journalNumber, startPage, endPage

Document (DocumentType.BOOK_SECTION)

all of these fields are concatenated (if not null) are concatenated into a single DC <source> node

source

relation

journalName, bookTitle, volume, journalNumber, startPage, endPage

Document (DocumentType.JOURNAL_ARTICLE)

all of these fields are concatenated (if not null) are concatenated into a single DC <source> node


citation(complete tDAR citation)


Identifier(tDAR Url)


isPartOfCollection nameResourceCollection

isPartOfProject TitleInformationResource.project
typetypeDocumentTypeDocument

MODS Mappings

MODS Element

tDAR Element

tDAR Entity

Notes

titleInfo/title

title

Resource


subject/geographic

geographicKeywords

Resource


subject/temporal

temporalKeywords

Resource


subject/topic

cultureKeywords

Resource


subject/topic

siteNameKeywords

Resource


subject/topic

otherKeywords

Resource


subject/cartographics

latitudeLongitudeBoxes

Resource


originInfo/dateCreated

dateCreated

InformationResource


originInfo/edition

edition

Document


originInfo/publisher

publisher, publisherLocation

Document

tDAR concatenates these two fields to generate  the publisher element

originInfo/place/placeTerm

publisherLocation

Document


language/languageTerm

resourceLanguage

InformationResource


typeOfResource

resourceType

InformationResource

tDAR resource type in DCMI format

abstract

description

Resource


name

resourceCreators

Resource


name/role/roleTerm

roleType

Resource


identifier@type=doi

doi

Document


genre@authority=local

documentType

Document


relatedItem@type=series

seriesName, seriesNumber

Document


part/detail@type=volume

volume

Document


part/extent@unit=pages/total

numberOfPages

Document


part/extent@unit=pages/start

startPage

Document


part/extent@unit=pages/end

endPage

Document


identifier@type=isbn

isbn

Document


location/physicalLocation

copyLocation

Document