Metadata Object Description Schema

Metadata Object Description Schema
Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
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AbbreviationMODS
StatusPublished
Year started2002
Latest version3.8
September 2022
Related standardsMARC
DomainBibliography
Websitewww.loc.gov/standards/mods

The Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is an XML-based bibliographic description schema developed by the United States Library of Congress' Network Development and Standards Office. MODS was designed as a compromise between the complexity of the MARC format used by libraries and the extreme simplicity of Dublin Core metadata.