Date:         Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:52:07 -0500
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From:         Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: typeOfResource and events
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On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 08:04  AM, Andrew E Switala wrote:

> You could consider simply omitting typeOfResource; there are no
> mandatory subelements of <mods>.  A past event is a "resource" in the
> W3C sense (anything that has identity), but notice that all the MODS
> "resources" are concrete; they're physical manifestations that you
> might
> find in a library.  A videotape or a transcript of the lecture would
> have a typeOfResource, but the lecture itself would not.  That
> something
> is an event could be coded in <genre> or <physicalDescription>, both of
> which have authority attributes.

That's a good idea; thanks.

Bruce