Date:         Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:44:57 -0500
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From:         Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: alternate personal names in MODS?
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On 11/22/05, Barbara B Tillett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Regarding multiple titles and not multiple names - the MODS record would record how the manifestation represents the information - you'd only include multiple titles found on the manifestation (not all possible titles given over the various expressions and manifestations over time - that would go in an authority record).  Similarly for names - in a MODS record you'd only be using the names found on the manifestation (which indeed could be full or shortened forms, but hopefully the same name and not all the person's alternative names).

Bingo.  But there's no way to do this currently. If you have two
mods:name elements, they (implicitly) refer to two people.

Bruce