Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS): an alternative to MARC 21 Format for Authority Data
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1981-8920.2013v18n1p106Keywords:
Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), MARC 21 Format for authority data, Authority control, Descriptive cataloging.Abstract
Introduction: Authority records interchange requires establishing and using metadata standards, such as MARC 21 Format for Authority Data, format used by several cataloging agencies, and Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS), that has received little attention and it is a little widespread standard among agencies.
Objetive: To present an introductory study about MADS standard.
Methodology: Descriptive and exploratory bibliographic research.
Results: The paper address the MADS creation context, its goals, structure as well as critical issues related to conversion of records from MARC 21 to MADS.
Conclusions: Concludes that MADS, despite its limitations, may be used to create simple authority records in Web environment and beyond libraries context.
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