MODS
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MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) is a bibliographic metadata standard developed by the Library of Congress that provides a rich, XML-based format for describing digital and print resources.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1468027 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MODS Context triple: [METS, relatedStandard, MODS]
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A.
MOD
MOD is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, the government department responsible for implementing defense policy and overseeing the armed forces.
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B.
MDE
MDE is the state agency in Maryland responsible for protecting and restoring the environment and public health through regulation, monitoring, and enforcement of environmental laws.
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C.
MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
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D.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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E.
MDA
MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MODS Target entity description: MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) is a bibliographic metadata standard developed by the Library of Congress that provides a rich, XML-based format for describing digital and print resources.
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A.
MOD
MOD is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, the government department responsible for implementing defense policy and overseeing the armed forces.
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B.
MDE
MDE is the state agency in Maryland responsible for protecting and restoring the environment and public health through regulation, monitoring, and enforcement of environmental laws.
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C.
MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
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D.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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E.
MDA
MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
XML schema
ⓘ
bibliographic metadata standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MODS ⓘ |
| applicationArea |
archives
ⓘ
digital libraries ⓘ institutional repositories ⓘ museums ⓘ |
| basedOn |
MARC 21
ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
|
| category | library metadata standard ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Dublin Core
ⓘ
METS ⓘ OAI-PMH ⓘ |
| developedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/ ⓘ |
| domain | bibliographic metadata ⓘ |
| fullName |
Metadata Object Description Schema
ⓘ
linked to:
MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
|
| governedBy | Network Development and MARC Standards Office ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
abstract element
ⓘ
accessCondition element ⓘ classification element ⓘ genre element ⓘ identifier element ⓘ language element ⓘ location element ⓘ name element ⓘ note element ⓘ originInfo element ⓘ physicalDescription element ⓘ recordInfo element ⓘ relatedItem element ⓘ subject element ⓘ tableOfContents element ⓘ targetAudience element ⓘ titleInfo element ⓘ typeOfResource element ⓘ |
| hasDesignGoal |
human-readable XML
ⓘ
machine-processable metadata ⓘ rich descriptive metadata ⓘ |
| hasFormatType | XML ⓘ |
| hasGranularity |
less complex than MARC 21
ⓘ
richer than Dublin Core ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
MODS 3.0
ⓘ
linked to:
MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
MODS 3.1 ⓘ MODS 3.10 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS
MODS 3.2 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS
MODS 3.3 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
MODS 3.4 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS
MODS 3.5 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS
MODS 3.6 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS
MODS 3.7 ⓘ MODS 3.8 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS
MODS 3.9 ⓘ
linked to:
MODS
|
| language |
XML Schema Definition (XSD)
ⓘ
linked to:
XML Schema
|
| maintainedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| namespaceURI | http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
BIBFRAME
ⓘ
MARCXML ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
|
| serializationFormat | XML ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Library of Congress Standards ⓘ |
| supports |
access conditions
ⓘ
genre ⓘ hierarchical description ⓘ location information ⓘ metadata exchange ⓘ metadata harvesting ⓘ multilingual metadata ⓘ names and roles ⓘ origin information ⓘ physical description ⓘ record information ⓘ related items ⓘ resource discovery ⓘ subjects ⓘ |
| supportsEncoding | Unicode ⓘ |
| usedFor |
describing digital resources
ⓘ
describing print resources ⓘ digital library metadata ⓘ library cataloging ⓘ metadata interoperability ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MODS Description of subject: MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) is a bibliographic metadata standard developed by the Library of Congress that provides a rich, XML-based format for describing digital and print resources.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MODS
linked to: MODS
linked to: MODS
linked to: MODS
linked to: MODS
linked to: MODS
linked to: MODS
subject linked to:
MADS (Metadata Authority Description Schema)