4. Serial Collection Metadata Element Set

Metadata Element List

Serial collections may contain items from the catalog and/or the digital repository. For this reason, there is a catalog version and a digital repository (hence, "digital") version of the metadata element set. The digital version includes elements in addition to those in the catalog version, which are indicated in the metadata element list as "digital only." By default, the metadata element list for serial collections includes only item-level description in a single base layer CSV, but serial collections with items from the digital repository may also use the collection-level base layer from the metadata element list for archival collections.

Item Level

• Identifier
• Title
• Uniform Title
• Alternative Title
• Enumeration and Chronology (digital only)
• Associated Name
• Publication Place
• Publisher
• Start Date
• End Date
• Edition
• Issuance
• Frequency
• Language
• Type of Resource
• Format
• Extent
• Genre
• Abstract
• Subject
• Temporal Coverage
• Geographic Coverage
• Target Audience
• Preceded By
• Succeeded By
• Copyright Status (digital only)
• Copyright Holder (digital only)
• Copyright Note (digital only)
• ISSN
• LCCN
• OCLCCN
• URL
• Collection Identifier (digital only)
• Depositor (digital only)

 

Metadata Element Descriptions

Descriptions below may apply only to the catalog version or the digital version of the metadata element set, indicated by "catalog only" or "digital only," respectively. Note: Multiple element values are separated by a triple pipe (|||) unless stated otherwise.

Item Level

IDENTIFIER

CSV Element	id
Description	A unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource in the institutional catalog system or digital repository.
Required	Yes
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:recordInfo/mods:recordIdentifier (catalog only) mods:identifier[@type="pitt"] (digital only)
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.identifier
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Must be a unique string in the catalog or digital repository system.
Notes	Alpha-numeric or numeric string, with or without special characters like periods (.) or dashes (-)
Example(s)	999022363406236 31735047439264

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TITLE

CSV Element	title
Description	A name given to the resource.
Required	Yes
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:titleInfo mods:title mods:subTitle mods:nonSort
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.title
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes	Title is formatted as following (less the subTitle and/or nonSort where they do not exist): [title]: [subTitle], [nonSort] If value of subTitle is parenthetical, it should be formatted as following (less the nonSort where if it does not exist): [title] [subTitle], [nonSort] Excludes any Title elements (i.e., mods:titleInfo) with the following @type attribute values: abbreviated, translated, alternative, uniform.
Example(s)	Courier Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning (CriSTaL) Tip top weekly: an ideal publication for the American youth Shooting Star Review

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UNIFORM TITLE

CSV Element	uniform title
Description	A distinctive title assigned to a work which has no title or has appeared under more than one title; also used to provide identification for a work when the title by which it is known differs from the title proper of a particular issue or when different publications have identical titles.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/mods:title
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.title
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	Courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : City edition) Shooting star review

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ALTERNATIVE TITLE

CSV Element	alternative title
Description	An alternative form or variant of the title.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:titleInfo[@type="alternative"]/mods:title
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.title
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	CriSTaL Shooting star

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ENUMERATION AND CHRONOLOGY

CSV Element	enumeration_chronology
Description	A numeric and/or alphabetic designation used to identify the resource and its sequential and/or chronological relationship to a serial, of which it is a part, as a whole.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:titleInfo/partNumber
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.title
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	ANSI/NISO Z39.71-2006 (R2011) Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items NISO Z39.44 Serial Holdings Standard (superseded by ANSI/NISO Z39.71-2006) Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	vol. 12, no. 8

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ASSOCIATED NAME

CSV Element	associated_name
Description	A name of an entity associated in some way with the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:name/mods:namePart with mods:role/mods:roleterm Exception for possible @roleTerm attribute values: depositor
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.creator dc.contributor
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations. Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF)
Notes	Multiple values within the mods:name element are separated by comma (,).
Example(s)	International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Meinhof, Carl, 1857-1944

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PUBLICATION PLACE

CSV Element	publication_place
Description	Name of a place associated with the publication or issuance of the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:place/mods:placeTerm[@type="text]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.publisher
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	MARC Code List for Countries ISO 3166 — Country Codes
Notes
Example(s)	Berlin [etc.] Minneapolis and St. Paul Petersburg, VA New Delhi]

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PUBLISHER

CSV Element	publisher
Description	A name of an entity that published, printed, distributed, released, issued, or produced the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:publisher mods:name/namePart with mods:role/mods:roleTerm="publisher"
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.publisher
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No Limitations. Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF)
Notes
Example(s)	Afro-Hispanic Institute Sandra Gould Ford

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PUBLICATION DATE

CSV Element	publication_date
Description	A date associated with the publication or issuance of the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:dateIssued mods:originInfo/mods:dateOther[@type="sort"] (digital only)
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.date
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)
Notes	For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 260 - Publication, Distribution, etc..
Example(s)	[1994]- 2011- 1940-02-01T00:00:00 (digital only)

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START DATE

CSV Element	start_date
Description	A date associated with the beginning of publication of the resource or the serial of which it is a part.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:dateIssued[@point="start"] mods:originInfo/mods:dateCreated[@point="start"] (digital only)
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.date
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes	For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 008 - All Materials (NR).
Example(s)	19uu 1965

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END DATE

CSV Element	end_date
Description	A date associated with the end of publication of the resource or the continuing resource (e.g., serial) of which it is a part.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:dateIssued[@point="end"] mods:originInfo/mods:dateCreated[@point="end"]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.date
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	1992 9999 uuuu

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EDITION

CSV Element	edition
Description	An identification of the version of the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:edition
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.title
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes	For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 250 - Edition Statement.
Example(s)	City ed.

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ISSUANCE

CSV Element	issuance
Description	A term that designates how the resource is issued (e.g., monographic, serial, continuing).
Required	Yes
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:issuance
Dublin Core Mapping	n/a
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Restricted schema data values for issuance subelement: serial, monographic, multipart monograph, single unit, integrating resource
Notes	For more information, see MARC Mapping to MODS for the .
Example(s)	serial

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FREQUENCY

CSV Element	frequency
Description	A statement of publication frequency or pattern of the resource or the serial of which it is a part.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:originInfo/mods:frequency
Dublin Core Mapping	n/a
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	MARC 21 Frequency of Issue Term List
Notes
Example(s)	Weekly Unknown

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LANGUAGE

CSV Element	language
Description	A language in which the content of the resource is expressed.
Required	Yes
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:language/mods:languageTerm
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.language
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	ISO 639-2 Language Code List - Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages MARC Code List for Language
Notes
Example(s)	eng

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TYPE OF RESOURCE

CSV Element	type_of_resource
Description	A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource.
Required	Yes
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:typeOfResource
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.type
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Restricted scheme data values for typeOfResource element: text, cartographic, notated music, sound recording, sound recording - nonmusical, sound recording - musical, still image, moving image, kit three dimensional object, software, multimedia, mixed material
Notes	For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — Leader.
Example(s)	text

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FORMAT

CSV Element	format
Description	A designation of a particular physical presentation of a resource, including the physical form or medium of material for a resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:physicalDescription/mods:form
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.format
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	MARC Form Category Term List Term and Code List for RDA Media Types Term and Code List for RDA Carrier Types Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules general material designation (Rule 1.1C) Others: Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	print print|||unmediated|||volume

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EXTENT

CSV Element	extent
Description	A statement about the physical extent of the resource, in terms of units of measurement and material.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:physicalDescription/mods:extent
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.format
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes	For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 300 - Physical Description: http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd300.html
Example(s)	93 v. in 91. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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GENRE

CSV Element	genre
Description	A term that designates a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content embodied by the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:genre mods:subject/mods:genre
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.type
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) *	MARC Genre Term List Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) MARC Form of Musical Composition Code List Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Genre Terms Thesaurus for graphic materialsTGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Provenance Evidence Terms Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc., 2nd edition Term and Code List for RDA Content Types Form terms for archival and manuscripts control  *Note: This is a working list.
Notes
Example(s)	text Periodicals. newspaper

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ABSTRACT

CSV Element	abstract
Description	A summary of the content of the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:abstract
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.description
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	Some special issues devoted to the literatures of other minorities. Describes political and economic policy, the domestic economy, foreign trade and payments. Provides 18-24 month forecasts.

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SUBJECT

CSV Element	subject
Description	A term or phrase representing the primary topic(s) on which the resource is focused.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:subject mods:topic mods:name mods:titleInfo mods:occupation
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.subject
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s) *	Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) Children's Subject Headings (CSH) Library of Congress Subject Headings Supplemental Vocabularies: Children’s Headings (LCSHAC) Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) National Agricultural Library Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM)  *Note: This is a working list.
Notes
Example(s)	Advertising Pittsburgh

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TEMPORAL COVERAGE

CSV Element	temporal_coverage
Description	A chronological statement that indicates the date(s) or time period covered by the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:subject/mods:temporal
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.coverage
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations. ISO 8601 — Date and Time Format
Notes
Example(s)	20th century 1978-1989

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GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE

CSV Element	geographic_coverage
Description	A geographical name or geographical data that indicates the spatial coverage of the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:subject mods:geographic mods:geographicCode mods:hierarchicalGeographic mods:continent mods:country mods:region mods:state mods:territory mods:county mods:city mods:island mods:area mods:extraterrestrialArea mods:citySection mods:cartographics mods:scale mods:projection mods:coordinates mods:geographicCoordinates
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	MARC Code List for Geographic Areas MARC Code List for Countries ISO 3166 — Country Codes Free text. No limitations.
Notes	May be a simple or hierarchical geographical name or area code (e.g., city section, city, county, territory, state, region, country, continent, island, area, extraterrestrial area), cartographic data (e.g., coordinates, scale, projection)
Example(s)	South African Iowa, Des Moines, United States

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TARGET AUDIENCE

CSV Element	target_audience
Description	A description of the intellectual level, motivation/interest level, subject interest, or special characteristics of the audience for which the resource is intended.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:targetAudience
Dublin Core Mapping	n/a
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	MARC Target Audience Term List Medietilsynets aldersmerking for film (Medietilsynet) Målgrupper (National Library of Norway) Age ratings for computer games (Pan European Game Information (PEGI)) Free text. No limitations.
Notes	For more information, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data — 521 - Target Audience Note.
Example(s)	Black newspaper." Cf. Black periodicals and newspapers. Juvenile

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PREECEDED BY

CSV Element	preceeded_by
Description	A predecessor to the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:relatedItem[@type="preceding"]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.relation
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	Semi-weekly Louisianian

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SUCCEDED BY

CSV Element	succeeded_by
Description	A successor to the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:relatedItem[@type="succeeding"]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.relation
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	Beeton's boy's annual

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COPYRIGHT STATUS

CSV Element	copyright_status
Description	An indication of the copyright status for the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:accessCondition/copyrightMD:copyright[@copyright.status]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.rights
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Restricted scheme data values for typeOfResource element:  copyrighted — Under copyright. pd — Public domain: No further information. pd_usfed — Public domain: US Federal document. pd_holder — Public domain: Item dedicated to the public domain by the rights holder. pd_expired — Public domain: Item in the public domain because of expiration of copyright based on U.S. law. unknown — Copyright status of the resource is unknown.
Notes
Example(s)	copyrighted

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COPYRIGHT HOLDER

CSV Element	copyright_holder
Description	A name of either an entity responsible for creating the resource or an entity identified as a copyright holder for the resource.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:accessCondition/copyrightMD:copyright/copyrightMD:name
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.rights
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	Sandra Gould Ford

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COPYRIGHT NOTE

CSV Element	copyright_note
Description	A general note relating to one of the following aspects of the resource: its creator(s), its publication, its rights holder(s), or services available pertaining to it.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:accessCondition/copyrightMD:copyright/copyrightMD:note
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.rights
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	Permission granted by owner/publisher

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ISSN

CSV Element	issn
Description	International Standard Serial Number: A persistent and unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource to distinguish it from other continuing resources worldwide.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:identifier[@type="issn"]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.identifier
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
Notes	An 8-digit numeric code, divided by a hyphen into two four-digit numbers.
Example(s)	0744-7647

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LCCN

CSV Element	lccn
Description	Library of Congress Control Number: A persistent and unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource to distinguish it from other resources worldwide.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:identifier[@type="lccn"]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.identifier
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	LC (Library of Congress) control numbering system
Notes	A numeric code.
Example(s)	04014482

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OCLCCN

CSV Element	oclccn
Description	Online Computer Library Center Control Number: A persistent and unique identifier that serves as an unambiguous reference to the resource to distinguish it from other resources in the WorldCat and other bibliographic contexts.
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:identifier[@type="oclc"] mods:identifier[@type="local"] when value contains "(OCoLC)"
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.identifier
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	OCLC Control Number
Notes	A numeric or alph-numeric string. For more information, see "OCLC control number expansion in 2013".
Example(s)	04184089 (OCoLC)760926034

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URL

CSV Element	url
Description	A Uniform Resource Location (URL) of the resource; an electronic location from which the resource is available.
Required	No
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	mods:location/mods:url
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.identifier
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Uniform Resource Location (URL)
Notes	URL links to proprietary resources include an EZProxy URL to enable access to library e-resources from off campus.
Example(s)	http://pitt.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/journals/10624783.html

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COLLECTION IDENTIFIER

CSV Element	collection_id
Description	A digital collection to which the resource belongs.
Required	Yes
Repeatable	Yes
Element(s)	rdf:Description/fedora:isMemberOfCollection[@rdf:resource]
Dublin Core Mapping	dc.relation
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes	Alpha-numeric string with special characters, i.e. a colon (:) and a period (.), formatted as follows: pitt:collection_nnn
Example(s)	pitt:collection.299

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DEPOSITOR

CSV Element	depositor
Description	An official name of the institution responsible for depositing the resource.
Required	Yes
Repeatable	No
Element(s)	mods:name/mods:namePart with mods:role/mods:roleTerm="depositor"
Dublin Core Mapping	n/a
Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme(s)	Free text. No limitations.
Notes
Example(s)	University of Pittsburgh

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