ModsBook
Just as an experiment, I’ve put together a Relax NG schema that uses MODS for its metadata, and DocBook for its content. The schema – which is just a test – is defined like so:
include "docbook.rnc" {
start = document
}
include "mods.rnc"
document = element document { meta, content }
meta = element meta { ModsSchema }
content = element content {
article
| book
| chapter
}
Here is a minimal example instance:
<document>
<meta>
<mods xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<name type="personal">
<namePart type="given">Bruce</namePart>
<namePart type="family">D'Arcus</namePart>
</name>
<titleInfo>
<title>A Journal Article</title>
</titleInfo>
<genre>article-journal</genre>
</mods>
</meta>
<content>
<article>
<section>
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>Article text.</para>
</section>
</article>
</content>
</document>
There are a few things missing from MODS compared to the DiVA Schema. One is a way to code the publication status of a document. Is it published, or unpublished? If the latter, is it in review, in press, etc.?
Also, I hope to see the Library of Congress release a Relax NG version of the MODS. The center of gravity in the XML world is shifting to Relax NG, it seems to me, at least in the free software world.
