Item Types (MODS Genres) for XML Forms
| Academic Paper |
Includes theses, dissertations, senior projects, and any other papers or research produced by students. |
| Art |
For all types of art, public art, sculptures, 2D art, videos, images, etc. |
| Article |
For individual articles such as those from a magazine or standalone articles. For articles produced by students, teachers, or professors, use Academic Paper. For items such as meeting minutes or organization policies, use the more generic Document. |
| Book |
Use when the object being digitized is a book. This is NOT necessarily related to the book content type, rather this is describing the original item being digitized. |
| Compound | |
| Document |
Use for documents that are neither academic papers or articles. For example: transcripts, meeting minutes, policies, technical requirements, etc. |
| Image |
Use for photos as well as digitized images. Do not use for documents or articles, even though the digitized file might be an image file. |
| Magazine |
Use for full issues. For magazine articles, use Article. |
| Music Recording |
Use for audio recordings that are primarily music. For music videos use Video. For audio recordings that are more speaking than music, use Voice Recording. |
| Newspaper |
Use for individual ISSUES of a newspaper. For individual articles, use Article. |
| Page | |
| Postcard |
Use for postcards. |
| Video |
Use for all videos. |
| Voice Recording |
Use for oral histories, interviews, speeches or any recording that is primarily a person speaking. |