BiblioML DTD: User Element View [DTD Element View]
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Element BiblioRecord

Description

The top level element, used to identify a record conforming to the BiblioML DTD. This element can also be used within a LinkedItem element, to fully markup a related work.

The contents of a BiblioRecord element is divided into 5 groups:

- Meta

Metadata for the record, that is information about the record and not the work being described. These informations come from different fields, but mostly from the 0XX block.

- Description

The description of the work: title, authors, dates, publishers, etc.

- Notes

Notes about the work.

- Relationships

Links to other works or uniform and collective titles.

- Subjects

Subjects covered by the work, in a broad sense. May also include classification information.

The ID attribute should uniquely identify the record in a bibliographic database. It comes from field 001.

The ISOLanguage and Language attributes identify the language of cataloguing for the record. Positions 22-24 of subfield $a of field 100. The Language attribute contains the language code according to Unimarc languqge codes, and the ISOLanguage attribute contains a language code according to ISO 369.

Synopsis

Content Model

(Meta,Description,Notes?,Subjects?,Relationships?)

Attributes

NameTypeDefault Value
Language CDATA Required
id ID Required
ISOLanguage CDATA None

Parents

LinkedItem

Children

Description, Meta, Notes, Relationships, Subjects


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