The XML Record Format

The Copac XML record format uses the MODS XML schema for the bibliographic details of the document. MODS is developed and maintained by the Library of Congress and full details are available on the Library of Congress MODS Web site. The Holdings information in the record uses the Copac local holdings schema. This was developed to allow the inclusion of more detailed local holdings information than was originally possible in the MODS record, but its use is not limited to MODS.

The XML MODS format record contains the full bibliographic details about a document, plus notes, subject terms and holding libraries.

The following is a typical XML Format record:

- <modsCollection>
  - <mods xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd http://copac.ac.uk/schemas/mods-copac/v1 http://copac.ac.uk/schemas/mods-copac/v1/mods-copac-v1.xsd http://copac.ac.uk/schemas/holdings/v1 http://copac.ac.uk/schemas/holdings/v1/holdings-v1.xsd">
    - <recordInfo>
        <recordIdentifier source="copac">72012701502Edward Gibbon  ; with an introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper.
      </note>
    - <name type="personal">
        <namePart>Gibbon, Edward,</namePart>
        <namePart type="date">1737-1794.</namePart>
      - <role>
          <roleTerm type="text">creator</roleTerm>
        </role>
      </name>
    - <name type="personal">
        <namePart>Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald),</namePart>
        <namePart type="date">1914-2003.</namePart>
      </name>
    - <relatedItem type="series">
        <title>Everyman's library ; 95</title>
      </relatedItem>
    - <subject authority="lcsh">
        <geographic>Rome</geographic>
        <topic>History</topic>
        <temporal>Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.</temporal>
      </subject>
    - <subject authority="lcsh">
        <geographic>Byzantine Empire</geographic>
        <topic>History.</topic>
      </subject>
    - <subject>
        <topic>Roman Empire</topic>
        <topic>History, B.C.27-A.D.476</topic>
      </subject>
    - <language>
        <languageTerm type="text">English</languageTerm>
      </language>
    - <note>This ed. originally published: 1910. Repr. with new introduction.</note>
      <note>Three vols. in slip case.</note>
      <note>Bibliography: Vol.1, p.xcix. - Includes index.</note>
      <note>Dates of available copies: 1993, 1994.</note>
    - <physicalDescription>
        <extent>3 v. : geneal.tables,maps ; 21 cm.</extent>
      </physicalDescription>
      <identifier type="isbn">1857150953</identifier>
      <identifier type="bnb">GB9362135</identifier>
      <classification authority="ddc" edition="20">937.06</classification>
    - <extension>
      - <h:localHolds>
          <h:org type="CURL" displayName="University of London - ULRLS">Lon</h:org>
          <h:objId>05B29515221</h:objId>
        - <h:holds>
          - <h:item>
              <h:loc displayName="Institute of Classical Studies, Upper Reading Room">ikurr</h:loc>
              <h:shelfmark>119M</h:shelfmark>
            </h:item>
          </h:holds>
        - <h:holds>
          - <h:item>
              <h:loc displayName="Institute of Classical Studies, Upper Reading Room">ikurr</h:loc>
              <h:shelfmark>119M</h:shelfmark>
            </h:item>
          </h:holds>
        - <h:holds>
          - <h:item>
              <h:loc displayName="Institute of Classical Studies, Upper Reading Room"<ikurr</h:loc>
              <h:shelfmark>119M</h:shelfmark>
            </h:item>
          </h:holds>
        - <h:localNote>
            <note>Date of copy: 1993</note>
          </h:localNote>
        </h:localHolds>
      - <h:localHolds>
          <h:org type="CURL" displayName="British Library">BLI</h:org>
          <h:objId>72012701502</h:objId>
        - <h:holds>
          - <h:item>
              <h:loc displayName="Humanities and Social Sciences, St Pancras Reading Rooms">HMNTS</h:loc>
              <h:shelfmark>12206.P.1/1548</h:shelfmark>
            </h:item>
          </h:holds>
        - <h:localNote>
            <note>Date of copy: 1993</note>
          </h:localNote>
        </h:localHolds>
      - <h:localHolds>
          <h:org type="CURL" displayName="British Library">BLI</h:org>
          <h:objId>72012701582</h:objId>
        - <h:holds>
          - <h:item>
              <h:loc displayName="Humanities and Social Sciences, St Pancras Reading Rooms">HMNTS</h:loc>
              <h:shelfmark>12206.P.1/1576</h:shelfmark>
            </h:item>
          </h:holds>
        - <h:localNote>
            <note>Date of copy: 1994</note>
          </h:localNote>
        </h:localHolds>
     </extension>
  </mods>
</modsCollection>