MADS Schema & Documentation

• MADS Introduction


• MADS 2.1
• MADS Schema 2.1 CURRENT VERSION
• Outline of MADS 2.1
• Approved Changes in MADS version 2.1
• MADS 2.1 Mappings and Stylesheets
  • MARC Authority to MADS 2.1 Mapping (Excel) New!
  Coming Soon:
  • MARCXML Authorities to MADS 2.1 Stylesheet (XSLT 1.0)
  • MARCXML Authorities to MADS 2.1 Stylesheet (XSLT 2.0)
  
  
• MADS 2.0
• MADS Schema 2.0
• Outline of MADS 2.0
• Approved Changes in MADS version 2.0
• MADS 2.0 Mappings and Stylesheets (2011 version)
  • MARC Authority to MADS 2.0 Mapping
  • MARCXML Authorities to MADS 2.0 Stylesheet (XSLT 1.0)
  
  
• MADS/RDF
  • Primer
  • Namespace Document
  • Ontology


• MADS Implementation Registry
• MODS/MADS Editorial Committee

Source Lists for Use with MADS

• Name and Title Authority Source Codes�
• Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes
• Subject Heading and Term Source Codes
• Organization Code Source Codes
• Relator and Role Code and Term Source Codes
• Occupation Term Source Codes

MADS Example Documents

• Personal Name
• Corporate Name
• Name/Title
• Title
• Subject
• Genre
• Geographic
  

Related XML Formats

• MARCXML
• MODS (Metadata Object Description Standard)

The Metadata Authority Description Schema (MADS) is an XML schema for an authority element set that may be used to provide metadata about agents (people, organizations), events, and terms (topics, geographics, genres, etc.). MADS serves as a companion to the Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) to provide metadata about the authoritative entities used in MODS descriptions. The standard is maintained by the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee with the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress and input from users.

MADS schema version 2.1 is the current schema version.

MADS schema version 1.0 is available here /standards/mads/mads-1-0.xsd.