# MODS 3.8

Source: https://xmlvalid.com/schemas/mods-3.8

> Bibliographic descriptions in MODS, used by digital libraries and repositories.

MODS is a simpler, element-named alternative to MARC for describing resources, common in Islandora, Fedora and digital collection platforms.
The schema imports xml.xsd and xlink.xsd, included here.

- Type: XSD
- Version: 3.8
- Namespace: `http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3`
- Root element: `mods, modsCollection`
- Publisher: Library of Congress (Published by the Library of Congress), source: https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-8.xsd
- Validate against it: https://xmlvalid.com/validate?schema=mods-3.8

## Notes

- Authority values (marcrelator roles, LCSH subjects) are not checked against their vocabularies.
- The example is by xmlvalid.com.