Omeka-S: Importing MODS

[mcyzyk]

There is a previous forum post about importing MODS here:

Omeka S and MODS?

The Library of Congress provides a RDF ontology. You can import the vocabulary into Omeka S: Vocabulary URL: https://www.loc.gov/mods/modsrdf/v1/modsrdf.owl File format: RDF\XML (.rdf) Namespace URI: http://www.loc.gov/mods/rdf/v1# Label: MODS

But this refers to importing a really old version (1) of MODS.

Does anyone know how to import version 3.x of MODS?

Mark

[jimsafley]

As far as I know, the Library of Congress does not provide an RDF ontology for MODS beyond version 1. See MODS RDF Ontology

[mcyzyk]

Thanks!

The MODS schema is in XSD:

https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-7.xsd

How can this ontology be imported into Omeka-S?

Mark

[jimsafley]

You’ll need to migrate the XSD to an RDF format. It’s an enormous task, which is possibly why no one has done it yet.

[mcyzyk]

Thanks again!

Is RDF the only format Omeka-S will import?

Mark

[jimsafley]

Yes. RDF (in its many serializations) is the only format that’s compatible with Linked Data standards, upon which Omeka S is built.