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Metadata Object Description Schema
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<p>The Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is an <a href="/facts/Extensible_Markup_Language/clNgUfWk">XML</a>-based bibliographic description schema developed by the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> <a href="/facts/Library_of_Congress/TfB6dEN5">Library of Congress</a>' Network Development and Standards Office. MODS was designed as a compromise between the complexity of the <a href="/facts/MARC_standards/vUlQ072s">MARC</a> format used by libraries and the extreme simplicity of <a href="/facts/Dublin_Core/krf0ert0">Dublin Core</a> metadata. </p>