Stanford::Mods

A Gem with Stanford specific wranglings of MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) metadata from DOR, the Stanford Digital Object Repository.

Source code at github.

Generated API docs at rubydoc.info.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'stanford-mods'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install stanford-mods

1. add stanford-mods to your gemfile

require 'stanford-mods'
m = Stanford::Mods::Record.new
m.from_str('<mods><genre>ape</genre></mods>')
m.genre      # <Nokogiri::XML::Element:0x3fe07b48bb24 name="genre" children=[#<Nokogiri::XML::Text:0x3fe07a09a7dc "ape">]>
m.genre.text # "ape"

Example Using SearchWorks Mixins:

require 'stanford-mods/searchworks'
m = Stanford::Mods::Record.new
m.from_str('<mods><language><languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">dut</languageTerm></language></mods>')
m.language_facet  # ['Dutch'], from Searchworks mixin
m.languages       # ['Dutch; Flemish'] from mods gem

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Write code and tests.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create new Pull Request

• 1.1.2 Corrected java Character.MAX_CODE_POINT value from u{FFFF} to u{10FFFF}
• 1.1.1 Minor bug fixes
• 1.1.0 Changed mechanism for determining dates for display only and for indexing, sorting, and faceting and removed deprecated pub_date_group method
• 1.0.3 format_main value 'Article' is now 'Book'
• 1.0.2 add format_main and sw_genre tests to searchworks.rb
• 1.0.1 sw_title_display keeps appropriate trailing punct more or less per spec in solrmarc-sw sw_index.properties
• 1.0.0 sw_full_title now includes partName and partNumber; sw_title_display created to be like sw_full_title but without trailing punctuation; sw format for typeOfResource sound recording; genre value is librettos, plural; sw format algorithm accommodates first letter upcase; genre value report does NOT map to a format, genre value 'project report' with ToR text is 'Book'
• 0.0.27 add genres 'Issue brief', 'Book chapter' and 'Working paper' to map to searchworks format 'Book'
• 0.0.26 map typeOfResource 'sound recording-musical' to searchworks format 'Music - Recording' with spaces
• 0.0.25 map typeOfResource 'text' and genre 'report' to searchworks format 'Book'
• 0.0.24 Largely cosmetic refactoring for easier maintenance.
• 0.0.23 Added logic for dealing with "u-notation" approximate dates, e.g., 198u
• 0.0.20 Added mapping for typeOfResource notated music
• 0.0.19 Additional mappings, including Hydrus formats (GRYPHONDOR-207)
• 0.0.11 escape regex special characters when using short title in a regex
• 0.0.10 get rid of ignore_me files
• 0.0.9 add sw_subject_names and sw_subject_titles methods to searchworks mixin
• 0.0.8 require stanford-mods/searchworks in stanford-mods (top level)
• 0.0.7 added sw_geographic_search to searchworks mixin
• 0.0.6 various title methods added to searchworks mixin
• 0.0.5 main_author_w_date, additional_authors_w_dates added to Stanford::Mods::Record; various author methods added to searchworks mixin
• 0.0.4 KolbRecord started
• 0.0.3 began SearchWorks mixins with sw_access_facet and sw_language_facet
• 0.0.2 add usage instructions to README
• 0.0.1 Initial commit - grab name