MODS Version 3 Namespace Page

The namespace identifier for MODS Version 3 (all MODS 3.x versions) is

http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3

MODS schemas that use this namespace:

• MODS Version 3.0
• MODS Version 3.1
• MODS Version 3.2
• MODS Version 3.3

Other Known Schemas that use this namespace:

• MADS

The lastest major-version-3 version of the MODS schema (i.e. 3.x for the highest value of x for which there is an official version), currently 3.3 --in addition to the link cited above -- will always be found at:

http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods.xsd

The MODS V3 Namespace

It is planned that a substantially well-defined V3 namespace for MODS V3 will be provided with MODS version 3.4. For a draft of that definition, see MODS Version 3 DRAFT Namespace Document.