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MADS Example

Key fields

  • authority -  Contains a sub-element for the authority type which contains the main term which matched appears.
    • MADS supports the following types of authorities: name, titleInfo, topic, temporal, genre, geographic, hierarchicalGeographic, or occupation
  • <related type="narrower"> - Contains a sub-element for the authority type which contains the related narrower term
  • <related type="broader"> - Contains a sub-element for the authority type which contains the related broader term
  • <related type="equivalent"> - Contains a sub-element for the authority type which contains the equivalent term
    • the authority type subelement can contain an authority attribute that has the code for the authority scheme being used (eg. LCSH)
      Example: 
      <topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction</topic>
  • <variant> - Contains a sub-element for the authority type which contains the variant term.These represent See references which point to this record
  • <note> - Note information
  • xlink:href Attribute - This is a link to a MADS representation of the term.
  • recordInfo/mods:recordIdentifier - This is the Term Identifier

Example

<searchRetrieveResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/ http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/sru1-1archive/xml-files/srw-types.xsd" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/"><version>1.1</version><numberOfRecords>1</numberOfRecords><resultSetId>h55xv2</resultSetId><resultSetIdleTime>300</resultSetIdleTime><records xmlns:ns1="http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/"><record><recordSchema>info:srw/schema/1/mads-v1.0</recordSchema><recordPacking>xml</recordPacking><recordData><ns2:mads version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/ http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/mads.xsd" xmlns:ns2="http://www.loc.gov/mads/">
  <ns2:authority xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000042.mads">
    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Fantasy fiction</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:authority>
  <ns2:related type="narrower" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000006.mads">

    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Alternative histories (Fiction)</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="narrower" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000029.mads">
    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Dystopias</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="narrower" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000052.mads">
    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Ghost stories</ns2:genre>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="narrower" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000058.mads">
    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Horror fiction</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="narrower" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000093.mads">
    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Occult fiction</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000110.mads">

    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Science fiction</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="narrower" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000139.mads">
    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Utopian fiction</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="narrower" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000143.mads">
    <ns2:genre authority="gsafd">Voyages, Imaginary</ns2:genre>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047114%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcshac/sj2001010209.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcshcl">Fantasy</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2000003984%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Slovenian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2000004129%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Dominican</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047117%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, American</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047119%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Argentine</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047120%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Bulgarian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047121%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Canadian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047122%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Chinese</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047123%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Croatian</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047124%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Dutch</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047125%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, English</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047126%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, French</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047127%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, French-Canadian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047128%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, German</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047129%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Italian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047130%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Japanese</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047131%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Latin American</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047132%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Macedonian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047133%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Mexican</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047134%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Norwegian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047135%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Panamanian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047136%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Polish</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047137%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Romanian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047138%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Russian</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047139%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Spanish American</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047140%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Yiddish</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2085047141%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Yugoslav</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2087001685%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2088001867%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Spanish</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2088005661%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Ukrainian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2088007558%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Portuguese</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089000869%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Hebrew</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089002682%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Martinique (French)</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089004128%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Flemish</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089005381%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Chilean</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089006315%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Venezuelan</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089006338%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Peruvian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089006361%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Belgian (French)</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2089007184%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Austrian</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2090002396%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Israeli</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2091000374%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Danish</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2092001205%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Australian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2093001830%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Uruguayan</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2093008241%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Serbian</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2094004792%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Brazilian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2095003740%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Swedish</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2096004043%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, New Zealand</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2096008694%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Greek (Modern)</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2096010101%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Czech</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2097000448%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Uzbek</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2098001778%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Belarusian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2098004306%20.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Galician</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2099001346%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Cuban</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2099002757%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Puerto Rican</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2099003667%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Nicaraguan</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh%2099014172%20.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Korean</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh2001003555.mads">

    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Vietnamese</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh2002006788.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Lithuanian</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh2005005493.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Honduran</ns2:topic>

  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:related type="equivalent" xlink:href="http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/sh2005006836.mads">
    <ns2:topic authority="lcsh">Fantasy fiction, Catalan</ns2:topic>
  </ns2:related>
  <ns2:variant>
    <ns2:genre>Apocalyptic fantasies</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:variant>
  <ns2:variant>

    <ns2:genre>End-of-the-world fantasies</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:variant>
  <ns2:variant>
    <ns2:genre>Fantastic fiction</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:variant>
  <ns2:variant>
    <ns2:genre>Fiction, Fantasy</ns2:genre>

  </ns2:variant>
  <ns2:variant>
    <ns2:genre>Time travel (Fiction)</ns2:genre>
  </ns2:variant>
  <ns2:note>Use for works that feature imaginary worlds, extraordinary creatures, sorcerers, epic quests or magic</ns2:note>
  <ns2:url displayLabel="Search WorldCat">http://worldcat.org/search?q=su%3AFantasy%20fiction</ns2:url>
  <ns2:url displayLabel="Search Google Books">http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=Fantasy%20fiction</ns2:url>

  <ns2:url displayLabel="Search Google Scholar">http://scholar.google.com/scholar?ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=Fantasy%20fiction</ns2:url>
  <ns2:url displayLabel="Concept description">http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/GSAFD000042.html</ns2:url>
  <ns2:url displayLabel="Vocabulary description">http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd.html</ns2:url>
  <ns2:url displayLabel="OCLC ResearchWorks Terms of Use">http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/terms.htm</ns2:url>
  <ns2:recordInfo>
    <mods:recordContentSource authority="marcorg">IlChALCS</mods:recordContentSource>

    <mods:recordCreationDate encoding="marc">000720</mods:recordCreationDate>
    <mods:recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20080628164050.7</mods:recordChangeDate>
    <mods:recordIdentifier source="IlChALCS">GSAFD000042</mods:recordIdentifier>
    <mods:languageOfCataloging>
      <mods:languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</mods:languageTerm>
    </mods:languageOfCataloging>
  </ns2:recordInfo>

</ns2:mads>
</recordData>
<recordPosition>1</recordPosition>
</record>
</records>
<echoedSearchRetrieveRequest xmlns:ns3="http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/">
<version>1.1</version>
<query>oclcts.alternativeTerms = &quot;fantasy&quot;</query>
<xQuery>
<ns4:searchClause xmlns:ns4="http://www.loc.gov/zing/cql/xcql/">
<ns4:index>oclcts.alternativeTerms</ns4:index>
<ns4:relation>
<ns4:value>=</ns4:value>
</ns4:relation>
<ns4:term>fantasy</ns4:term>
</ns4:searchClause>
</xQuery>
<startRecord>1</startRecord>
<maximumRecords>10</maximumRecords>
<recordSchema>info:srw/schema/1/mads-v1.0</recordSchema>
</echoedSearchRetrieveRequest>
<extraResponseData xmlns:ns5="http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/">
<ns6:extraData xmlns="http://oclc.org/srw/extraData" xmlns:ns6="http://oclc.org/srw/extraData">
<ns6:databaseTitle>gsafd &#x2014; Form and genre headings for fiction and drama</ns6:databaseTitle>
</ns6:extraData>
</extraResponseData>
</searchRetrieveResponse>

Submitted by librarywebchic on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 12:01pm

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