MODS Export: "Report Number" Missing

nickbart

When exporting an item of type "Report" to MODS, the "Report Number" is missing from the output.

noksagt

There's not much consensus on where to store it:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/15388/mods-export-report-type-and-report-number-field/

nickbart

Well, the suggestion from http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/15388/mods-export-report-type-and-report-number-field/ mentioned above absolutely makes sense to me:

<part>
<detail type="number"><number>MSU-CSE-99-39</number></detail>
</part>

Also, the way Zotero exports the series number of a book would be ok, I guess:

<part>
<detail type="volume">
<number>9</number>
</detail>
</part>

The by far worst situation is what we have right now, i.e., no output at all.

So it would be much appreciated if either of the two suggestions above could be implemented.

adamsmith

no, I agree with what Avram(ajlyon) says in the other thread. MODS is a rigorously maintained standard and we shouldn't just do something because it makes sense, it needs to be right.
Someone will need to go through the trouble of digging through the documentation or finding an expert who can say something authoritative on that (probably if we know where report # go in MARC we can figure out where they should go in MODS by looking at the official LoC conversion tools).