Some issues in the MODS translator

Jean-Baptiste Bertra

Hello,

I noticed some issues in the MODS translator:

• the translator only recognize the author creator type, not translator nor editor. This bug was reported and a fix was suggested some times ago, but not implemented yet in the translator repository;


• Another issue in this translator:
  if(item.issue) {
if(Zotero.Utilities.isInt(item.issue)) {
part += <detail type="issue"><number>{item.issue}</number></detail>;
} else {
part += <detail type="issue"><text>{item.issue}</text></detail>;
}
}
  
  The line
  part += <detail type="issue"><text>{item.issue}</text></detail>;
  does not comply with MODS standards, as "detail" tag cannot contain a "text" tag (only number, caption or title). I guess the "text" tag should be replaced by a "title" one.

It would be great if someone could fix it.

Thanks you.

adamsmith

see also the discussion on limits in the MODS import here
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/8879/data-import-from-endnote-via-bibutils-to-zotero/#Item_11