This is essentially the same thing as a ComplexType type, except that it should not be a valid NameTitle type or HierarchicalGeographic type. Complex Subject Type Province Type Continent Type 1 A ComplexType is the aggregation of two or more SingleType types. Complex Type Title Element City Type 1 Element Conference Name Type Variant A Variant is essentially an alternative Authority record for a fully-established Authority. In MARC Authority format, a Variant comes from the 4xx field. Title Type Temporal Authority To be used to describe a time-based record. Region Type Affiliation This may become a subclass of http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#VCard. Geographic Element Island Type Topic Type Country Type City Section Type Name Element Used to describe a vocabulary or authority scheme. MADS Scheme Occupation Type Family Name Type To be used to describe a Geographic record, especially when a more precise geographic determination (City, Country, Region, etc.) cannot be made. Geographic Authority A SimpleType is not made of multiple components (and, therefore, will not have a mads:componentList). Simple Type Territory Type Area Type Corporate Name Type Topic Element Name/Title Type A NameTitle type is the aggregation of a Name type and a Title type where the Name type precedes the Title type. This is unenforceable and is followed by convention. State Type County Type To be used for a Name type, especially where a more precise Name type (ConferenceName, FamilyName, etc.) cannot be identified. Name Type Extraterrestial Area Type Authority Genre/Form Element A HierarchicalGeographic type is the aggregation of two or more Geographic types. Hierarchical Geographic Type Affiliation address Personal Name Type Genre/Form Type To be used to describe a Genre/Form record. MADS Collections are composed of Authority types or other MADS Collections. has MADSCollection Member Authorities are components of MADS Schemes. MADS Schemes are composed of Authorities. Authority types can be members of MADS Collections. MADS Collections can be members of other MADS Collections. Is Member Of MADSCollection This could have no domain, and therefore could be applied to Variants also. Use for terms that are searchable, but not necessarily for display. Has Hidden Variant hasLaterEstablishedForm has no domain restriction for the same reasons given in the comment associated with the hasEarlierEstablishedForm property. This is Related type='later' in MADS XML. Unless the relationship can be more specifically identified, use 'hasRelatedAuthority.' Has Related Authority hasEarlierEstablishedForm has no range restriction. This was necessary to accomodate still-valid Authority types as an earlier established form. A country that goes through a name/government change would be an example of this. This is Related type='earlier' in MADS XML. Change Note A note detailing a modification to an Authority or Variant. elementList is domain-less for the time being. This has been restricted to only NameAuthority records. This is Related type='equivalent' in MADS XML. Unless the variant type can be more specifically identified, use 'hasVariant.' Authoritative Label To be used for the authoritative form of the term or heading, per language. The city component of an address. City Citation Source Might be a lexical description or might point to a resource. Citation Status Should use a standard term - such as 'found' or 'not found' - to indicate whether the source for the Authority or Variant has been confirmed. An explanation of the meaning of an Authority or Variant term. Definition Note Citation Note A note used anything remarkable about the Source data for the Authority or Variant record. Classification This may be a string or an URI to a first class resource. Administrative Metadata This relates an Authority or Variant to its administrative metadata, which is, minimimally, a Class defined outside of the MADS/RDF namespace. The RecordInfo Class from the RecordInfo ontology is recommended.