Comment 4 for bug 1815247

Hi Janet,

We used the MODS transform ( https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-mapping-3-3.html ) which differentiates between 700 with or without $t. When there is a $t, a relatedItem element is generated to express a relationship between the main work and some other work, where the works (titles) are the objects involved in the linking/relationship, but when there is no $t a name element generated to express a relationship between the main work and a person (for 700), possibly with role information, often to express a contributor relationship.

Of course, this is all configurable per Evergreen instances, but I thin there may be a larger cataloging question to consider if we are to change the stock definition here.

Does that help?