Thus it is a product of broad consensus among interested parties. LC expects that changes made
will be on the basis of need in the user community. The MODS discussion list currently contains
members from over 20 countries. LC is considering establishing an editorial board in the future.
The Library of Congress will provide the function of maintenance agency for this standard by
providing documentation, continuing to receive feedback about the standard's use, and modifying
the schema where appropriate. LC will also provide tools to enable the conversion to and from
MODS to other metadata formats.