<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">undertakers</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>cremators</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>funeral directors</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>funeral homes</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>people in commerce and business</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>mortician</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>morticians</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>undertaker</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>undertaker&apos;s</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>undertakers&apos;</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ People who prepare the dead for burial. For people who arrange the funeral, use "funeral directors." In small communities or former times, the arrangement of the funeral was also often done by the undertaker. ]]></note></mads>