<?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">logographic systems</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>logograms</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>writing systems</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>logographic system</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>logographies</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>systems, logographic</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Writing systems that use logograms, which are written or pictorial symbols intended to represent a whole word. Writing systems that make use of logograms include Chinese, Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, and early cuneiform writing systems. No known writing system is totally logographic; all known systems have both logograms and symbols representing particular sounds or syllables. ]]></note></mads>