<?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">lowercase letters</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>letters</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>letters, lowercase</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>letters, small</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lower case letters</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lower-case letters</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lowercase</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lowercase letter</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>small letters</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In type, those letters that in a given font are not the capitals nor the small capitals and that usually are smaller than the capitals and employ ascenders and descenders. For handwritten scripts having ascenders and descenders, use "minuscule." ]]></note></mads>