Re: MIME Type for MARC, Mods, etc.?

From: Ross Singer <rossfsinger_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:01:13 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Alexander Johannesen
<alexander.johannesen_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I wasn't asking for technical reasons; I was more having a stab at how
> many people use and need MARCXML specifically as compared to a number
> of other more used formats. I mean, seriously, you can use MARCXML
> embedded in Atom and get the best of both worlds instead.
>

You could, and we do (http://jangle.org/) and it would be immensely
helpful to put it in:

<content type="application/marcxml+xml"><record>...</record></content>

rather than:
<content type="application/xml"><record>...</record></content>

to know that's what's being transported (without having to know
Jangle's extensions).

-Ross.
Received on Fri Feb 13 2009 - 10:03:05 EST