Re: tools for massaging metadata

From: Joe Atzberger <ohiocore_at_nyob> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:41:35 -0400 To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Avila, Regina L. <regina.avila_at_nist.gov>wrote:

> Can anybody share some good tools for massaging metadata? For anything from
> file renaming to cleaning ASCII characters to various formulas?  I know
> Excel does a lot of things but I'm looking for other useful software to
> consider. I'm familiar with Parserat, Notepad++, A Better File Rename and a
> few others.  Any other gems I should know?

Since I work mostly with MARC records:

   - MarcEdit
   - MARC::Record, MARC::Lint
   - and the more general: sed, egrep, etc.

A validator for your given data format is usually important to keeping your
data compliant.

--Joe