Re: Q: MARC formats in XML

From: Kevin S. Clarke <ksclarke_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:44:23 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
I think Ed Summers has some of these in an XML format that's generated
by a Perl program that he wrote a long time ago for something else.
Or, am I misremembering, Ed?

Still, it would be good to ask LC directly as someone else
recommended... I think such a thing would be useful; having an
official version would be nice.

Kevin



On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Houghton,Andrew <houghtoa_at_oclc.org> wrote:
> Does anybody know whether the MARC formats at:
>
> <http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/>
> <http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/>
> <http://www.loc.gov/marc/classification/>
> <http://www.loc.gov/marc/community/>
> <http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/>
>
> are encoded in an XML format that one might use for processing/validation of the leader, field tags, indicator codes, subfield codes, field and subfield repeatability, and field and subfield requiredness.  Something akin to the codepoint table in XML at:
>
> <http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/codetables.xml>
>
>
> Thanks, Andy.
>
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