Re: MARCXML - What is it for?

From: Kyle Banerjee <banerjek_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:40:21 -0700
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Eric Hellman <eric_at_hellman.net> wrote:

> I think you'd have a very hard time demonstrating any speed advantage to
> MARC over MARCXML. XML parsers have been speed optimized out the wazoo; If
> there exists a MARC parser that has ever been speed-optimized without
> serious compromise, I'm sure someone on this list will have a good story
> about it.


I'll take MarcEdit over a XML parser for MARCXML any day. For a benchmark
test, try roundtripping a million records. Unless I've been messing with the
wrong stuff, the differences are dramatic.

kyle
Received on Mon Oct 25 2010 - 15:43:11 EDT