I'd suspect that MARCXML isn't going anywhere fast, a shame perhaps. The key difference between MARCXML and MARC is that MARCXML inherits XMLs internationalisation features. It is an aspect at which MARC is very poor. Andrew -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria Australia andrewc_at_vicnet.net.au lang.support_at_gmail.comReceived on Wed Oct 27 2010 - 08:02:19 EDT