On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:50 AM, Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
>> Speak the language of the users and other computer systems. If we
>> want to share our data/information with other people and their
>> computers, then we need to speak their language(s).
>
> So, please, give us a list to replace the MARC numbers. And persuade
> everybody to use these words instead of the latter.
While I assert there is no "right" answer to this question, at first
blush I would suggest MODS. It is an XML data structure and the
element names are word, not numbers.
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Eric Lease Morgan
University Libraries of Notre Dame
Received on Wed Jan 17 2007 - 09:57:04 EST