> Here's the big thing that makes MARC so difficult; the 'MAR'
> in MARC should have been 'MAP' ; machine *processable*.
> Catalogers and librarians everywhere have put information
> into MARC - yes, using rules - but still, humans. And humans
> err. And humans can't know it all. And humans forget. And
> humans conform to routines. And humans continue to abstract.
> And humans are the ones that created the culture of MARC.
>
I couldn't agree more.
Just one point though - how the heck would you pronounce MAPC! - Map-sea
I suppose, then when we get Microsoft involved it could evolve to MAPC#
;-}
> It's a hard problem, which is why I suspect nothing much is
> happening in this area. Is that the end of it, then?
>
I certainly hope not.
Richard Wallis, Talis
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