Here at OCLC we have actually run into the MARC record length limit for
as we create enhanced authority records for the Virtual International
Authority File (VIAF) project that collect all the different ISBNs,
titles, etc. for an author.
The solution, of course, was to use XML.
--Th
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sharon Foster
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 11:44 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] MARC structure (Was: Re: Ceci n'est pas un
catalogue)
I'm guess I'm still not up to speed on the jargon. I thought the field
length problem was a result of the requirement/desire/call it what you
will, to incorporate the actual text of the work into what we
currently refer to as the MARC record.
On 8/31/07, Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net> wrote:
"But what I think you point out above is that the MARC record is
> essentially the mark-up of a text -- with the text being the result of
> cataloging."
Received on Fri Aug 31 2007 - 12:13:42 EDT