On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Gray-Williams, Donna wrote:
> Why can't MARC be expanded to function like these other formats if the
> data isn't presented in a ideal way to be extracted? Why does it have
> to be totally thrown out to adopt something completely different? Is
> that so impossible?
That may be the wrong question. Try this: why can't format developers
be encouraged to start with what already works and make modifications,
instead of reinventing way too many wheels that are not interoperable?
Did they all start life in the auto industry?? :)
jgm
John G. Marr
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Received on Mon Jun 07 2010 - 12:53:22 EDT