[XML4Lib] MARC format

[Houghton,Andrew]

> From: xml4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:xml4lib-
> bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:51 AM
> To: Deborah Scott-Douglas; xml4lib
> Subject: Re: [XML4Lib] MARC format
> 
> 
> On Sep 16, 2008, at 8:02 AM, <Deborah.SCOTT-DOUGLAS at oecd.org>
> <Deborah.SCOTT-DOUGLAS at oecd.org
>  > wrote:
> 
> > We would like to convert our publications records to MARC format for
> > a new version of our research product which is used principally by
> > university/research and government libraries.   It would be our
> > strong preference to create them in xml version.   The question
> > which has been raised is whether we can anticipate that libraries
> > commonly have the ability to accept data in xml.  Is this a fair
> > assumption?  Would there be a convincing argument for supporting
> > both formats?
> 
> In short, the choice between MARC and some version of XML is almost
> split. If I were in your shoes and I had to make a choice, then I
> would choose some version of XML. But of course, this is a mailing
> list about XML in libraries.  8-)

I would add that your choice should only be an XML format.  With an 
XML format you can apply XSL transforms to produce other XML or RDF
formats or for that matter MARC binary too. 

Andy.