 |
 |
On 1/27/09 10:57 AM, "Karen Coyle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There's also the fact that validation must be built into individual > systems, since there is no schema or dtd against which everyone can > validate the MARC record. Thus, every system validates somewhat > differently (and some not at all). Although MARC is a machine-readable > record, we don't have a machine-actionable standard for our data. This, > I must admit, just boggles the mind in this day and age. Can somebody say "MARCXML or MODS complete with a schema"? Such solutions offer at least syntactic validation if not also semantic validation. Oh well. -- Eric Lease Morgan