Erik Hatcher wrote:
> [snip]
> I am, however, skeptical of a purely MARC -> XSLT -> Solr solution.
> The MARC data I've seen requires some basic cleanup (removing dots at
> the end of subjects, normalizing dates, etc) in order to be useful as
> facets.  While XSLT is powerful, this type of data manipulation is
> better (IMO) done with scripting languages that allow for easy
> tweaking in a succinct way.
Perhaps what Erik's put his finger on here is as good an excuse as any
to raise the Death To ISBD Punctuation banner one more time.  Some
60s/70s field termination punctuation rules are at the heart of most of
the crud you're trying to scrape off these records.  If ever there was a
set of encoding rules that were more misguided, I've been fortunate not
to encounter them.

Walter