Quoting Andreas Orphanides <[log in to unmask]>:

>
> Anyway, I think having these two parts of the same URL data on  
> separate lines is definitely Not Right, but I am not sure if it adds  
> up to invalid MARC.

Exactly. The CR and LF characters are NOT defined as valid in the MARC  
character set and should not be used. In fact, in MARC there is no  
concept of "lines", only variable length strings (usually up to 9999  
char).

kc

>
> -dre.
>
> [1] http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd856.html
> [2] I am not a cataloger. Don't hurt me.
> [3] I am not an expert on MARC ingest or on ruby-marc. I could be wrong.
>
> On 5/19/2011 12:37 PM, James Lecard wrote:
>> I'm using ruby-marc ruby parser (v.0.4.2) to parse some marc files I get
>> from a partner.
>>
>> The 856 field is splitted over 2 lines, causing the ruby library to ignore
>> it (I've patched it to overcome this issue) but I want to know if this kind
>> of marc is valid ?
>>
>> =LDR  00638nam  2200181uu 4500
>> =001  cla-MldNA01
>> =008  080101s2008\\\\\\\|||||||||||||||||fre||
>> =040  \\$aMy Provider
>> =041  0\$afre
>> =245  10$aThis Subject
>> =260  \\$aParis$bJ. Doe$c2008
>> =490  \\$aSome topic
>> =650  1\$aNarratif, Autre forme
>> =655  \7$abook$2lcsh
>> =752  \\$aA Place on earth
>> =776  \\$dParis: John Doe and Cie, 1973
>> =856  \2$qtext/html
>> =856  \\$uhttp://www.this-link-will-not-be-retrieved-by-ruby-marc-library
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> James L.
>



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