On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I think you'd have a very hard time demonstrating any speed advantage to > MARC over MARCXML. XML parsers have been speed optimized out the wazoo; If > there exists a MARC parser that has ever been speed-optimized without > serious compromise, I'm sure someone on this list will have a good story > about it. I'll take MarcEdit over a XML parser for MARCXML any day. For a benchmark test, try roundtripping a million records. Unless I've been messing with the wrong stuff, the differences are dramatic. kyle