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I ask you, would you want to work all day sitting on top of a huge pile of radioactive MARC records? I sure wouldn't... Roy On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The sad thing is that the Library of Congress spent billions of dollars of > taxpayer money building a safe storage facility in the stable caves under > Dublin, OH, but now no one will let them bury them there. > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I can't help wondering what the half-life of a radioactive MARC record > is. > > My guess is it is either really, really short or really, really long. ;-) > > Roy > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Peter Binkley <[log in to unmask] > > >wrote: > > > > > Years ago Bill Moen had a set of "radioactive" MARC records with unique > > > tokens in all fields, to test Z39.50 retrieval. I don't know whether > they > > > were ever released anywhere, but I see the specs are here: > > > > > > http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111015/m1/1/ > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > Peter Binkley > > > Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian > > > Information Technology Services > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > 2-10K Cameron Library > > > University of Alberta > > > Edmonton, Alberta > > > Canada T6G 2J8 > > > > > > phone 780-492-3743 > > > fax 780-492-9243 > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > > > I checked out the Eclipse option and was not able to get much use out > > of > > > > it. > > > > Maybe someone else will have better luck? It doesn't seem to align > very > > > > well > > > > with a library use case. > > > > > > > > Josh Welker > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > > Of > > > > Ben > > > > Companjen > > > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:14 AM > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? > > > > > > > > Hi Josh, > > > > > > > > Before you start coding: > > > > > > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17106/how-to-generate-sample-xml-documen > > > > ts-from-their-dtd-or-xsd suggests that Eclipse can generate XML from > an > > > > DTD > > > > or XSD file. First try with the EAC XSD shows I need to try other > > > options, > > > > but it's promising. > > > > > > > > (It's still an interesting problem to try to tackle yourself, of > > course.) > > > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > On 09-12-13 17:59, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >It's hard-coded to generate the specific elements. But your way > sounds > > > > >a lot cleaner, so I might try to do that instead :) It will be more > > > > >difficult initially but much easier once I start implementing other > > > > >metadata formats. > > > > > > > > > >Josh Welker > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf > > Of > > > > >Ben Companjen > > > > >Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 10:52 AM > > > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > > > >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? > > > > > > > > > >Cool! > > > > >My first thought on this topic was: give the program an XML schema, > > and > > > > >generate possible documents with the correct datatypes etc. > (Something > > > > >like that must exist somewhere, right?) Does it happen to work > > anything > > > > >like that, or is it hardcoded to generate these specific elements? > > > > > > > > > >Ben > > > > > > > > > >On 09-12-13 17:27, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>Challenge accepted. > > > > >> > > > > >>http://library.ucmo.edu/dev/metadata-generator.php > > > > >> > > > > >>Obviously in the prototype phase, but it works. Only MODS is > > available > > > > >>for now, and you can only select top-level elements (all child > > > > >>elements of the top-level selections will be auto-generated). I > will > > > > >>try to expand it to more than just MODS. Admittedly, I know very > > > > >>little about METS, so I will need some assistance if I am going to > > make > > > > >>one of those. > > > > >> > > > > >>I'll eventually host this somewhere else once it's done, so don't > > > > >>bookmark it. > > > > >> > > > > >>Josh Welker > > > > >>Information Technology Librarian > > > > >>James C. Kirkpatrick Library > > > > >>University of Central Missouri > > > > >>Warrensburg, MO 64093 > > > > >>JCKL 2260 > > > > >>660.543.8022 > > > > >> > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > > >>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf > > > > >>Of Kevin S. Clarke > > > > >>Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:26 PM > > > > >>To: [log in to unmask] > > > > >>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a > thing? > > > > >> > > > > >>When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it your > > > > >>metadata but native support for most of our commonly used metadata > > > > >>records... so the interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it > > > > >>spits that out... You could get fancy and say, "Give me X number of > > > > >>METS records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc." > > > > >>That's not as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but > > it'd > > > > >>be pretty cool, imho. > > > > >> > > > > >>Kevin > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. < > > > > >>[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd > > > > >>> better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me > that > > > > >>> there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like > > > > >>> "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you > nonsense > > > > >>> metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing. > Yesterday, I > > > > >>> had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code > > that > > > > >>> handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This > > > > >>> hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and > > > > >>> link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may > > just > > > > >>> make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go > coding > > > > >>> some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing > > is > > > > >>> for chumps. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>> HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]> University of > Missouri > > > > >>> Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ > > > > >>> https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ > > > > >>> "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Bill Dueber > Library Systems Programmer > University of Michigan Library >