Re: MARCXML to Topic Maps? MODS to Topic Maps?

Hi Aki,

[...]
> it occurred to me that this could be a nice exercise and Topic Maps 
> promotion to convert the MARCXML dump to a topic map.

That would be cool. :)

You could use the MARCXML -> Dublin Core style sheet and convert DC to
Topic Maps. Maybe not the cleanest solution, though. The MARCXML -> DC
mapping provides only a subset of the original MARCXML record.

I have a similar problem (hi Patrick! ;)) and it would be great if
you'd keep us updated about your progress.

[...]
> Therefore I am looking for a mapping from MARCXML [2] to Topic Maps 
> and/or MODS [3] to Topic Maps. I know the issue has been touched in many
> research papers, for example [4], but still couldn't find a working 

Well, "MARCXTM: Topic Maps Modeling of MARC Bibliographic Information"
took the wrong path if I remember correctly. At least the
presentation made wrong conclusions. Maybe I've to read the paper
again, though. :)

Best regards,
Lars
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