Re: Dynamic vs. Fixed World Views was Re: MARCXML to Topic Maps? MODS to Topic Maps?

* Alexander Johannesen
> 
> I'm increasingly frustrated in this conversation by the lack of
> real-world applicability, and I don't say this lightly nor do I mean
> any disrespect, but the MARC dataset is crap. There, I said it. It's
> rubbish for any other purpose than to be worked with and searched by
> trained librarians.

Now this made me curious. People keep using this stuff, so surely there must be *some* use for it? So I thought I'd have a look at some real data. Here's a sample MARCXML collection from Library of Congress, apparently written by hand to serve as a demonstrator:
  http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/xml/collection.xml

At first glance it does seem that Alex has a point...

--Lars M.
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