Re: How convert data from USMARC to MARCXML using MARC::Record and it's derivatives? MARC.pm vs. MARC::Record.pm

[email protected] ("Galen Charlton")
Newsgroups perl.perl4lib
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Hi,

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Dmitry Arsentiev <[email protected]> wrote:
> The question #1: Would it be right to develop my scripts with MARC.pm
> and MARC::XML.pm,
>                         or I should to develop only with MARC::Record

I'd recommend using MARC::Record and MARC::File::XML.

> The question #2: If  I should to develop MARC::Record-based script,
>                         can I easy convert from MARC to MARCXML,
>                         or I've to write handler for each field I got
> from MARC?

It can be as easy as loading a MARC record into a MARC::Record object
(e.g., $marc), then using the output of $marc->as_xml() or
$marc->as_xml_record().

Regards,

Galen
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