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MARC to DC XML at CUL. Marty Kurth Metadata Working Group September 20, 2002. Good crosswalks matter. Crosswalks make retrieval systems work Broadly speaking, Voyager indexes are crosswalks Any amount of detail helps, though more detail is better
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MARC to DC XML at CUL Marty Kurth Metadata Working Group September 20, 2002
Good crosswalks matter • Crosswalks make retrieval systems work • Broadly speaking, Voyager indexes are crosswalks • Any amount of detail helps, though moredetail is better • Crosswalks make interoperability possible
Liberating MARC • MARC XML makes MARC more syntactically interoperable • It serves as a “bus” for further transformations • It preserves the richness of the MARC record
CUL MARC transformations • The CUL ENCompass Team sought to meet e-Reference needs • We created a Web interface for system-wide access • We enhanced LC’s DC XML stylesheet
Applications • Transform MARC records to DC XML for e-Reference in ENCompass • Other possibilities for MARC XML in delivering CUL services?