On Jan 14, 2004, at 6:14 PM, Markus Hoenicka wrote:
I'm not sure whether this helps that much. The data can't be in
"whatever XML form" as refdb needs to have a chance to parse it. It
must know the form in advance or you have to send the data through an
xslt processor before parsing them. However, RefDB could specify an
authoritative input format (this is probably what you meant anyway).
Yes, I mean "whatever form" from the standpoint of validation.
Obviously processors (XSLT engines, RefDB input handlers, etc.) need to
understand that form though. My vote would be for one of the RDF
person/org representations, or MADS.
MADS is being designed precisely to be able to link to from MODS
records. I don't really know, frankly, how much they're willing to
parse names, but it is worth noting that MARC (upon which this is
drawing) already parses names more fully than MODS. The library people
in general don't tend to think about these issues in the same way that
we do, but they've certainly heard from me on it enough over the past
six months!
Bruce
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