i haven't done it yet, but i was planning to hook rda to marc in a
database i keep of marc fields. that would allow me to output an
rda-to-marc. the documents unfortunately take shortcuts, like:
300
$a
$b
so i want to turn this into a list of tags and subfields, which is
what's in my db
300/a
300/b
if that would be useful for you, it'll motivate me.
kc
Alistair Miles wrote:
> Hi Karen,
>
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 11:11:47AM -0800, Karen Coyle wrote:
>
>> I've begun what may be a very slow process to create an actionable map
>> from RDA to MARC. Although Appendix D has the mapping between them as
>> text, the mapping isn't rigorous. In addition, it becomes obvious that
>> RDA and MARC function at different levels of granularity, such as:
>>
>> $a Personal name
>>
>>
>>
>> *9.2.2 Preferred Name for the Person*
>>
>> $b Numeration
>>
>>
>>
>> *9.2.2 Preferred Name for the Person*
>>
>>
>> Some of the elements that we might need are found in FRAD, not RDA.
>>
>> I may give up on this, but it seems to be the only way to know whether
>> we can create a record from RDA that is interoperable with legacy data.
>> I'm not looking to match MARC 1-to-1, but it will be good to know what
>> the differences are.
>>
>
> Just curious, what do you mean by "actionable map"? Can I see what
> you've done so far?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alistair
>
>
>> If anyone has gone further along in this exercise, I'd like to hear from
>> you.
>> kc
>>
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