I am starting to work through the cataloging rules in order to improve treatments of imports from z39.50 imports. First, I have a question for Christiaan or some other developer about how the parsers work. Does it work by reading the field numbers, and then the indicator? For example, the following line was copied from the "Annote" field of a BT record in BD that I imported from a library catalog:
050 00 $aB358$b.C57 050 is the field number, while the first 0 is the first indicator and the second 0 is the second indicator. The question is, could the parser determine the value of the indicators? These can provide important information about the formatting of the contents of the field. I take it that is possible identify the contents of a subfield, e.g., B358 in this case being subfield a, indicated by $a. I am starting with subject terms, which I think should go into the keywords field. Second---It would be useful for people using the library catalog import to email (off-list?) with particular issues they've had with content or formatting difficulties they have noticed appearing on a regular basis. Let me know which library you're getting the references from. Thanks everyone! -Adam ================================= Adam M. Goldstein PhD Assistant Professor of Philosophy Iona College -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein/ tel: (914) 637-2717 post: Iona College Department of Philosophy 715 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
