On 11 Oct 2007, at 6:48 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > 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?
Basically, yes. BTW, we don't use the format dumped in the Annote field but the raw MARC, which is better machine readable (more well- defined). > 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. > That parser can in principle determine the indicators, but currently they are ignored. They are not always included and are sometimes inconsistent. I haven't found a real need for them for the fields we parse. > 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. > My problem is that there seem to be really a lot of fields that could be suitable for keywords. I think most users wouldn't want to pollute their keywords with too much trash. Christiaan > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
