See the information at http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-admin:importing:bibrecords#converting_marc_records_to_evergreen_bre_json_format that addresses exactly this problem (well, recognizes the problem, but doesn't offer a straightforward fix).
What tool did you use to convert the records to MARCXML format? Dan 2009/1/19 John Fink <[email protected]>: > Hey folks, > > I'm trying to run through the import demo stuff again, only this time using > my own data instead of the data that comes in the tarball. The first step, > marc2bre.pl, fails with no errors and no output. Poking in the xml files > for both the demo data and my own, they look pretty different. Here's the > beginning of the demo data: > >> > <datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "> > <subfield code="a">(Sirsi) a778670</subfield> > </datafield> > <datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "> > <subfield code="a">Ontario.</subfield> > <subfield code=" ">Écoles secondaires publiques de langue > française</subfiel > d> > > And here's the beginning of mine: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><marc:collection > xmlns:marc="http://www.l > oc.gov/MARC21/slim" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:sc > hemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim > http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxm > l/schema/MARC21slim.xsd"> > <marc:record><marc:leader>00937nam a2200289 a 4500</marc:leader> > <marc:controlfield tag="001">1</marc:controlfield> > <marc:controlfield > tag="005">19970717144400.0</marc:controlfield><marc:controlfi > eld tag="008">800623s1979 mau a b 00110 eng > </marc:controlfield><marc: > datafield tag="010" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield code="a"> 79004570 > </marc > :subfield></marc:datafield><marc:datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" > "><marc:sub > field code="a">0805792643</marc:subfield></marc:datafield><marc:datafield > tag="0 > 35" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield > code="a">(CaOTULAS)12450001.</marc:subfield >></marc:datafield><marc:datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><marc:subfield >> cod > e="a">LC</marc:subfield></marc:datafield><marc:datafield tag="050" ind1=" " > ind2 > > (etc etc etc) > > It looks like my own marc data is properly formed XML, so I'm not sure why > marc2bre is choking on it. Although the demo data does look a *lot* > different, doesn't it? Am I missing something stupendously obvious? > > jf > > > -- > http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology. > -- Dan Scott Laurentian University
