Membership:
Violeta Ilik, chair
Janifer Gatenby, expert resource
The first project of the Batch Processing subgroup will be to create a MARC 21 to ISNI XML
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Source documents
- ISNI Request schema.docx - this includes MARC and PICA equivalents for the schema elements in the images.
- ISNI database fields consolidated.doc - this file provides a linear list of the major database fields and their M21 equivalents.
- ISNI Data element values.doc - this includes the value lists for the fields that have defined values.
Still needed: special instructions on how to represent MARC dates.
schema mapping.
Mapping output example
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| MARC 21 | XML root element | Processing notes |
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| 100 $a | surname | If first indicator is 1, take data preceding comma, if first indicator is 0 or 3 take all the data |
| 100 $a | forename | If first indicator is 1, take data after comma |
| 375 $a | gender | check data element values to see if values need to be adjusted. In this case, no. |
| 377 $a | languageOfIdentity | check values – need to be ISO 3 characters |
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Once the request has been created, it is possible to use the AtomPub API in the Accept environment to test the data.
Source documents
- ISNI Request schema.docx - this includes MARC and PICA equivalents for the schema elements in the images.
- ISNI database fields consolidated.doc - this file provides a linear list of the major database fields and their M21 equivalents.
- ISNI Data element values.doc - this includes the value lists for the fields that have defined values.
Open questions
Certification process for self-testers, e.g. once more than 100 successful requests are in the Accept environment, or QT/AA validation?
Still needed: special instructions on how to represent MARC dates.
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Institutional participants
Institutions listed here originally expressed interest in working on this subgroup topic. Others are welcome!