On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 08:20 AM, Dieter Köhler wrote:

> I am currently trying to integrate some bibliography functionality
> into one of my applications which was written in Delphi. Though MODS
> is not exactly what I am looking for, it seems to be a promising
> starting point. In order to avoid re-inventing the wheel I first
> want to ask whether some reader of this list is intending to use or is
> already using Delphi to access MODS files and is willing to cooperate
> in developing an open source component package.

Hi Dieter,

I've been pushing the use of MODS, or a MODS-like data model, for
various free software projects. Examples:

http://bibliographic.openoffice.org/
http://refdb.sourceforge.net/

There is also this related in-development xslt framework that will be
able to format MODS records, among others.

http://silmaril.ie/bibliofile/

I have been developing a more-user-friendly schema in relax ng that
learns from the basic logic of mods, but is much more appropriate for
the non-librarian, free software crowd (who in general find MODS too
complex). I also think it might influence GUIs (such as OOo) based on
these models. This is still very much experimental, but a schematic is
at:

http://www.users.muohio.edu/darcusb/files/biblio-schema.html

Files:

http://www.users.muohio.edu/darcusb/files/biblio.tar.gz

I know nothing about Delphi, but I do believe it's a good idea to see
where projects can mutually-benefit.

What exactly are you planning?

Bruce