On Oct 30, 2004, at 12:43 AM, Michael Wrighton wrote:
> It seems like exporting from very detailed MODS records to looser
> records should be fairly easy ...
Arguably only if you limit your MODS records to the data supported in
the more limited formats.
> The attraction for me of using XSLT is that it is very easy to
> integrate
> with Java programs, it is a 'standard' for web-stuff, and can
> potentially make things simpler than using a C program.
Yes, this is true. If you look through the bibliox archives, I posted
the beginnings of a MODS --> BibTeX XSLT.
> Certainly an XSLT that converts from MODS records to say, IEEE (or your
> favorite professional society's) bibliography format would be valuable.
*That* I have covered.
Bruce
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