Wouldn't one problem be the different places an OCLC number can occur in
a MARC record? Depending on the ILS and its configuration, it can wind
up in 001, 035, 907, etc., and without a prefix like '(OCoLC),' which
isn't always present, there's no way to distinguish an OCLC number
programmatically from any other identifier...
On 1/12/11 1:46 PM, Guenther, Rebecca wrote:
> That is the appropriate place.
> As you probably know, we are not controlling the list of type values for identifier, although we may in the future establish a controlled vocabulary for it.
> It makes sense to fix the stylesheet unless people using MODS object to retaining the OCLC number in a converted record.
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> I have a situation where it would be useful to have the OCLC number preserved when a MARC record is converted to MODS, it would make some kinds of linking out from displays a bit more robust. It seems that the OCLC number could go into a<identifier type='oclc'>.
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> Does anyone see a glaring problem with that idea? Is there a better place that I'm overlooking?
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> Would there be any interest in a patch to MARC21slim2MODS3-4.xsl for this operation?
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