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On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 04:36 PM, Robin Wendler wrote: > I'm not sure that you are arguing for proper XML practice. XML legally > and > legitimately permits a tremendously wide range of data designs. [...snip...] By this I meant the common mantra to separate structure from presentation. It is, IMHO, an absolutely critical principle of XML markup, the purpose of which is to allow for easy repurposing of data, either across fields, or across time. I'm not asking for additional elements to further parse data (though there are places where I this would be nice); I am asking for: a) in this context, one attribute, so that people using MODS are not forced to bend over backwards to support the examples Tod and I gave b) that where structures exist to separate structure from presentation, they be used in MARC --> MODS translation, and be promoted as best practice in creation of new records. My earlier example (which I am still convinced I am right on)... <namePart>Roustabouts [musical group]<namePart> ...has no place in XML, when you consider MODS already has an element that can carry the description information. [...snip...] > We can wrestle about quotes later... Fair enough ;-) Bruce