>> in the classic style. It looks to me like the actual requirement is >> handily met with a brief/full bit. Ain't that so? > Not quite. I'm a smart client and I'd like to get short version of > MarcXML. Then you request the specific fields that you want with recordXPath, right? Rob ,'/:. Dr Robert Sanderson ([log in to unmask]) ,'-/::::. http://www.o-r-g.org/~azaroth/ ,'--/::(@)::. Dept. of Computer Science, Room 805 ,'---/::::::::::. University of Liverpool ____/:::::::::::::. L5R Shop: http://www.cardsnotwords.com/ I L L U M I N A T I