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On 3/23/06, Rebecca S. Guenther <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sorry, all, I've been away and didn't answer this promptly. > > The MARC to MODS mapping at > http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-mapping.html > does not put 245$h in title. It puts it in physicalDescription with > authority="gmd". However, when we changed that (a few years ago) we > inadvertently left in the instruction concerning the order of subfields > after $n and $p, so they never got changed in the transformation. The > stylesheet does output 245$h as physicalDesription but only when it > follows $a and leaves $h with the title if it follows other > subfields. This is an error. So we have just fixed the stylesheet so that > $h always goes into physicalDescription. We will also fix the mapping. Rock! Thanks Rebecca! > > Rebecca > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ^^ Rebecca S. Guenther ^^ > ^^ Senior Networking and Standards Specialist ^^ > ^^ Network Development and MARC Standards Office ^^ > ^^ 1st and Independence Ave. SE ^^ > ^^ Library of Congress ^^ > ^^ Washington, DC 20540-4402 ^^ > ^^ (202) 707-5092 (voice) (202) 707-0115 (FAX) ^^ > ^^ [log in to unmask] ^^ > ^^ ^^ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Ross Singer wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I have a question about the MARC to MODS transform. Why does it put the 245 > > subfield h in the title tag? This is not actually part of the title, so it > > seems to degrade the integrity of the record to put it there. > > > > Has there been discussion to put this value somewhere else? > > physicalDescription possibly? An attribute to "title"? > > > > At least in MARC, it's easy to just leave out of a title... This is less > > easy in MODS post transform. I could always just leave it out of the > > transform, but, at the same time, I don't want to /lose/ that data. > > > > How are other people coping with this? > > > > Thanks, > > -Ross. > > > -- Mike Rylander [log in to unmask] GPLS -- PINES Development Database Developer http://open-ils.org