I think Ming Tea put it best... MARC 21, MARC 22, MARC 23, MARC 24, MARC 25, MARC 26, MARC 27, MARC 20 heaven. Whilst Roy may be far pure Scottish, I he seldom strays from unblended Scotch . On a more serious note, what happens to the British Library if the vote is for independence? How long will it take for the Scottish library to join IFLA, and to develop a sufficiently incompatible MARC variant? SAMARC? Simon On Nov 30, 2012 7:11 AM, "Gordon Dunsire" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Colleagues**** > > ** ** > > Long ago, in a land far, far away (from Scotland, that is), somebody said > “MARC must die” [1]**** > > ** ** > > But the Zepheira Ontology for the MARC 21 Bibliographic Information > Environment (let’s call it zombie for short), shows how difficult it’s > gonna be.**** > > ** ** > > OK, today (St Andrew’s Day) is not Halloween (also a major year-cycle > event in Scottish culture) – but I’m a late developer as well as a fan of > the living/walking dead (the slow-movers, Romero-style, not the more modern > Boyle/28 days later type).**** > > ** ** > > Cheers (in jest ;-)**** > > ** ** > > Gordon**** > > ** ** > > [1] http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA250046.html**** >