Almost all crosswalks are a dumb down. It's not hard to create a MARC record from the simplest description (e.g. Dublin Core), and vice versa. Why people believe the loss involved is acceptable is a different question. You can't squeeze blood out of a stone. Jeff Sent from my iPad On May 25, 2013, at 11:09 PM, "J. McRee Elrod" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > When/if Bibframe is implemented by the national libraries and > bibliographic utilities, will there be a publically available Bibframe > to NMARC crosswalk for those systems still in MARC? Would OCLC offer > a MARC export? > > Might prioducing MARC21 records from Bibframe be a niche market for > SLC, as is oroducing AACR2 compatible records from RDA, and UKMARC > from MARC21? > > Of what online conversion programs should we be aware? > > Thanks > > > __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([log in to unmask]) > {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ > ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________ >