In addition to the citation below, please also remind that MARCXML (at least to some people) references MARC21 (formerly USMARC) specifically and does not necessarily support all MARC formats currently in use. - regards Erik Bertelsen State and University Library Aarhus, DK -----Original Message----- Unfortunately, MARCXML is not transitional or transformational. It is a pure serialization of MARC and is not allowed to vary in any way from MARC in ISO 2709 format. MARC and MARCXML are kept in lock step, so none of the advantages of XML over the MARC format are realized. HAD we moved to XML, leaving 2709 behind, some significant improvements could have been made. Alas...