“…there is something so anti-XML about the way MARCXML was designed…”
So says Alexander Johannesen in this excellent blog post. I wholeheartedly agree with him – I’ve never seen XML abused quite like this.
MARCXML – Same ol’ MARC wrapped in terrible XML
September 25, 2008 by Warren
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