Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force

First Meeting, 2002-01-14 in the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main

Overview of Format Activities in Die Deutsche Bibliothek

Reinhold Heuvelmann

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

Pica3 / Pica+ Local Format (DNB, German Authority Files, ZDB) Reference Format ("turntable") for every step and direction of format conversion Pica3: Cataloguing Format, Tags of 3 or 4 digits, ISBD-Interpunction Pica+: Internal Format, Tags of 3 digits, 2 Indicators, Subfields Lossless Conversion by Online Syntax Tables

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

MAB "Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken", Version 2.0 "Automated Library Exchange Format", "Machine-readable Exchange Format for Libraries" National Exchange Format Migration Format Used Online and Offline

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

Parts: Bibliographic (MAB-TITEL) Authorities (MAB-PND, MAB-GKD, MAB-SWD) Classifications (MAB-NOTAT) Holdings (MAB-LOKAL) Addresses (MAB-ADRESS) Format Design: Maintenance and Development by "MAB-Ausschuss" (= MAB Committee), under the Auspices of Die Deutsche Bibliothek Used in DDB ("DDB-MAB"): Export (DNB, ZDB, German Authority Files, Foreign Data) Import (GKD, Holdings of ZDB)

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

Unimarc Export (DNB, Foreign Data) Import (Casalini) USMARC Export (DNB, German Authority Files, Foreign Data) Import (LoC Name Authorities) UKMARC / BNB-MARC Import (BNB)

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

MARC21 Export (DNB, German Authority Files, Foreign Data) Import (LoC Bibliographic and Authority Data) (under Construction, First Step: Import of LoC Bibliographic)

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

DC Export (OAI) (under Construction) Import (METADISS = Metadata Element Set for Online Theses) ONIX Import and Export (VLB = German Books in Print) (Planned)

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

Conversion Tools: Pica FCV (Format ConVerter) and Tables FoKo (Format Konverter) and Tables Unix-Tools: "lex" and Tables for Character Conversion "omnimark" and Scripts for Data Manipulation Unix Standard Programs for Selecting, Testing, Checking Windows Environment, Visual Basic (Not Used: "USEMarcon" and Tables)

Die Deutsche Bibliothek 14. Januar 2002 Abteilung IT IT/rh

Pica3 <=> Pica+

MAB

Unimarc UKMARC USMARC MARC21

DC

ONIX

External Libraries

DDB

ZDB