[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Authorities - alternate formats

[Dan Scott]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 10:42:07AM -0400, Dan Scott wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 02:32:14PM +0000, Duimovich, George wrote:
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Regarding unAPI services, we've only used them in the context of bibliographic records, but I assume that some of the same plumbing could be adapted for authority records - or is it there already for use in 2.2.2 / 2.3.x (or planned for a future release)?
> 
> Some plumbing is indeed already there:
> 
> http://laurentian.concat.ca/opac/extras/supercat/retrieve/marcxml/authority/100
> 
> > 
> > For examples of authority record transforms, see "Alternate formats" section of this entry here:
> > 
> >         http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118536.html
> > 
> > I also wonder if any of those LoC crosswalks have been spotted anywhere under any public licence?
> 
> Time to start hunting for XSLT for the likes of
> http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/mads-mapping.html I guess.
> 
> Maybe open a wishlist bug and start collecting the required bits?

On that note,
http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/xslt/MARC21slim2MADS.xsl should be
freely available to US citizens, I think.