MARCXML Test Files Now Available
CDS has made an alternative copy of its MARC Distribution Service test files in MARCXML using the MARC 21 XML schema. The schema is available from the Network Development and MARC Standards Office website at http://www.loc.gov/marcxml/
Information on obtaining the MARCXML test files listed below is available from:
http://www.loc.gov/cds/mds.html#test
NAME BYTES
books.all.xml 1,152,118
books.arabic.xml 743,288
books.cjk.xml 1,591,646
books.eng.xml 939,410
books.hebrew.xml 831,820
books.us.xml 802,358
canada.xml 68,225
class.xml 365,456
computrf.xml 1,404,749
gpo.xml 5,858,159
hlas.xml 13,576,906
maps.xml 1,297,829
music.xml 1,203,769
names.xml 533,718
nucmc.xml 2,067,504
serials.xml 1,617,245
subjects.xml 304,573
vismat.xml 1,477,716
The records are in Unicode, thus the display of non-Latin characters will depend on your browser and your individual PC settings. CDS is evaluating customer interest in MARCXML formatted files as a distribution option for the future and would be interested in feedback. Comments or questions on the MARCXML test files, or interest in a future MARCXML distribution service should be addressed to:
Cataloging Distribution Service
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20541-4912
Email: cdsinfo@loc.gov
Questions on the XML schema should be addressed to:
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540-4402
Email: ndmso@loc.gov
February 5, 2003