Date:         Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:10:32 -0500
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From:         "Houghton,Andrew" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: marc in rdf
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> From: Metadata Object Description Schema List 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce D'Arcus
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:50 AM
> Subject: [MODS] marc in rdf
> 
> FYI, on MARC in RDF:
> 
> <http://internetalchemy.org/2005/12/marc-transliteration>
> 
> Ian's expertise is RDF, not MARC, so people here might want 
> to offer comments.

So basically it reinvents MARC-XML in RDF.  I'm not an RDF expert,
but some points about the implementation:

1) it needs to use rdf:parseType instead of parseType; the RDF validator throws warnings about depricated usage.

2) it's unclear why it uses md:value; can someone give a reason why rdf:value would not be appropriate in this context.

3) it's unclear why there are two additional levels, e.g., md:data and md:RecordData; can someone give a reason why they exist.


Andy.