Date:         Sat, 7 Dec 2002 05:25:09 -0800
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From:         Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Thoughts on digital contents
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At 11:54 AM 12/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Since MODS is a subset of MARC

OK, here's another source of my confusion. In the previous message,
Rebecca, you said that MODS is intended to be "compatible with library
data". I didn't understand that MODS can only carry data elements that are
also in the MARC record -- is that the case? Or do you mean here that it
was initially derived from MARC.... but can grow from there?


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