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Can't parse MARC Authority XML files with mx: prefixes in their tags
I have been successfully using MARC::File::XML to process MARC subject
authority files from the LOC, such as this sample record:
http://www.loc.gov/MARC21";
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21
http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21.xsd";>
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sh 0014
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sh 0014
DLC
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Tacos
The following script prints subfield "a" of tag 150:
MARC::File::XML->default_record_format('UNIMARCAUTH');
my $batch = MARC::Batch->new( 'XML', '../filename');
while (my $record = $batch->next()) {
for my $field ($record->field("150")){
my $name= $field->subfield('a');
print "$name", "\n";
}
}
However, I'm having trouble parsing the name authority records online at
http://alcme.oclc.org/eprintsUK/index.html
Here is part of one of these records (from
http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n50-7168.MarcXML):
http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim";
xmlns=http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
0cz 220n
oca00042708
. . . . .
. . . . .
etc.
There are "mx:" prefixes in all the tags. What format is this? Is there any
way I can get MARC::File::XML to parse these files?
A related question: When I first tried to process the subject authority
files from the LOC (in my first example, above), the program complained that
the "Leader must be 24 bytes long". All the leader tags in the authority
files I got from the LOC have five trailing blank spaces at the end. I
manually removed the spaces to get the test files to work. I can always
preprocess the files to take out the trailing spaces, but I wonder if
there's a way around this with MARC::File::XML. (These LOC subject authority
XML files are five years old. I wonder if the XML spec has changed since
then?)
Many thanks for any help!
- Chris Morgan
Re: Can't parse MARC Authority XML files with mx: prefixes in their tags
>However, I'm having trouble parsing the name authority records online at >http://alcme.oclc.org/eprintsUK/index.html [snipped code examples] > >There are "mx:" prefixes in all the tags. What format is this? Is there any >way I can get MARC::File::XML to parse these files? The prefixes are the namespace. The parser should be able to handle this, but I don't honestly know if it does it correctly. What also might be the problem is the second namespace in there. It might help us if you included some information about what is not working (what error are you getting etc). I don't have the time right now to run my own test, but actual error messages might provide some clue. >A related question: When I first tried to process the subject authority >files from the LOC (in my first example, above), the program complained that >the "Leader must be 24 bytes long". Right, that comes from the MARC specification, there are 24 bytes. >XML files are five years old. I wonder if the XML spec has changed since >then?) Doubt it, again it doesn't have anything really to do with the XML spec but the underlying xml record. More likely it is some error in creating the files. Can't give any more info though, sorry. Jon Gorman
RE: Can't parse MARC Authority XML files with mx: prefixes in their tags
Jonathan,
Many thanks. I get no errors on the command line or in the error log when I
run the script. The file just executes with no output. If you have the time
to run it, I've included the scriupt below, and have attached the name
authority record it tries to process:
#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use MARC::Record;
use MARC::Batch;
use MARC::File::XML;
use constant MAX => 20;
MARC::File::XML->default_record_format('UNIMARCAUTH');
my $batch = MARC::Batch->new( 'XML', 'name_authority_file');
while (my $record = $batch->next()) {
for my $field ($record->field("100")){
my $name= $field->subfield('a');
print "$name", "\n";
}
}
I think you're right about the LOC files -- they probably got the extra
spaces by accident. That's easy enough to fix.
As far as the name authorities go, if I can't get MARC::File::XML to process
them, I can always use XML::Tokeparser. Not as elegant, but it would get the
job done.
- Chris
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Gorman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 4:43 PM
To: Christopher Morgan; perl4lib@perl.org
Subject: Re: Can't parse MARC Authority XML files with mx: prefixes in their
tags
>However, I'm having trouble parsing the name authority records online
>at http://alcme.oclc.org/eprintsUK/index.html
[snipped code examples]
>
>There are "mx:" prefixes in all the tags. What format is this? Is there
>any way I can get MARC::File::XML to parse these files?
The prefixes are the namespace. The parser should be able to handle this,
but I don't honestly know if it does it correctly. What also might be the
problem is the second namespace in there. It might help us if you included
some information about what is not working (what error are you getting etc).
I don't have the time right now to run my own test, but actual error
messages might provide some clue.
>A related question: When I first tried to process the subject authority
>files from the LOC (in my first example, above), the program complained
>that the "Leader must be 24 bytes long".
Right, that comes from the MARC specification, there are 24 bytes.
>XML files are five years old. I wonder if the XML spec has changed
>since
>then?)
Doubt it, again it doesn't have anything really to do with the XML spec but
the underlying xml record. More likely it is some error in creating the
files. Can't give any more info though, sorry.
Jon Gorman
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