tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post4720057814065742150..comments2023-09-29T08:51:56.163-07:00Comments on Coyle's InFormation: XML and Library Data FutureKaren Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02519757456533839003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-79031640706645195402011-09-14T08:35:21.602-07:002011-09-14T08:35:21.602-07:00I think the last part of this post cannot be overs...I think the last part of this post cannot be overstated. People tend to think conceptually about bibliographic data in terms of MARC, turning a particular serialization into a mental model. It would be a gross error to define a schema by its output markup rather than its structure.<br /><br />XML might be one way that some subset of library developers would want to send/receive next-generation bibliographic data, but I'd contend that JSON is becoming more important/standard from the client, server, and even database level.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18151520075888011385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-37902261370864050722011-09-08T06:23:24.565-07:002011-09-08T06:23:24.565-07:00Dorothea, I agree. As I said, some things had to b...Dorothea, I agree. As I said, some things had to be simplified for the blog post. There are ways to get around many of the limitations, and if you have your data well-defined those "sticky points" will become evident. The danger is in fitting your data to XML, rather than XML to your data.Karen Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519757456533839003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-71389240247486553742011-09-07T15:56:13.199-07:002011-09-07T15:56:13.199-07:00By and large I agree with this, and I certainly ag...By and large I agree with this, and I certainly agree with the conclusion, but XML is just a tiny bit more flexible than you're giving it credit for.<br /><br />Given the zipcode problem, I'd encode it once, give it an xml:id (or other id) attribute, and have any other element point.Dorotheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140402663592388379noreply@blogger.com