Added to documentation: http://koha.org/documentation/faq/does-koha-support-mods-for-import-export/v... --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 nce@liblime.com AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Galen Charlton <galen.charlton@liblime.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Nicholas W <4407@log1.net> wrote:
We are currently evaluating Koha in our organization, and also soon will be implementing a fedora-repository commons repository where we may use MODS http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/ for storing bibliographic data. My question is Koha likely to support MODS for import and export of bibliographic data in the near future.
Koha currently lets you download bib records converted to various XML-based metadata formats, including MODS, one at a time. It would not be difficult to make a batch MODS exporter, and if you're OK with the default MODS to MARC21 stylesheet [1], a MODS import wouldn't be hard to do either.
Although there is a desire to enhance Koha so that it can natively store bibliographic metadata in formats other than MARC, that will be further down the road.
Regards,
Galen
[1] http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/xslt/MODS2MARC21slim.xsl
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