[Koha] Koha and MODS

[Nicole Engard]

Added to documentation:
http://koha.org/documentation/faq/does-koha-support-mods-for-import-export/view

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Nicole C. Engard
Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
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On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Galen Charlton
<galen.charlton at liblime.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Nicholas W <4407 at 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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> Galen Charlton
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