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Kevin S. Clarke <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
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Package: XMLMARC
System name: xmlmarc
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

XMLMARC is a program designed to work with MARC records (the standard format 
for library catalogs).  We already exist on the Web at Sourceforge 
(http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xmlmarc) and on our own page 
(http://xmlmarc.stanford.edu).  If you are interested in trying out the 
software, I\'d recommend getting it from the Stanford site (it is just a zipped 
file, no proprietary installer).

The program currently converts MARC records into XML.  It is very flexible and 
does this conversion based on an XML mapping language we have developed.  The 
new version of the program, currently under development, does the conversion 
using XSLT stylesheets and adds the ability to output modified MARC records 
(using a MARC transformation language expressed in XML).  We also provide an 
API for working with MARC records programmatically.

We are rewriting the program to use only free software (originally we used IBM 
software, XML parser and installer) and to remove parts of the program that 
would not work under a free software Java system (RMI and Swing)... and to add 
the ability to manipulate MARC records using the XML language.  As an aside, 
I\'m pleased David Brownell has donated his XML work to the GNU project so that 
we now have a free XML package to work with.

As I said, we are currently under development and plan to release the 2.0 
version of XMLMARC in about a month.