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The new PEAR package File_MARC-0.5.0 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/.

Release notes
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0.5.0-beta
* Drop MARCFLAT as it is unmaintained and, to my knowledge, unused
* Add the ability to generate a proper collection of MARCXML records
* Factor out some of the common toXML()-related methods to a new base class
* Add tests of the new toXML() functionality for both MARC and MARCXML sources

Package Info
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The standard for machine-readable cataloging (MARC) records is documented at http://loc.gov/marc/. This package enables you to read existing MARC records from a file, string, or (using the YAZ extension), from a Z39.50 source. You can also use this package to create new MARC records.

This package is based on the PHP MARC package, originally called "php-marc", that is part of the Emilda Project (http://www.emilda.org). Christoffer Landtman generously agreed to make the "php-marc" code available under the GNU LGPL so it could be used as the basis of this PEAR package.

Related Links
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Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/File_MARC
Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/File_MARC/download/0.5.0
Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/File_MARC-0.5.0.tgz

Authors
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Dan Scott <denials(a)gmail.com> (lead)