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# Roy Tennant on bibliographic data and XWC
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/roy-tennant-on-bibliographic-data-and-xwc/
- Published: 2004-01-15T17:24:42.000Z
- Updated: 2004-01-15T17:24:42.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

> The point is we need to craft standards, software tools, and systems that can accept, manipulate, store, output, search, and display metadata from a wide variety of bibliographic or related standards. Our systems should be able to accept an ONIX record from a publisher, which contains basic bibliographic fields and elements like cover art, and use it as a prototype cataloging record or to enrich an existing record. Our systems should be able to output a record easily in Dublin Core for harvesting through the Open Archives Initiative’s Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. In other words, we need a new bibliographic infrastructure that allows for the easy and effective sharing of various types of records. \[[Library Journal – Building a New Bibliographic Infrastructure](https://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA371079?display=Digital+LibrariesNews&industry=Digital+Libraries&industryid=3760&verticalid=151&ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]