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Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:11:38 -0800
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Sure -- that would work just fine.  In fact, what you may consider doing is copying the current file, editing that to fit your needs for vender files, and simply use that.

--TR

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stacy Pober
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 1:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] MARCValidator error sensitivity
> 
> I've been processing batches of ebook records with MARCedit. These are
> supplied by the publishers in most cases and are of varying quality.
> 
> When I use MARCValidator, I'm looking primarily for serious errors.
> But with most, if not all, of these record sets,  the validator
> reports some errors that I would like to ignore, since they do not
> seem to affect the way the records are displayed in our catalog.
> 
> The reason the "ignorable" error reports are a problem is that there
> are so many of them and I have trouble finding the serious errors in
> the records.
> 
> An example of type of error reports I would like to suppress is:
>  "020-Invalid data found in field: 0521779421 (pbk.).  Only [^0-9x] is
> valid within this field."
> This error is in virtually every ebook MARC record I have processed so
> far..
> 
> Another one that is in virtually every record set is:
> "007:  Length appears to be invalid.  Reported length is: 14.
> Expected length: 8"
> 
> Can I just edit the  marcrules.txt file as outlined below?
> 
> I was thinking of doing this:
> 
> Under:
>     020	R	INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
> 
> Remove the lines:
>     valida	[^0-9x]	Valid Characters
>     validz	[^0-9x]	Valid Characters
> 
> Under:
>     007	R	PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
> 
> remove the line:
>     length	8
> 
> Would this be a reasonable plan?
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Stacy Pober
> Information Alchemist
> Manhattan College Library
> Riverdale, NY 10471
> [log in to unmask]
> 
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