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VuFind-Marc
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Introduction
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VuFind-Marc contains classes to handle [MARC records](https://www.loc.gov/marc/) in
different carrier formats. This is part of the [VuFind® project](http://vufind.org)
but may also be useful for other purposes.

Features
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VuFind-Marc provides functionality for reading MARC records and validating (linting)
MARC 21 records. It supports standalone records as well as record collection files.
Following carrier formats are supported:

- [ISO 2709](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_2709)
- [MARCXML](https://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/),
- [MARC-in-JSON](https://web.archive.org/web/20151112001548/http://dilettantes.code4lib.org/blog/2010/09/a-proposal-to-serialize-marc-in-json/)

Additional formats can be added as necessary.

Installation
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The recommended method for incorporating this library into your project is to use
Composer (http://getcomposer.org).