Even experienced cataloguers and copy cataloguers who know their way around the tags and strings of a MARC record need guidance when creating metadata for sharing bibliographic records or digital collections on the web. Likewise, coders or new librarians coming from iSchool or software backgrounds need examples of how to use XLML or XSLT scripting with library records. That's where this new handbook from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) comes in. Librarians working in their code editors will want this resource, with its 58 sample coding examples, at their side. It covers




essential background information, with a quick review of XML basics
transforming XML metadata in HTML
schema languages and workflows for XML validation
an introduction to XPath and XSLT
cataloguing workflows using XSLT
the basics of XQuery, including use cases and XQuery expressions and functions
working with strings and sequences, including regular expressions.