v2.0.0

Conversion updates based on specifications v2.0. See the Library of Congress’s BIBFRAME site for more details. Specifications are included in the distribution in the spec directory. Changes of note:

• Use new Work types to set Leader/06 and Leader/07 bytes.

• Use new 334 field for Issuance.

• Create 490 and 8XX fields from Hubs.

• Create 264 fields from bflc:simplePlace, bflc:simpleAgent and bflc:simplePlace literals.

• Create 720 fields when bf:agent has type Uncontrolled.

• Address issues a number of issues with too few 008 values (resulting in too-short 008s), incorrect 008 dates, and empty fields.

See the NEWS file and the updated specifications for full details of changes. Changes from v1.1.1 in the specifications are marked in red.

v1.1.1

v1.1.1

Release to address numerous bug issues. This still conforms with 1.1.0 specs, which can be found in the specs directory. Changes of note:

• Address 008 spacing issues.
• Check for existing values before outputting field.
• Make sure various indicators set properly.

See the NEWS file for full details of changes.

v1.1.0

v1.1.0

Conversion updates based on specifications v1.1.0. See the Library of Congress' BIBFRAME site for more details. Specifications are included in this distribution in the spec directory. Changes of note:

• Retaining punctuation in various fields (210, 222, 264, 245, etc.)
• Use new 344 for CaptureStorage and not 500.
• Add copyright symbol if Print, Arhival, Manuscript, Tactile, or Electronic.
• Numerous generation updates for 2XX, 3XX, 6XX, 7XX, etc. fields.

See the NEWS file and the updated specifications for full details of changes.

v1.1.0-M2BF-1.6

Interim release reflecting specification changes related to marc2bibframe v1.6.x

Many changes and fixes, including:

• Fix recursion bug in tChopPunct template related to un-matched enclosing punctuation.
• Update 007 conversion. Add extended fill characters.
• Updated conversion based on updated specifications for many control and data fields.
• New named templates available for use in rules, including:
  • tUriCode
  • tToken2Subfields
  • tGetMARCAuth
• New feature to allow for pulling in MARC authority records from the Library of Congress
  or other sources, and using that data to augment data fields generated from
  BIBFRAME entities.

See the README.md file and doc/rules.md for more details.

v1.0.0

Initial release of bibframe2marc stylesheet compiler.