Getting Started. 1. Sample Data Files

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1 Getting Started 1. Sample Data Files Sample MARC records need to be downloaded. Get them from: Unzip the data to the Desktop Right click, Extract all to Desktop. When you start MarcEdit for the first time, it will ask you to update. Don t. Tell it no then we ll turn off the automated update checker. We ll use this information later.

2 MarcEdit to the Max! TERRY REESE HEAD OF DIGITAL INITIATIVES THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

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4 Schedule 9 9:10 Introduction/logistics 9:10-10:00 Session 1 (Introduction to MarcEdit) 10:00-10:15 break 10:15-12:00 Session II (MarcEdit: Working with Data) 12:00 1:00 lunch 1:00 2:30 Session III (Regular Expression Primer); Session IV 2:30-3:30 Session IV (Editing Data in the MarcEditor) 3:30 3:45 break 3:45 4:30 Session V (MARCNext); Wrap up

5 Format of the Sessions Sessions are generally broken into blocks Each block, attendees are welcome to follow along as I speak and we look at examples At the end of each Block, there will be a hands-on activity to cover each section.

6 Keypoints So what is this MarcEdit thing, anyway? Program Background/History System Requirements MarcEdit Mac Future Work Understanding the Application Settings Accessibility Settings Configuring the Main Window The MARCEngine Automatic Updates Other Troubleshooting MarcEdit Getting More Help

7 What is MarcEdit? Started development in 1999 Originally coded in 3 programming languages: Assembler (libraries), Visual Basic (UI) and Delphi (COM). Initially designed as a replacement for LC s DOS-based MARCBreakr/MARCMakr software since the DOS tools wouldn t run on Windows 2000.

8 What is MarcEdit? Today: Written in C# (or a mix of C# and object-c on the Mac) Continues to be freely available Supports any character encoding supported by the operating system (but UTF8/MARC8 by default) MARC Agnostic XML, JSON, RDF, Linked Data friendly

9 The Many Faces of MarcEdit

10 MarcEdit Evolution MarcEdit Main Window MarcEdit MARC Tools MarcEdit MarcEditor

11 MarcEdit Evolution MarcEdit 3.0 MarcEdit 5.0

12 MarcEdit Evolution MarcEdit 6.3 Windows/Linux MarcEdit MacOS

13 Important notes Installation notes Download from: System Requirements MarcEdit 6.x Any version of Windows that supports.net 4 Fully supported on Linux (using Mono) Mac Version (native) Upgrade/Support No regular update cycle -- but generally, at least one update per month I answer nearly every question I get about MarcEdit. MarcEdit Listserv ( is available for questions.

14 Installing MarcEdit Windows: Installing from the Windows Installer 32-bit version: 64-bit version: Installing using a Zip file:

15 Installing from Linux

16 MarcEdit on a Mac Mac development is active, and working towards parity with the Windows Build Current work to date can be found here:

17 MarcEdit MacOS MarcEdit s Mac version is nearly functionally equivalent to the Windows version with the following exceptions: 1. MarcEdit Mac doesn t support the Windows automation code (COM objects), because this is a windows technology and not supported on the system. 2. Some Preferences have been condensed or are yet to be available. This is most visible in the language and front screen settings 3. MarcEdit Mac never supported the BibFrame 1.0 testbed, but does actively support BibFrame Not all plugins available in MarcEdit s Windows version are supported in MarcEdit Mac

18 THE ROADMAP Some important changes coming to MarcEdit 7 XP Support is going away *.NET Framework dependency will change from 4.0 to 4.6 * Introduction of an XML and JSON Profiler (like a delimited text translator for XML and JSON data) * Native RDF and Graph support * Also affects MarcEdit Mac

19 MarcEdit Upgrade Advisor

20 Setting up MarcEdit On first run, all versions of MarcEdit will ask you to confirm some settings.

21 MarcEdit Program Settings MarcEdit allows you to customize the most widely used programs onto the front page.

22 MarcEdit Language Preferences MarcEdit allows you to set your preferred font for use with the User Interface. MarcEdit allows you to set your preferred font size for use within the program.

23 MARCEngine Settings Of Note: Use Diacritics turns mnemonics on and off MARCXML XSLT determines how data moves between MarcEdit s mnemonic format and MARCXML XSLT Engine Saxon.net supports XSLT 2.0 MSXML supports XSLT 1.0, but is orders of magnitude faster Unicode Normalization New feature designed to allow international users to break away from MARC21 s preferred KD normalization

24 File Associations On installation:.mrc, mrk8, mrk are associated with MarcEdit (if not already associated with another program). By user, you can create associations to other files *ONLY use this tool to associate file types with MarcEdit*

25 MarcEdit Miscellaneous properties Properties that affect sorting, notification, file storage.

26 MarcEdit Automated Updates MarcEdit includes options for Automatic updates Update Notifications Auto updates as administrative users Only works on Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate versions of Windows (requires domain information)

27 Application Data Three classes Application Data: configuration data, rules data, etc. XSLT Data: XSLT files used to create MarcEdit s XSLT/XML Conversions Language Data: Access to the Language Data files.

28 Updating MarcEdit Automatic Updating introduced in June 2010 Can be controlled through the Preferences Automatically determines proper version to update (32 v 64 bit)

29 Sharing Application Settings MarcEdit includes functions to provide the ability to: Export Settings Import Settings General Rules: Export Settings gives you granularity for exporting Import Rules: Imported data overwrites existing data

30 Exporting Settings Files generated through this tool are essentially fancy zip files. They care compatible between all versions of MarcEdit i.e., you can export a set of Windows settings and import them into a Mac Primary Use Case: Changing Machines Setting up a new machine

31 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting tools have become more advanced over the years. Presently, the following are available: 1. Clear Temporary Files On older systems (primarily windows XP), the temp file folder can become too large 2. Repair Task File Set of tools to repair a task file if it becomes unusable 3. Reset Configuration Data if the config file becomes corrupted, this will reset it back to first install.

32 Troubleshooting Installation issues: Sometimes, the windows installer can get stuck making it so you cannot install or uninstall the program. Use the MSI Cleaner:

33 Debugging Tools: MARCSpy

34 Getting More Help Youtube videos (just search for marcedit) You can ask me: or MarcEdit Website: MarcEdit Listserv: L&H=MAIL04.GMU.EDU

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