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General-Purpose Technologies Useful for Digital Repositories

<marc:datafield tag=“655” ind1=“ “ ind2=“7”>
<marc:subfield code=“a”>Biography.</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“2”>fast</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“0”>http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01423686</marc:subfield>
</marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag=“655” ind1=“ “ ind2=“7”>
<marc:subfield code=“a”>Diaries.</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“2”>fast</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“0”>http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01423794</marc:subfield>
</marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag=“700” ind1=“1” ind2=“ “>
<marc:subfield code=“6”>880–07</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“a”>Chen, Shiju,</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“e”>editor.</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“0”>http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n02015103150</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“1”>http://viaf.org/viaf/311819060</marc:subfield>
</marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag=“700” ind1=“1” ind2=“ “>
<marc:subfield code=“6”>880–08</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“a”>Cai, Shengqi,</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“e”>editor.</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“0”>http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009039850</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“1”>http://viaf.org/viaf/290899649</marc:subfield>
</marc:datafield>
<marc:datafield tag=“830” ind1=“ “ ind2=“0”>
<marc:subfield code=“6”>880–09</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“a”>Minguo shi liao cong shu.</marc:subfield>
<marc:subfield code=“0”>http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94002254</marc:subfield>
</marc:datafield>
</marc:record>

The change in the records is subtle, but it is important because in each of
the controlled vocabulary fields, a URI to the individual vocabulary element
has been added. This URI has the potential to enable a local system to not
only utilize the strings in the record, but interrogate the content at the URI
for additional information related to the term. So, for example, if a system
was to follow the VIAF URI for Cai, Shengqi, the following data would be
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provided (truncated):

<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?>
<ns1:VIAFCluster xmlns:ns1=“http://viaf.org/viaf/terms#” xmlns:void=“http://rdfs.org/ns/void#”
xmlns:rdf=“http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#” xmlns:owl=“http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#”
xmlns:foaf=“http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/” xmlns=“http://viaf.org/viaf/terms#”>
<ns1:viafID>290899649</ns1:viafID>
<ns1:Document about=“http://viaf.org/viaf/290899649/”>
<ns1:inDataset resource=“http://viaf.org/viaf/data”/>
<ns1:primaryTopic resource=“http://viaf.org/viaf/290899649”/>
</ns1:Document>
<ns1:nameType>Personal</ns1:nameType>
<ns1:sources>
<ns1:source nsid=“0000000444674605”>ISNI|0000000444674605</ns1:source>
<ns1:source nsid=“n2009039850”>LC|n 2009039850</ns1:source>
<ns1:source nsid=“338995366”>NTA|338995366</ns1:source>
</ns1:sources>
<ns1:length>121</ns1:length>

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