NAME

marc-validator - Tool to validate records in MARC file.

SYNOPSIS

marc-validator [-d] [-h] [-i id] [-l] [-o output_file] [-p] [-r] [-v] [--version] marc_xml_file..

DESCRIPTION

Tool to validate dataset from MARC record collections.

It supports MARC XML files now.

ARGUMENTS

• -d

  Debug mode.

• -h

  Print help.

• -i id

  Record identifier defined by MARC field/subfield. Example value is '015a' for national library id.

  Default value is '001'.

• -l

  Print list of plugins.

• -o output_file

  Output file to save result.

  Default value is undef.

• -p

  Pretty print JSON output.

• -r

  Reccomendations.

• -v

  Verbose mode.

• --version

  Print version of script.

• marc_xml_file..

  MARC XML file name(s).

EXAMPLE

marc-validator __MARC.xml__

SEE ALSO

marc-validator-report

Tool to process MARC validation report.

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/michal-josef-spacek/App-MARC-Validator

AUTHOR

Michal Josef Špaček mailto:skim@cpan.org

http://skim.cz

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

© 2025-2026 Michal Josef Špaček

BSD 2-Clause License

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Development of this software has been made possible by institutional support for the long-term strategic development of the National Library of the Czech Republic as a research organization provided by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (DKRVO 2024–2028), Area 11: Linked Open Data.

VERSION

0.06