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Catmandu-Breaker-0.01
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/ Catmandu::Breaker

NAME

Catmandu::Breaker - Package that exports data in a Breaker format

SYNOPSIS

# From the command line

# Using the default breaker
$ catmandu convert JSON to Breaker < data.json

# Using a OAI_DC breaker 
$ catmandu convert OAI --url http://biblio.ugent.be/oai to Breaker --handler oai_dc

# Using a MARCXML breaker
$ catmandu convert MARC to Breaker --handler marc

# Using an XML breaker
$ catmandu convert XML --path book to Brealer --handler xml < t/book.xml > data.breaker

# Find the usage of fields in the XML file above
$ cat data.breaker | cut -f 2 | sort | uniq -c

# Parse the Breaker format
$ catmandu convert Breaker < data.breaker

# Parse the Breaker format group values by record
$ catmandu convert Breaker --group 1 < data.breaker

DESCRIPTION

Inspired by the article "Metadata Analysis at the Command-Line" by Mark Phillips in http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7818 this exporter breaks a OAI-PMH DC harvest into the Breaker format which can be analyzed further by command line tools.

BREAKER FORMAT

<record-identifier><tab><metadata-field><tab><metadata-value><tab><metadatavalue>...

MODULES

SEE ALSO

Catmandu

AUTHOR

Patrick Hochstenbach, <patrick.hochstenbach at ugent.be>