Future of MARC - maybe it really doesn't matter?

In Who needs MARC? Lukas Koster argues that the MARC format isn't really that crucial. 

The thing is: it really does not matter how you store bibliographic metadata in your database, as long as you can present and exchange the data in any format requested, be it MARC or Dublin Core or anything else.

Comments

[Chris]

Hi Christine

This resonates with me a lot, here's what I was blathering about this topic in 2001

http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2001/004637.html

[Christine Schwartz]

Hi Chris,

It's good to hear from you. Thanks for pointing out your Koha list post from 2001. If data storage is irrelevant, that may be a good thing given the proliferation of metadata formats.