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The German National Library in Leipzig will be closed from 18 to 24 February 2025, 11:00. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Machine-Readable Cataloging Extensible Markup Language (MARCXML)

The Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) data format is used to record, store and exchange bibliographic data.

More about MARC 21 at the German National Library

MARCXML is a content equivalent XML version of this data format. The German National Library uses this format for the submission procedures for online publications. MARCXML can be used when depositing e-books, e-jounals (articles and issues) and dissertations.

Metadata documentation for the format MARCXML, version 3.0,
Update: 01.12.2020


Sample files with XML data in MARCXML:
Beispieldateien mit XML-Daten in MARCXML 24kB, zip - Not barrier-free file.

Last changes: 22.07.2022
Short-URL: https://www.dnb.de/EN/marcxml
Contact: afs@dnb.de

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