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MarcEdit’s Validate Headings tool is getting a refresh to add a few missing elements.  Two new features are being added to the tool — the ability to automatically correct variants when they are detected, and the ability to automatically generate preliminary authority records for personal (100/700) records.  The new interface looks like:   Example of…

After about a month of working with the headings validation tool, I’m ready to start adding a few enhancements to provide some automated headings corrections.  The first change to be implemented will be automatic correction of headings where the preferred heading is different from the in-use headings.  This will be implemented as an optional element. …

Last week, I posted an update that included the early implementation of the Validate Headings tool.  After a week of testing, feedback and refinement, I think that the tool now functions in a way that will be helpful to users.  So, let me describe how the tool works and what you can expect when the…

Over the last year, I’ve spent a good deal of time looking for ways to integrate many of the growing linked data services into MarcEdit.  These services, mainly revolving around vocabularies, provide some interesting opportunities for augmenting our existing MARC data, or enhancing local systems that make use of these particular vocabularies.  Examples like those…

I’ve worked on a number of updates this weekend– here is the list: UI Changes I’ve removed the quick links on the front page, and changed this to a list of selectable topics.  This will make it easier for me to add to this list. I’ve added a new Quick Access button to the top…

Yesterday, I posted a significant update to the Windows/Linux builds and a maintenance update to the Mac build that includes a lot of prep work to get it ready to roll in a number of changes that I’ll hopefully complete this week.  Unfortunately, I’ve been doing a lot of travelling, which means that my access…

I spent some time this week working through a few updates based on some feedback I’ve gotten over the past couple of weeks.  Most of the updates at this point are focused on the Windows/Linux builds, but the Mac build has been updated as well as all new functionality found in the linking libraries and…

Yesterday, I had someone indicate that there was a problem with the Add/Delete Field function.  An update in the last version to allow for deduplication deletions based on subfields tripped other deletions.  This was definitely problematic.  This has been corrected, in addition to a couple other changes. Change log: 6.2.88 Bug Fix: Add/Delete Field: I…

Update was posted Feb. 27 to all versions.  Update Contains the following changes: 6.2.85 Enhancement: Characterset Detection: MarcEdit is including a tool that will provide a heuristical analysis of a file to provide best guess characterset detection. (https://blog.reeset.net/archives/1897) Enhancement: Build New Tool Function: Adding a find macro to the function so that users can now…