PICA::Record
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PICA::Record is a Perl module for handling PICA+ records. There are
classes and methods for reading in, manipulating, and outputting
bibliographic records in PICA+. There is also an XML representation
of PICA+ and a simple SRU interface to PICA systems for downloading
PICA+ records.

For a more detailed introduction have a look at PICA::Tutorial, the 
scripts in directory 'bin' and the tests in directory 't'.

INSTALLATION

To install this module use the CPAN module or type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

* LWP::UserAgent
* XML::Parser

AUTHORS

Jakob Voss <jakob.voss@gbv.de>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 by Verbundzentrale Göttingen (VZG) and Jakob Voss

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at
your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

Please note that these module is not an official product or supported by 
the employers of the various contributors to the code nor by OCLC PICA.
