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The ber2marc Utility
The ber2marc utility allows you to convert ASN.1/BER data into Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) format. Open SiteSearch database records are stored in ASN.1/BER format. As part of the Open SiteSearch WebZ search and record retrieval process, the ZBase server formatting classes map ASN.1/BER records into MARC format before passing the records onto the JaSSI server for display in the WebZ Out-of-the-Box Interface (OBI). The ber2marc utility can be used as a tool to test any formatting classes that you have written at the ZBase level to map ASN.1/BER data to MARC.
Location: The ber2marc utility is located in the <WebZ_root>/scripts directory, where <WebZ_root> is the location of your installed WebZ environment.
Syntax
ber2marc -iber_file [-cformatClassName] [-mmaxrecs] [-sskiprecs] [-n]
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Parameters
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Description
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-iber_file
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Provides the name of the file containing at least one ASN.1/BER encoded record. The ber_file can contain one or more records that you would like to view in MARC format.
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-cformatClassName
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Allows you to format the MARC output displayed by defining a Java formatting class. The formatClassName should contain the full package name of the Java class that you wish to use to format the MARC records. Refer to the following example:
-cORG.oclc.fmts.zbase.WCATbriefMarcFmt
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-mmaxrecs
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Indicates the maximum number of records in the ber_file to output.
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-sskiprecs
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Indicates the number of records in the ber_file to skip before processing the remainder of the file.
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-n
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Removes the record number label displayed before the output for each record. For example, the following is the typical display for a record:
record number 1
DataDir: fldid(0) asn1class(1) form(1) length(0)
count(22)
child: DataDir: fldid(0) asn1class(2) form(0)
length(0) count(8)
data: 6e 6d 6d 20 20 49 61 20 nmm Ia
sibling: DataDir: fldid(1) asn1class(2) form(0)
length(0) count(12)
data: 6f 63 6d 33 35 30 30 33 36 34 32 20
ocm35003642
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When the -n option is used, the "record number 1" label shown above is removed.
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Example
The following example demonstrates how to use the ber2marc utility to view the last 5 records of an ASN.1/BER file that contains 35 total records in a MARC-formatted display.
ber2marc -i/cis/demos/phone.ber -cORG.oclc.fmts.zbase.WCATfullMarcFmt -s30
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The following example is identical to the example above, but the output is directed to a text file.
ber2marc -i/cis/demos/phone.ber -s30
-cORG.oclc.fmts.zbase.WCATfullMarcFmt > mydata.txt
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See Also
WebZ Utility Programs
Database Builder Utility Programs
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