string
The record is returned as a string for simple display.
In this mode, all MARC records are converted to a line-by-line format
since ISO2709 is hardly readable.
XML records and SUTRS are returned in their original format.
GRS-1 are returned in a (ugly) line-by-line format.
This format is suitable if records are to be displayed in a quick
way - for debugging - or because it is not feasible to perform
proper display.
xml
The record is returned as an XML string if possible.
In this mode, all MARC records are converted to
» MARCXML.
XML records and SUTRS are returned in their original format.
GRS-1 is not supported.
This format is similar to string except that
MARC records are converted to MARCXML
This format is suitable if records are processed by an XML parser
or XSLT processor afterwards.
raw
The record is returned as a string in its original form.
This type is suitable for MARC, XML and SUTRS. It does not
work for GRS-1.
MARC records are returned as a ISO2709 string. XML and SUTRS are
returned as strings.
syntax
The syntax of the record is returned as a string, i.e.
USmarc, GRS-1,
XML, etc.
database
The name of database associated with record at the position
is returned as a string.
array
The record is returned as an array that reflects the GRS-1
structure. This type is suitable for MARC and GRS-1. XML, SUTRS
are not supported and if the actual record is XML or SUTRS an
empty string will be returned.
The array returned consists of a list corresponding to
each leaf/internal node of GRS-1. Each list item consists
a sub list with first element path and
data (if data is available).
The path which is a string holds a list of each tree component (of
the structured GRS-1 record) from root to leaf. Each component is
a tag type, tag value pair of the form
(type,
value
String tags normally has a corresponding tag type 3.
MARC can also be returned as an array (they are converted to
GRS-1 internally).