Enhance Validation for Fixed-Length Control Fields to Control the Field Length
Alma provides a MARC21 validation task called 'Validation Fixed Fields Positions MARC21,' but it does not include a check for the length. It would be useful to include a length check and to make it configurable whether a warning/error is generated (thus also adding a new exception to the validation exception profile). This should be available for all kinds of records that have fixed-length control fields and should take into account that e.g. in 008, the correct length differs for different types of material.
Oki U.
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