UNIMARCSLIM: UNIMARC XML Schema prepared by Giovanni Bergamin and Detlev Schumacher based on MARCXML ( The MARC 21 XML Schema prepared by Corey Keith http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21slim.xsd). August 8, 2004 Initial Release 0.1 This schema allows XML markup of UNIMARC records as specified in the MARC documentation (see http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/p1996-1/sec-uni.htm). This schema accommodates UNIMARC bibliographic and authority records and allows the embedded fields technique record is a top level container element for all of the field elements which compose the record collection is a top level container element for 0 or many records UNIMARC record label 24 characters UNIMARC Fields 001-009 UNIMARC Variable Data Fields 010-999 UNIMARC field can be composed by standard subfields (strings) or by "s1" subfields with embedded tags indicators and subfields ex. g.: 4xx or 604 tags The embedded fields technique introduced by s1 tag