turning prunes into beans

December 14th, 2005

Insight from a thread on the yazlist:

if III is to blame, what options does one have to extract XML from III”s systems using yaz tools?

In the general case, it can’t be done. This server is equivalent to shop that has a sign outside saying “We sell baked beans”. You go inside and buy a tin of beans, but when you get home and open it, you find it’s full of stewed prunes. No amount of post-processing will reliably turn prunes into beans.


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