MAB2 (Alphaseq)

Description of MAB2
MAB stands for Maschinelle Austauschformat für Bibliotheken, which roughly translates in English to “machine readable data exchange format for Libraries”. This bibliographical metadata interchange format is the most widely used format in the German-speaking world. The actual version of this metadata format is MAB2, which supports the exchange of data relevant to the library domain such as bibliographical data, name authority files, corporate bodies authority files and local data. As a consequence of a decision made by the German National Library’s Office of Library Standards in 2004, MAB2 is currently being phased out and replaced by the international standard MARC 21.