[ARSCLIST] Common database/electronic library interchange format ?

[D P Ingram <darren@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

Does anybody know (Google was not my friend, at least with what  
"rubbish" I put in) if there is a common database/electronic  
interchange format for linking electronic library collections?

I understand an institution may not be able to have a common database  
format (fields etc) but there can be filters or things applied to make  
it easy to share or link collection databases together. Does such a  
thing exist?

Many thanks, Darren

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