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ck/picaxmlconv
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Converts picaXML and ppmxl vive versa.

v0.1.2(10y ago)116MITPHP

Since Feb 15Pushed 10y ago3 watchersCompare

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Pica+ XML Converter
===================

[](#pica-xml-converter)

Converts PicaXML (namespace info:srw/schema/5/picaXML-v1.0) and ppxml (namespace ) vice versa.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require ck/picaxmlconv

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require vendor/autoload.php;

use CK\PicaXMLConv\PicaXMLConv;

$pconv = new PicaXMLConv;

$picaXML = $pconv->convert('/path/to/ppxml.xml');

print $picaXML;                                  # XML
print get_class($picaXML->getSource());          # DOMDocument

if($pconv->validate($picaXML)) {
    print $pconv->getNamespace();                # info:srw/schema/5/picaXML-v1.0
    $pconv->convert();
    $pconv->validate($pconv->getTarget());
    print $pconv->getNamespace();                # http://www.oclcpica.org/xmlns/ppxml-1.0
}
```

### Usage with HAB\\Pica\\Reader\\PicaXmlReader

[](#usage-with-habpicareaderpicaxmlreader)

```
composer require ck/picaxmlconv hab/picareader

```

```
require vendor/autoload.php;

use CK\PicaXMLConv\PicaXMLConv;
use HAB\Pica\Reader\PicaXmlReader;

$pconv = new PicaXMLConv;
$picaXML = $pconv->convert('/path/to/ppxml.xml');

$reader = new PicaXmlReader;
$reader->open($picaXML);
while($record = $reader->read()) {
    ...
}
$reader->close();
```

API
---

[](#api)

For `CK\PicaXMLConv::convert` and `CK\PicaXMLConv::validate` string is either XML or a valid file path.

- CK\\PicaXMLConv::convert(string|DOMDocument)
- CK\\PicaXMLConv::validate(string|DOMDocument)
- CK\\PicaXMLConv::getSource()
- CK\\PicaXMLConv::getTarget()
- CK\\PicaXMLConv::getNamespace()

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

### XSL

[](#xsl)

- [ppxml to picaXML](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zeitschriftendatenbank/picaxmlconv/master/res/xsl/ppxmlToPicaXML.xsl)
- [picaXML to ppxml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zeitschriftendatenbank/picaxmlconv/master/res/xsl/picaXMLToPpxml.xsl)

### XSD

[](#xsd)

- [ppxml-1.0.xsd](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zeitschriftendatenbank/picaxmlconv/master/res/xsd/ppxml-1.0.xsd)
- [pica-xml-v1-0.xsd](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zeitschriftendatenbank/picaxmlconv/master/res/xsd/pica-xml-v1-0.xsd)

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3788d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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