Library Cataloging
Michael Doran has put together Coded Character Sets: A Technical Primer for Librarians. If you, like I am, are trying to get a handle on character encoding, this is an excellent starting point.
- Articles
A few interesting articles in the current issue of RLG DigiNews.Computational Linguistics Meets Metadata, or the Automatic Extraction of Key Words from Full Text ContentCharacter Sets and Character Encoding: A Brief IntroductionLEADERS: Linking EAD to...
- Unicode
It's coming to MARC. This is a gentle introduction. The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) by Joel Spolsky.Before I get started, I should warn you that if you are...
- Marc
MARC::Charset is a package that allows you to easily convert between the MARC-8 character encodings and Unicode (UTF-8). The Library of Congress maintains some essential mapping tables and information about the MARC-8 and Unicode environments. MARC::Charset...
- Ansel Designated/invoked By Two Bytes, Not One
Received via e-mail this morning.This is a clarification of information on the newly assigned escape sequence for designating and invoking ANSEL, the Extended Latin character set used in MARC 21.The email notification of the escape sequence assigned to...
- Marc Character Set
After many years and several thwarted attempts at getting the American National Standard for Extended Latin (ANSI/NISO Z39.47) character set assigned an escape sequence for use according to ISO 2022 in MARC 21 records, the international Registration Authority...
Library Cataloging
Character Sets
Michael Doran has put together Coded Character Sets: A Technical Primer for Librarians. If you, like I am, are trying to get a handle on character encoding, this is an excellent starting point.
- Articles
A few interesting articles in the current issue of RLG DigiNews.Computational Linguistics Meets Metadata, or the Automatic Extraction of Key Words from Full Text ContentCharacter Sets and Character Encoding: A Brief IntroductionLEADERS: Linking EAD to...
- Unicode
It's coming to MARC. This is a gentle introduction. The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) by Joel Spolsky.Before I get started, I should warn you that if you are...
- Marc
MARC::Charset is a package that allows you to easily convert between the MARC-8 character encodings and Unicode (UTF-8). The Library of Congress maintains some essential mapping tables and information about the MARC-8 and Unicode environments. MARC::Charset...
- Ansel Designated/invoked By Two Bytes, Not One
Received via e-mail this morning.This is a clarification of information on the newly assigned escape sequence for designating and invoking ANSEL, the Extended Latin character set used in MARC 21.The email notification of the escape sequence assigned to...
- Marc Character Set
After many years and several thwarted attempts at getting the American National Standard for Extended Latin (ANSI/NISO Z39.47) character set assigned an escape sequence for use according to ISO 2022 in MARC 21 records, the international Registration Authority...