Library Cataloging
Changes to the MARC-8 character set and Unicode mappings have been made affecting these characters.
- Unicode And Marc
News from LC.The revised Character set specifications are now posted on the MARC site. They take into account the use of the full Unicode repertoire, as opposed to only the MARC-8 subset of Unicode, and also include the loss-less and lossy techniques...
- Unicode And Marc
There is a new e-mail discussion list, UNICODE-MARC. There don't seem to be any posts yet.The Library of Congress has set up a special listserv for the MARC 21 user community to discuss and arrive at consensus on various issues concerning the implementation...
- Marc
The following documents are available for review by the MARC 21 community:Proposal 2004-07: Applying Field 752 (Added Entry - Hierarchical Place Name) for Different Purposes in the MARC 21 Bibliographic FormatProposal 2004-08: Changing the MARC-8 to...
- Marc
The following discussion paper is available for review by the MARC 21 community:Discussion Paper 2004-DP03: Changing the Mapping for the Double-Wide Diacritics from MARC8 to Unicode/UCS from the Unicode/UCS Half Diacritic Characters to the Unicode/UCS...
- Sorting
Guidelines for the Non-Sorting Control Character Technique has been posted by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress.With Proposal No 98-16R (Nonfiling characters in all MARC formats), the MARC 21 community approved the...
Library Cataloging
MARC & Unicode
Changes to the MARC-8 character set and Unicode mappings have been made affecting these characters.
- CJK characters from the EACC repertoireEszett, Euro signGreek symbolsAlif
- Unicode And Marc
News from LC.The revised Character set specifications are now posted on the MARC site. They take into account the use of the full Unicode repertoire, as opposed to only the MARC-8 subset of Unicode, and also include the loss-less and lossy techniques...
- Unicode And Marc
There is a new e-mail discussion list, UNICODE-MARC. There don't seem to be any posts yet.The Library of Congress has set up a special listserv for the MARC 21 user community to discuss and arrive at consensus on various issues concerning the implementation...
- Marc
The following documents are available for review by the MARC 21 community:Proposal 2004-07: Applying Field 752 (Added Entry - Hierarchical Place Name) for Different Purposes in the MARC 21 Bibliographic FormatProposal 2004-08: Changing the MARC-8 to...
- Marc
The following discussion paper is available for review by the MARC 21 community:Discussion Paper 2004-DP03: Changing the Mapping for the Double-Wide Diacritics from MARC8 to Unicode/UCS from the Unicode/UCS Half Diacritic Characters to the Unicode/UCS...
- Sorting
Guidelines for the Non-Sorting Control Character Technique has been posted by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress.With Proposal No 98-16R (Nonfiling characters in all MARC formats), the MARC 21 community approved the...