On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:50:22PM -0600, Chuck Bearden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:50:39PM -0600, Ed Summers wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:11:39PM -0500, Morbus Iff wrote:
> > > MARC::Field->new('100','1','', a=>'Logan, Robert K.', d=>'1939-'),
> > > MARC::Field->new('100','1','#', a=>'Logan, Robert K.', d=>'1939-'),
> >
> > I don't like this. The # is used simply as a typographical convention in LC's
> > online docs. It has nothing to do with the actual content found in MARC
> > records.
>
> I think Ed is right. As I recall, OCLC used to use an underscore for
> blank indicator positions, but now they seem to be using the doodad
> represented in this image:
>
I'd second that. I've seem software that generated serious problems
through confusing the the typographical conventions with the data. Also
the fact the space is enclosed in quotes is doing the same thing for the
Human reader that LOC's hash is doing (showing it is a space not a null
string)
Colin
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