> > I can also see that this record is broken because the XML entity
> > ' is in a MARC communications format file.
>
> The character entity ' *is valid* in a MARC-XML file.
> It is one of the few standard character entities allowed in
> an XML file, e.g., &, <, >, and '.
A recent MARC Proposal recommends the use of Numeric Character References as an
alternative for unmappable characters when converting from Unicode to MARC-8 in
MARC21 records [1]. The "'" entity is not a *numeric* character
reference, but I'm just mentioning this as an FYI in case you start seeing the
numeric character entities in MARC communications format files.
-- Michael
[1] MARC PROPOSAL NO. 2006-09
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2006/2006-09.html
"SUMMARY: This paper specifies a lossless technique utilizing Numeric Character
References for converting unmappable characters when going from Unicode to
MARC-8 for systems that cannot handle Unicode encoding. It is intended to be an
alternative to the lossy technique approved in 2006-04. The MARC advisory
committee recommended that both a lossy and a lossless technique be officially
adopted."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Houghton,Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:56 AM
> To: perl4lib@perl.org
> Subject: RE: Working around a UTF8/Unicode encoding problem
>
> > From: Jason Ronallo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 12 May, 2007 16:52
> > To: William Denton
> > Cc: perl4lib@perl.org
> > Subject: Re: Working around a UTF8/Unicode encoding problem
> >
> > I can also see that this record is broken because the XML entity
> > ' is in a MARC communications format file.
>
> The character entity ' *is valid* in a MARC-XML file.
> It is one of the few standard character entities allowed in
> an XML file, e.g., &, <, >, and '.
>
>
> Andy.
>
