RE: NACO Normalization and Text::Normalize

2003-08-27 Thread Houghton,Andrew
From: Brian Cassidy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: NACO Normalization and Text::Normalize * normalize() inputs: either a MARC::Record object or a string. This should probably accept an arbitrary number of inputs so, you can do * compare() inputs: either two M::R objects or two

Re: NACO Normalization and Text::Normalize

2003-08-27 Thread Ed Summers
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:15:25AM -0300, Brian Cassidy wrote: * normalize() inputs: either a MARC::Record object or a string. This should probably accept an arbitrary number of inputs so, you can do my @normrecs = normalize( @records ); rather than my @normrecs; foreach my $rec (

RE: NACO Normalization and Text::Normalize

2003-08-26 Thread Brian Cassidy
-Original Message- I now wonder if this code would have greater utility as a module on CPAN. Yes, please! (You're not BRICAS on cpan.org, are you?) Yes, I am BRICAS on CPAN...is that a bad thing? :) I would recommend putting it in the MARC::* namespace, since it's specific

Re: NACO Normalization and Text::Normalize

2003-08-26 Thread Ed Summers
Hi Brian: thanks for writing, On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 04:29:37PM -0300, Brian Cassidy wrote: As part of a previous project I was importing MARC records into an RDBMS structure. In order to facilitate better searching, it was suggested to me that I do some normalization on my data and that NACO

NACO Normalization and Text::Normalize

2003-08-25 Thread Brian Cassidy
Hi All, The basis for this message is to get a feeling whether or not I should submit a module that will do NACO normalization (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/normrule.html) to CPAN. As part of a previous project I was importing MARC records into an RDBMS structure. In order to facilitate