[CODE4LIB] III loading module cannot handle non-English characters
Hello, We have problems using III loading module to load MARC files (.mrc) to our catalog. This is to use Data Exchange Load Electronic Records (itm). Basically non- English characters (French, Arabic ) will be changed to unknown symbols. The MARC files (.mrk and .mrc) are verified before loading to III. There are only two issues: 1. the III configuration might be wrong. 2. The III loading module has a bug and it probably does not know how to deal with non-English characters. Anyone having similar experience or resolving it? Thanks, Yan
Re: [CODE4LIB] III loading module cannot handle non-English characters
Hi Yan, You might find some folks who've encountered similar issues on the IUG listserv [1]. While we haven't had the same issue as you are having, we've had other issues with encoding and diacritics with III in the past, even though we went through the Unicode database conversion years ago. [1] http://innovativeusers.org/iug-discussion-list Thanks, Becky On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Han, Yan h...@u.library.arizona.eduwrote: Hello, We have problems using III loading module to load MARC files (.mrc) to our catalog. This is to use Data Exchange Load Electronic Records (itm). Basically non- English characters (French, Arabic ) will be changed to unknown symbols. The MARC files (.mrk and .mrc) are verified before loading to III. There are only two issues: 1. the III configuration might be wrong. 2. The III loading module has a bug and it probably does not know how to deal with non-English characters. Anyone having similar experience or resolving it? Thanks, Yan
Re: [CODE4LIB] III loading module cannot handle non-English characters
It sounds like your catalog is set to use MARC-8 encoding, and you are trying to load records with UTF8 encoding. You can use MarcEdit to change the encoding of the records to MARC-8, or you can ask III to switch your encoding to UTF8 (which may require a service fee). Steve McDonald steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Han, Yan Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:03 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] III loading module cannot handle non-English characters Hello, We have problems using III loading module to load MARC files (.mrc) to our catalog. This is to use Data Exchange Load Electronic Records (itm). Basically non- English characters (French, Arabic ) will be changed to unknown symbols. The MARC files (.mrk and .mrc) are verified before loading to III. There are only two issues: 1. the III configuration might be wrong. 2. The III loading module has a bug and it probably does not know how to deal with non-English characters. Anyone having similar experience or resolving it? Thanks, Yan
