[Koha-devel] RE: NACO Normalization in perl. (fwd)

[Pat Eyler]

This might be of wider interest here.

-pate
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:31:14 -0400
From: Brian Cassidy <address@hidden>
To: 'Rhyno Art' <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: RE: NACO Normalization in perl.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhyno Art [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 6:09 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: NACO Normalization in perl.
>

> You know, the koha folks would also be interested in this. Would you
> be interested in sharing this with them as well? One of the great
> strengths of Perl is that it is a far more welcome environment for
most
> library staff. I felt tied to java because of enterprise java beans
and
> cocoon, but it definitely has dampened the enthusiasm of my co-
> conspirators. Pat Eyler is a good contact for koha
<address@hidden>, > I have been blown away by the support they are
getting.

Sure, I've copied Pat Eyler on this reply.

Attached is a snippet of code to deal with normalizing values. I've
tried to follow the NACO rules
(http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/normrule.html) as closely as
possible. Of course, it's not perfect (mainly the Latin1 fallback).

You can use this however you want... I hope it can be of some use :)

-Brian Cassidy (address@hidden)

normalize.pl
Description: Binary data

http://www.gordano.com - Messaging for educators.