This might be of wider interest here. -pate ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:31:14 -0400 From: Brian Cassidy <brian@nald.ca> To: 'Rhyno Art' <arhyno@server.uwindsor.ca> Cc: pate@eylerfamily.org Subject: RE: NACO Normalization in perl.

-----Original Message----- From: Rhyno Art [mailto:arhyno@server.uwindsor.ca] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 6:09 PM To: brian@nald.ca 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 <pate@eylerfamily.org>, > 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 (brian@nald.ca) http://www.gordano.com - Messaging for educators.