[Koha-bugs] [Bug 27738] Set fallback for unset DefaultCountryField008 to |||, "no attempt to code"

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27738

--- Comment #7 from Phil Ringnalda <phil at chetcolibrary.org> ---
Fun question!

To me, it's clearly a quote of the formal description of the fill character
from the spec, where no is always capitalized. However, when I went looking for
an example in the spec, I realized that the spec editors very carefully duck
the question: they'll use the actual term from descriptions when it is at the
start of a sentence, but otherwise they'll use other phrases like "when no
attempt has been made to code." The single example of using the actual term I
found in the 008 spec was 

15-17 - Place of publication, production, or execution

Two- or three-character alphabetic code that indicates the place of
publication, production, or execution.

which argues that I'm wrong. Perhaps " Empty defaults to ||| - No attempt to
code." (which is a copy-paste from the spec, including the dash) would be more
correct, but I'd be just as happy with a lowercase no.

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