Are you sure - they seem to be listed in the Unicode standard "Controls
and Basic Latin" set. (http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0000.pdf)
Matthew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Adam Dickmeiss
> Sent: 28 June 2004 15:53
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Unserializable scan response
>
> LeVan,Ralph wrote:
>
> >How can there be a character that you can't at least
> serialize as a hex
> >code?
> >
> >
> All hex codes (when given as &#..) must be part of UNICODE
> charset. And ESC and some others in range 0x01-0x1f aren't valid.
>
> -- Adam
>
> >Ralph
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Robert Sanderson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >>Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:02 AM
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Unserializable scan response
> >>
> >>I've got a gateway to a Z39.50 server which returns
> characters which I
> >>can't serialize to XML and/or successfully deserialize, for example
> >>the ascii escape character. (Why this is in the index I
> have no idea,
> >>as it makes the term impossible to search with, but that's not my
> >>problem or my
> >>fault)
> >>
> >>As we don't have term surrogate diagnostics, what do I do?
> >>
> >>* Simply omit the term?
> >> This seems wrong, but I'm tending towards it as the best
> of a bad lot.
> >>
> >>* Return a term with a null value?
> >> Wrong, as a search for the null value may or may not
> produce results.
> >>
> >>* Strip out the unserializable characters and return the
> resulting term?
> >> Seems wrong as the numberOfRecords will probably be
> wrong, barring good
> >> fortune.
> >>
> >>* Other?
> >>
> >>Rob
> >>
> >>
> >> ,'/:. Dr Robert Sanderson ([log in to unmask])
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> >
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