Yes, it was declared. Perhaps what was declared in the file
did not meet the standard wording?!
input:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-0.xsd">
--Jackie
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Joe Shubitowski wrote:
> Jackie,
>
> <datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" ">
> <subfield code="a">Chopin, Frédéric</subfield>
> <subfield code="d">1810-1849</subfield>
> </datafield>
>
> This is proper UTF-8 (C3 A9) for e-acute, so if the encoding declaration is correct in your output XML file, there shouldn't be any problems.
>
> Joe
>
>
> Joseph M. Shubitowski
> Head, Library Information Systems
> Getty Research Institute
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>>>> Jackie Shieh <[log in to unmask]> 10/24/2006 7:12 AM >>>
>
>
> I have just begun working on some conversion
> from MODS to MARC21. I have some questions for
> the list if I may:
>
> 1) the mapping of uniform title (130/240):
>
> I used MODS2MARC21slim.xsl* to convert MODS to
> MARCXML/slim. Somehow, the personal name got
> translated into 700, thus, the uniform title
> got mapped to 130 instead of 240.
>
> How does one need to do in the xsl in order to
> prevent that from happening
>
> 2) MARC 042 authentication code:
>
> Has anyoe used 042 for MODS? It is not currently
> listed in http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relaothr.html#rela042b
>
> 3) diacritics issue
>
> The OAI mods file contains diacritics for Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849,
> like this:
>
> <mods:name type="personal">
> <mods:namePart>Chopin, Frédéric</mods:namePart>
> <mods:namePart type="date">1810-1849</mods:namePart>
> </mods:name>
>
> When running through the stylesheet, it got translated
> into:
>
> <datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" ">
> <subfield code="a">Chopin, Frédéric</subfield>
> <subfield code="d">1810-1849</subfield>
> </datafield>
>
> Frédéric will not be loaded with proper diacritic acute on the letter e's.
>
> I am wondering if anyone has solved the character set issue from MODS to
> MARC21slim?
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> Regards,
>
> --Jackie
>
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