Given the larger issues to be dealt with in the context of Unicode
and USMARC, this is not the time to alter Z39.47. I concur with Gary:
reaffirm without review.
--Robin
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On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Smith,Gary wrote:
> I favor voting to reaffirm without a review.
>
>
> Gary L. Smith
> Senior Consulting Systems Analyst
> Database & Offline Products Development
> OCLC
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce C Johnson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 11:19
> > To: Multiple recipients of list USMARC
> > Subject: NISO Z39.47-1993 Five Year Review
> >
> > To: MARBI members & representatives
> > From: Bruce Johnson, MARBI Chair
> > Subject: NISO Z39.47-1993 Five Year Review
> >
> > I have just received the following email from the ALCTS office and
> > it appears to me to
> > be within the scope of MARBI's charge. I would like to poll everyone
> > to find out what
> > the committee's wish is vis-a-vis the NISO Z39.47-1993 standard. Our
> > options would
> > appear to be as follows:
> >
> > 1. Do nothing;
> > 2. Vote to reaffirm without a review;
> > 3. Review and vote to either reaffirm or not.
> >
> > As you are probably aware, ALA has a vote in reviewing NISO
> > standards and ALA's
> > representative to NISO is obligated to consider comments from any ALA
> > group that has
> > a stake in the standard.
> >
> > Accordingly, please send your comments and preferences to me
> > either on or offlist
> > between now and COB Wednesday, September 23rd. Members of the MARC
> > Advisory Committee are encouraged to participate in this discussion.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > From: Carlen Ruschoff, ALA Representative to NISO
> > Date: Sept. 21, 1998
> > Subject: NISO Z39.47-1993 Five Year Review
> >
> > NISO Z39.47-1993, Extended Latin Alphabet Coded Character Set for
> > Bibliographic
> > Use, also known as ANSEL, is now scheduled for its regular five year
> > review by the
> > Voting Members of NISO.
> >
> > The NISO Office has provided the following as background information:
> > "The ANSEL standard was first approved in 1985 and was revised and
> > reissued in
> > 1993. The standard establishes both the 7-bit and the 8-bit code
> > values for the computer
> > codes for characters needed to fully record bibliographic citations
> > for non-English items.
> > This standard is widely used by the information industry for the
> > coding of Latin alphabet
> > languages and non-Latin languages transliterated into Latin alphabet
> > characters. The
> > ANSEL set is supported in the software of library automation systems
> > and by national
> > bibliographic record resource databases. Millions of ANSEL-based MARC
> > bibliographic records are currently used on a worldwide basis. The
> > maintenance agency
> > for the standard has reported that no changes are required at this
> > time."
> >
> > At the five year review point a standard can be reaffirmed, revised or
> > withdrawn. The
> > NISO Standards Development Committee urges the Voting members to vote
> > to reaffirm.
> > Do you agree? I need to hear from you no later than Oct. 20, 1998.
> > ...
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Cc: Sheila Intner, ALCTS President
> > Barbra Higginbotham, LITA President
> > Jo Bell Whitlach, RUSA President
> >
> > Bruce Chr. Johnson
> > Library of Congress
> > Cataloging Distribution Service
> > Washington, DC 20540-4911 USA
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> > 202-707-1652
>
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