Re: native encoding

Character set negotiation aside, with the move to MARC21 "USMARC" records
can be returned encoded in MARC-8 or UTF-8.  It can no longer be expected
without prior agreement that "USMARC" records are MARC-8-encoded.  The
leader needs to be checked to determine encoding.


----- Original Message -----

> Personally, I do not want
> the UTF-8 negotiation to apply to USMARC records, even if it is
> theoretically possible to get them UTF-8 encoded.  I expect to get them
> encoded in USM-94 (ANSEL+EACC).

Received on Friday, 1 March 2002 10:39:59 UTC