Import via z39.50 - Umlaut ö not displayed correctly in MAB environment
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 21
Problem Symptoms:
When searching in a Z39.50 MAB environment with character code MAB-UTF8 all characters are displayed correctly except the umlaut. The umlaut is not displayed and a result looks like e.g. "K nigin" instead of "Königin"
Cause:
Defect
Resolution:
rep_change 2542:
Description: When searching, using the z39.50 protocol, in a MAB database that returns the data with utf8 encoding, the letter o with umlaut is corrupted.
Solution: This has been corrected.
Implementation Notes:
When searching, by using the z39.50 protocol, in a MAB database, set the following in the base configuration file. For example: ./alephe/gate/mabbaseutf8.conf:
Z58-IN-RECORD-TYPE MAB
Z58-IN-RECORD-CREATE vir_z00_z39_mabutf
Z58-IN-RECORD-CHAR-CONV
Category: Z39.50 (500) - ALEPH
Subject: ALEPH - 500
- Article last edited: 1/23/2014