Z39.50 search in OCLC, special characters

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 21

Problem Symptoms:
Special characters (e.g. Danish, Swedish, French) do not appear correctly in the client when searching in OCLC database using Z39.50

Cause:
Configuration

Resolution:
For OCLC there is a special character conversion table OCLC_TO_UTF. Add the following line to $alephe_gate/oclc.conf ...
Z58-IN-RECORD-CHAR-CONV OCLC_TO_UTF
... and restart the Z39-Gate.

Category: Z39.50 (500)

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013