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+ | LANGUAGE SUPPORT | ||
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+ | The capability to validate RDA strings in languages other than English was added to MARC Report in version 2.50. Currently, French, German, and Spanish are supported. We may add more languages in the future. | ||
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+ | RDA validation is based on the RDA Registry. Therefore, the universe of language support in MARC Report is limited to the languages in which RDA has been fully translated into. | ||
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+ | For information about RDA translation, | ||
+ | http:// | ||
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+ | VALIDATION | ||
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+ | Access the "RDA Language Support" | ||
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+ | Select the codes for the languages that you want to validate. | ||
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+ | The default language is English. | ||
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+ | The validation of RDA strings applies to the MARC content designators that you have selected for validation on the preceding page of the options. In the default setup, this would be the following: | ||
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+ | 100 $e, 110 $e, 111 $j | ||
+ | 336 $a, | ||
+ | 337 $a, | ||
+ | 338 $a | ||
+ | 700 $e, 700 $i | ||
+ | 710 $e, 710 $i | ||
+ | 711 $i, 711 $j | ||
+ | 730 $i | ||
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+ | As time goes on, this list may change. For example, support for validation of the 34X fields could be added to a future version; if that happens, language support for these fields will also be simultaneously implemented. | ||
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+ | IMPORTANT NOTE | ||
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+ | The leader character encoding byte (000/09) must be set to ' | ||
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+ | HOW IT WORKS | ||
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+ | Validation is tied to the ' | ||
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+ | Thus, if the language of cataloging is ' | ||
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+ | However, if the language of cataloging is ' | ||
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+ | In this second case, one of the first error messages you will see will say | ||
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+ | 040 $b validation disabled | ||
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+ | as a way of prompting you to check your RDA language options. | ||
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+ | If the language of cataloging is not one of the language codes currently supported, for example, ' | ||
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+ | 040 $b validation not supported | ||
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+ | as a way of advising you that because we do not yet support RDA strings for Italian, then we cannot validate them. | ||
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+ | Note that the reason for this 'lack of support' | ||
+ | 1) There is not a full translation available from the RDA Registry, or | ||
+ | 2) MARC Report lacks the capability to display diacritics for that language | ||
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+ | As mentioned above, English is the default validation language in MARC Report. So, in either of the cases above where an error message regarding the 040 $b is displayed, the program will try to validate the RDA strings in the record against English language strings. | ||
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+ | To further illustrate, and to emphasize the importance of the 040 $b, lets consider the following scenario: you have selected French as a validation language option, and you import a record with 040 $b set to ' | ||
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+ | RDA APPENDIX OPTIONS | ||
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+ | There is also a language dropdown box that appears (beginning in version 2.51) when customizing the list of relationships from RDA Appendix I or Appendix J. The purpose of this box is to display the strings--the relationship labels and their definitions--in the supported languages. So, for instance, if you would prefer to see French labels and definitions, | ||
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+ | What's important to note about this is that only the strings displayed change--the validation selections (eg. "In 100", "In 700", etc.) remain the same across all available languages. For example, if I modify the default set (by creating a new set), and turn on "In 100" and "In 110/ | ||
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+ | LANGUAGE SUPPORT SUMMARY | ||
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+ | 1. Use the RDA Language Support page to modify which languages are validated. | ||
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+ | 2. The leader character encoding byte (000/09) must be set to ' | ||
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+ | 3. Decisions made using the Appendix I and Appendix J editors apply to all languages. | ||
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