PROPOSAL NO: 97-10


DATE:           May 1, 1997
REVISED:        


NAME:           Use of the universal code character set in MARC records

SOURCE:         MARBI Character Set Subcommittee

SUMMARY:        This proposal suggests a preferred technique for
                encoding MARC data using a repertoire of characters
                from the universal character set (ISO 10646 (UCS)) to
                which the existing USMARC character sets have been
                mapped.

KEYWORDS:       Character sets; Field 066 (Character Sets); ISO 10646;
                Linkage; Repertoire or script; Subfield $6 (in various
                fields); Subfield $b (066); UCS; Universal coded
                character set

RELATED:        96-10 (May 1996); DP 73 (December 1993)


DATES           STATUS/COMMENTS
5/1/97          Forwarded to USMARC Advisory Group for discussion at
                the June 1997 MARBI meetings.

6/28/97         Results of USMARC Advisory Group discussion:
                Option 1 for the mapping of the ASCII clones to the
                unified repertoire in the UCS was approved.  The
                remaining changes were not approved pending the
                establishment of a follow-on technical committee to
                consider especially technical aspects for the
                identification of character codes used in records in
                the online environment.

8/21/97         Result of final LC review:
                Agreed with the MARBI decision.
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