[Isis-users] MARC file import - about CISIS source

Renate Morgenstern rmorgenstern at iway.na
Tue Apr 2 07:58:28 CEST 2013


Good day,

Tried to open the first link, but it does not open.

The ISIS Wiki is ok.

Is there a problem?
 
Renate

> Andrew
> 
> Sorry for my delay in answer your request
> 
> CISIS version for all platforms and sizes you can download from the
> svn of Bireme
> http://trac.reddes.bvsalud.org/projects/cisis/browser
> 
> Some documentation is in Bireme's wiki (English version) with
> descriptions and manuals
> http://wiki.bireme.org/en/index.php/CISIS
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ernesto Spinak
> 
> 
> 
> El 13/03/2013 20:15, Andrew Buxton escribió:
> 
> > Dear Ernesto
> > 
> > 
> > I should probably know this but is there a version of MX for 64-bit
> > Windows?  I can no longer run the version I have!
> > 
> > 
> > Andrew
> >  
> > -----
> > Andrew Buxton
> > Lewes, East Sussex, UK
> > 
> > 
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > From: spinaker <spinaker at adinet.com.uy>
> > To: isis-users at iccisis.org 
> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2013, 21:40
> > Subject: Re: [Isis-users] MARC file import
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Renate
> > 
> > There are three features to note when importing/exporting marc files
> > with Cisis or Winisis, etc using ISO 2709 standard
> >      1. length of the line, wich in Isis is 80 chars (default) but
> >         you can modify it using 0 or marc
> >               * including the end of line control, Isis uses two
> >                 chars (LF+CR) by default or only one char in .mrc
> >                 files
> >      2. subfield deliminter, which is  ^  in Isis, but in marc it is
> >         a non representable ascii char (below 32)  \asc 29 in .mrc
> >      3. leader bytes transfered in the first 20 bytes of the ISO
> >         file, and is not accesible neither in Winisis or Pft
> >         
> > Items 2 and 3 are implemented in Winisis, but item 3 is a feature
> > only of CISIS
> > 
> > Therefore when you want to get the three items you have to do it
> > using MX command, 
> > I'd recommed to use 1660 version or MX, because it gets all the
> > leader bytes
> > 
> > Let's say you want to import a .mrc file, from Library of Congress
> > or Gutenberg project, 
> > 
> > 
> > mx iso=marc=source.mrc  isotag1=3000  gizmo=gizdelim
> > create=myisisdb  now -all tell=100
> > 
> >         
> >      1. iso=marc=source.mrc   is the source data, usually standard
> >         marc files comes with extension .mrc
> >      2. isotag1=3000       you need this parameter so you move
> >         leader bytes into conventional field v30xx
> >      3. gizmo=gizdelim    this is a gizmo to convert the delimiter
> >         \asc32 into our loved ^ as delimiter
> > If you don't have this gizmo  you can create it with the following
> > instruction
> > 
> > mx null count=1 "proc='a1/1F/a11/hex/a2/^/'" create=gizdelim
> > 
> > Regards
> > Ernesto Spinak
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > El 13/03/2013 13:29, Renate Morgenstern escribió:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I want to import the catalogue of Project Gutenberg. It is
> > > available as a MARC file. I used the following mx command to
> > > convert is to isis.
> > > mx iso=marc=gutenberg.iso create=dbn now -all
> > > 
> > > It seems to work ok, but when looking at the data, I notice that
> > > the ^ is not converted to isis format. It just shows
> > > 
> > > 245  14    aTitle  h[electronic resource]  bStatement of
> > > responsibility
> > > 
> > > I see there are options for the import of the MARC file, but I do
> > > not know how to use them to get the ^ before the subfield.
> > > 
> > > Please help me with the correct format.
> > > Thanks
> > > Renate
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Renate Morgenstern
> > > Tel.: +264 61 242124
> > > Cell: +264 81 2910284
> > > Fax: 088637518
> > > Windhoek, Namibia 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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Renate Morgenstern
Tel.: +264 61 242124
Cell: +264 81 2910284
Fax: 088637518
Windhoek, Namibia
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