[Isis-users] MARC file import

[Edwin Hübner]

Hi,
Of course IsisMarc is a good tool to import and export MARC ISO-2709
files , but
I wonder if mx also is able to export CDS/ISIS records to MARC ISO-2709 file
, ie, the reverse process suggested by Ernesto.
Regards,
Edwin

2013/3/13 Piet De Keyser <piet.dekeyser em khleuven.be>

>  Renate,
>
>  Of course Ernesto's answer is, as always, correct - as he is the expert
> on CISIS. For non techis an easy way to convert such a MARC file is simply
> to import it into ISISMARC.
>
>  Piet de Keyser
> Leuven University College
>
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> namens spinaker [spinaker em adinet.com.uy]
> *Verzonden:* woensdag 13 maart 2013 22:40
> *Aan:* isis-users em iccisis.org
> *Onderwerp:* 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
>
>
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