International Cataloging: Use Non-Latin Scripts - OCLC

International Cataloging: Use Non-Latin Scripts
1 Connexion client international cataloging
Scripts and languages
supported
Connexion client supports the following non-Latin scripts for cataloging items in
languages that use the scripts:
Script
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese
Cyrillic
Devanagari
Greek
Hebrew
Japanese
Korean
Tamil
Thai
Examples of supported languages
Arabic, Persian Urdu, Azerbaijani
Bangla, Assamese
Chinese
Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian
Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Sherpa
Greek
Hebrew
Japanese
Korean
Tamil
Thai
Note: You can include more than one non-Latin script anywhere in a record,
including within the same field.
Scripts supported for
variant name headings
in authority records
Only MARC-8 character sets will be supported for adding non-Latin script variant
name headings in authority records. The following scripts are supported:
• Arabic (including the Persian language)
• Chinese
• Cyrillic
• Greek
• Hebrew (including Yiddish)
• Japanese
• Korean
See "Add non-Latin script variant name headings in authority records" in this Guide
for more information.
Valid character sets
for supported scripts
Arabic, CJK, Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew
Character sets for these scripts given in MARC 21 Specifications for Record
Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media on the Library of Congress Web
site at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/spechome.html define the scope of
valid characters in Connexion client. The MARC-8 character set is the subset of
Unicode characters approved for use in MARC 21 cataloging.
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