NAME

MARC::Field::Normalize::NACO - Matching normalization for MARC::Field

SYNOPSIS

use MARC::Field;
use MARC::Field::Normalize::NACO;

my $field = MARC::Field->new(
    '100', ' ', ' ', a => 'Stephenson, Neal,', d => '1953-');
my $normalized = $field->as_naco;
my $custom = $field->as_naco(subfields => 'a');

DESCRIPTION

MARC::Field::Normalize::NACO turns MARC::Field objects into strings canonicalized into NACO format. This makes them suitable for matching against an index of similarly normalized fields.

The principal means of invoking is through the as_naco() method that the module injects into MARC::Field when loaded. A string is returned.

This method takes an optional named parameter, subfields. The value of this parameter should be something that fits nicely into the regex qr/[$subfields]/, typically a range of letters. The default value is "a-z68".

AUTHOR

Clay Fouts <cfouts@khephera.net>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013 PTFS, Inc.

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

• http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/normrule-2.html

• MARC::Record