Re: Filing-rules sort subroutine for authors' names?

[moregan]

Definitely possible--library automation systems and card printing systems
do it.

I'm not fully conversant with the rules myself, but can tell you that it's
a lot more work than a regex plus a string compare.  (I'm thinking of
sorting titles here, actually.)  Handling diacritics, sorting "10" after
"9", etc. adds up to a decent amount of work.  It's worth your while to
determine whether you have to implement the rules 100% or have some wiggle
room.

Mike O'Regan
Follett Library Resources



                                                                                       
                                       
                      Ben Ostrowsky                                                    
                                       
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Hey guys --

Just a sanity check: is it really possible to create a Perl subroutine that

would compare two authors being sorted and enforce the ALA filing rules?  I

haven't read 'em, but I'd imagine that some sort of real-world knowledge
might be called for.

Ben