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<p class="MsoNormal">On Friday, 2021 November 19, OCLC installed changes to WorldCat Validation, including the following new features and enhancements:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced September-October 2021<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">New ISSN Centre Code Validated for Bibliographic 022<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Bibliographic Field 049 Subfield $a Now Allows Most Latin Characters<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following bug fixes were also included:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">All Authority Validation Rule Sets Now Allow Leader/09 Code “a”<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Correcting Various Authority Field Relationship Rules<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Validating Authority Field 682 and Correcting its Relationship with Leader/05<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Applying the Correct Subfield $4 Relationship Codes to 7XX Authority Heading Linking Entry Fields<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Unicode Replacement Character (U+FFFD) Made Invalid in WorldCat<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Using More Sensitive Language in Validation Messages<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Improved Normalization in Duplicate Field Check<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These enhancements and fixes are the result of announcements of new MARC elements and codes by the Library of Congress as well as feedback and requests from members of the OCLC cooperative.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See the <i><a href="https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/WorldShare_Record_Manager/WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_and_known_issues/2021_Release_notes/085WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_November_2021?sl=en">WorldCat Validation Release
Notes, November 2021</a></i> at <a href="https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/WorldShare_Record_Manager/WorldCat_validation_release_notes_and_known_issues">
oc.lc/validation-release-notes</a> for more details of the changes installed on 2021 November 19.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stay well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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