[Dspace-general] Subscripts in Abstracts
Martin Courtois
courtois at ksu.edu
Wed Jun 6 14:12:02 EDT 2007
I wasn't aware of this, but Grace pointed out that you need to follow
each direct input numeric character reference with a semicolon, like
this:
⁴ [superscript 4]
¹ [superscript 1]
⁺ [superscript plus]
Once I added the semicolons, the process Grace described worked great.
Marty
Martin Courtois
Information Technology Assistance Center
509 Hale Library
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66506
Phone: 785 532-4428
Fax: 785 532-3199
E-mail: courtois at ksu.edu
Quoting Grace Wiersma <gwiersma at MIT.EDU>:
> Martin, Sunny,
>
> Yes! Sorry, my memory was clouded by a time gap since I did that. You
> are right, there is more to it than cutting and pasting and forcing
> the process backward, etc.
>
> For fairly predictable results (and assuming you are not doing very
> recently encoded characters, etc.) you need to input numeric
> character references directly (the Unicode code point for the
> subscript or other character, preceded by ampersand, number
> character, and the letter x). Then forcing the submission process
> *two/three steps back and one step forward* as we mentioned before
> will make DSpace process the character property information and
> output the right character to the screen the next time you see the
> metadata and abstract.
>
> Since people sometimes talk about things differently there could be
> other terms for this type of direct input more familiar to you. To
> clarify the form of what I mean by numeric character references
> (direct input), here are a couple of examples:
> ⁴ [superscript 4]
> ¹ [superscript 1]
> ⁺ [superscript plus]
>
> For your workflow, you can create a text or Word file containing the
> names of all the special characters likely to be needed, associated
> with their equivalent strings in direct input form (as illustrated
> above). If you do it in Word, you could show the glyph (what you want
> to see), followed by the direct input form, followed by its common
> name in brackets.
>
> Grace Wiersma
> Cataloging & Metadata Services
> MIT Libraries
> gwiersma at mit.edu
> (617) 253-0643
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dspace-general-bounces at MIT.EDU
> [mailto:dspace-general-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Martin Courtois
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:17 PM
> To: Sunyeen Pai
> Cc: dspace-general at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] Subscripts in Abstracts
>
> I've had some success with this approach:
>
> 1. Open the abstract in Word.
> 2. On the Insert menu, select Symbol.
> 3. Set the font to Arial Unicode MS. This list has many, but not all
> subscripts, superscripts, math symbols, etc. I'm not sure if it has
> italic characters.
> 4. Select the symbol, then click Insert.
> 5. Copy/paste the text from Word into DSpace and submit the item.
>
> It's important to insert the character(s) as a symbol. If I use
> Format/Font in Word to display subscripts for example, it won't carry
> over into DSpace.
>
> I'm sure I'm missing the root of the issue, but this seems to work in
> some instances.
>
> Marty
>
> Martin Courtois
> Information Technology Assistance Center
> 509 Hale Library
> Kansas State University
> Manhattan KS 66506
> Phone: 785 532-4428
> Fax: 785 532-3199
> E-mail: courtois at ksu.edu
>
>
> Quoting Sunyeen Pai <sunyeen at hawaii.edu>:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > We have a similar request regarding the use of italics in keyword
> and
> > abstract fields. My first reaction was that this was not possible,
> > until I saw these emails.
> >
> > I tried the solution suggested by adding a superscript character
> > using the submission steps at the top and the next button at the
> > bottom of the screen, but no success. Did I leave something out or
> > is there another solution? Perhaps a kind of escape character that
> > will trigger the system to interpret the enclosed characters
> > differently?
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > Sunny
> > University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
> >
> > >
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:32:07 -0400
> > > From: "Grace Wiersma" <gwiersma at MIT.EDU>
> > > Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] Subscripts in Abstracts
> > > To: "'Martin Courtois'" <courtois at ksu.edu>,
> > <dspace-general at MIT.EDU>
> > > Message-ID:
> > <004501c7a6ce$4692ad40$77013312 at mitlibraries.ms.mit.edu>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> > >
> > > Martin,
> > >
> > > The copy and paste method will work for you if you tweak it. This
> > > means that after the copy and paste action, you must *reverse*
> the
> > > metadata submission process, so to speak, by pressing the prior
> > > step buttons at the top of the screen to force it to move
> > > *backward* to an earlier stage. Then, reverse directions again by
> > > pressing the *next* step buttons, clicking through the process to
> > > where you had stopped, and then moving on to the next step in
> > > submission. This apparently has the effect of forcing the
> > > character property data (super- and subscript information) that
> > > accompanies what you already pasted into the form before to be
> > > *swallowed* by the server so that it regurgitates the proper
> > > characters to the screen from then onward. If you do not see the
> > > characters display as they should by the time you get to the
> > > subsequent step in submission, it has not worked and you need to
> > > try again. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries, as I recall. For
> > > wild and wooly characters, this worka!
> > > round is not effective, but super- and subscript characters are
> > > now apparently part of the core encoding that is accepted by the
> > > system.
> > > Sorry, I am not looking at the submission screen at the moment,
> so
> > > cannot be more precise about the exact names of buttons, etc.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Grace Wiersma
> > > Cataloging & Metadata Services
> > > MIT Libraries
> > > gwiersma at mit.edu
> > > (617) 253-0643
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dspace-general-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:dspace-general-
> > > bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Martin Courtois
> > > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:10 PM
> > > To: dspace-general at mit.edu
> > > Subject: [Dspace-general] Subscripts in Abstracts
> > >
> > > Is there a way to render subscripts or superscripts correctly in
> > > abstracts?
> > >
> > > We use DSpace for electronic theses and dissertations, and many
> > > submissions have special characters or symbols in the abstract.
> > For
> > > some symbols, the student can use Word to insert the symbol, then
> > copy
> > > it into the DSpace submission form. But, this process doesn't
> work
> > > with sub- or superscripts.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions or ideas,
> > >
> > > Marty
> > >
> > > Martin Courtois
> > > Information Technology Assistance Center
> > > 509 Hale Library
> > > Kansas State University
> > > Manhattan KS 66506
> > > Phone: 785 532-4428
> > > Fax: 785 532-3199
> > > E-mail: courtois at ksu.edu
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