NISO Standard for Sort

3

Order of Spaces

3.1

Spaces

If the data contains more than one space then it should be treated as a single space

Y

3.2

Punctuation Marks Treated as Spaces(  -,---,/)

The hyphen, dash (of any length), or slash is to be treated as a space.

N

Need to replace hyphen with a space in _sort field

3.3

Punctuation Marks Ignored (other than  -,---,/)

The following punctuation marks should be disregarded for arrangement purposes: period (full stop), comma, semi-colon, colon, parentheses, square brackets, angle brackets, braces (curved brackets), apostrophe, quotation marks (single or double), exclamation mark, question mark. They are not to be treated as spaces.

Ambassador hotel
...and so to bed

N

Need to remove these chars in _sort field.

3.4

Symbols Other Than Numerals, Letters and Punctuation Marks

Such symbols are arranged after a space but before a numeral.
Two or more contiguous symbols should be treated as a single character.

¥ £ $ exchange
$$$ and sense
% of gain
$10 a day
20 funny stories

N

Need to investigate solr.

3.5

Numerals (0 through 9)

All data beginning with a numeral should be arranged ahead of any data beginning with a letter.

007 James Bond
James

Y

3.6

Letters (A through Z)

The records should be arranged in the order of English alphabet ( Upper case and lower case has equal arrangement value)

Abalone
abdomen
Ambassador hotel

N

convert _sort field to lower case.

3.6.1

Modified Letters

Letters modified by diacritical marks and ligatures of two letters should be arranged like their nearest basic equivalent letters in the English alphabet

á, à, â, å, ä are arranged as a
ñ is arranged as  n
ø is arranged as o
æ is arranged as ae
oe is arranged as oe

N

Need to investigate solr.

3.7

Superscript and Subscript Characters

Superscript and subscript characters are arranged as "on-the-line"  Characters.

N

Need to investigate solr.

4.

Headings

4.1

Arrangement of Headings

4.1.1

Single-Word Headings

Data consisting of a single word precedes any data beginning with  the same word and followed by other words.

New
New Zealand

Y

4.1.2

Multi-word Headings(Word-by-Word)

This method is preferred, because it keeps together data beginning with the same word (or words).

networks
New, Agnes
New, Thomas
New Zealand
news agencies
Newton, Isaac

N

Can be done by modifying _sort field.

4.2

Headings with Qualifiers

Qualifying or explanatory terms are integral parts of a heading and should be arranged
as any other words in the heading. Punctuation marks enclosing or preceding such
terms are ignored.

bill (bank note)
Bill Clinton; a life
bill (ornithology)
bill (request for payment)
bill (weapon)

N

Can be done by modifying _sort field.

4.3

Headings with Identical Initial Words

Data beginning with identical initial words should be arranged in the following sequence.
a)Single-word headings
b)Multi-word headings, including headings with qualifiers

New
New York
New (Zealand)

N

Can be done by modifying _sort field.

4.4

Headings with Cross-References

Cross-references are not part of a heading, and  therefore do not affect the arrangement of a heading.

fathers see parents
Father's Day see also Mother's Day

N

Cannot identify cross references.

4.5

Subheadings

Subheadings are normally arranged in alphanumeric sequence.Subheadings are subject to the same arrangement rules as  the headings they modify.

memory
    Alzheimer's disease
    and psychoses
    long-term
    loss
    of childhood events
    short-term

N

No subheadings seen in the data

4.6

Headings Beginning with Articles

Data beginning with Articles (a,an and the) are displayed in ascending order.

A man
Man
Man, A see A man
Man, The see The man
The man

Y

5

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be alphabetized exactly as written, not as spelled out.

Order is :
  M'Bow, Ahmadu
  Mr. Adams
  Mrs. Smith
Output :
  Mr. Adams
  Mrs. Smith
  M'Bow, Ahmadu

N

Can be done by modifying _sort field.

6

Numbers

6.1

Headings Containing Numbers

Numbers at beginning or within the data should arranged in arithmetical order and sorted in ascending order.

007 James Bond
2 kinetic sculptors
2-phase flow in turbines

N

Need to investigate solr.

6.2

Punctuation in Numbers

Punctuation in numbers, as in other text, has no arrangement value (and sorted in ascending order).

$5000 reward
5,000- and 10,000-year
5000 años de historia

N

Need to investigate solr.

6.3

Decimal Fractions

Decimal fractions should be arranged according to their arithmetical value (and sorted in ascending order).

0.25 mm
.30 Vickers machine gun
.303-inch machine guns

N

Need to investigate solr.

6.4

Roman Numbers

Roman numbers should be arranged by their arithmetical value.

17 days to better living
XX century encyclopedia
20 short stories

N

Cannot identify Roman numbers.

7

Arrangement of Symbols Other than Numerals and Letters

7.1

Arrangement in Standardized sequence

Symbols that form part of a standardized sequence. for example, ASCII (ANSI X3.4, American National Standard Code for Information Interchange)

"
#
+

Y

7.2

Arrangement in Order of Appearance

Not recommended as per Jira: OLE-2194

7.3

Arrangement by Verbal Equivalent

Not recommended as per Jira: OLE-2194