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.

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.

These symbols should be in the given order:  ¥ , $$ , %, $10

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.

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)

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

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.

Y

4.1.2