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Error: Invalid code in Encoding Level (Leader/17) Not authorized to use | in Encoding Level (Leader/17)

Symptom

  • You are getting an error when saving or adding a record to WorldCat that says: "Unable to save record" and "Invalid code in Encoding Level (Leader/17)
    Not authorized to use | in Encoding Level (Leader/17)."

Applies to

  • WorldShare Record Manager

Resolution

Some encoding levels are no longer valid. The most up to date information is on the Encoding Levels page at OCLC's Bibliographic Formats and Standards website.

To fix the validation error, choose a valid encoding level for the record. Click the arrow next to the LDR field to expand the LDR and then choose the encoding level.

Page ID

59048