[Koha-bugs] [Bug 5262] authority plugin doesn't copy indicators

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5262

Galen Charlton <gmcharlt at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Galen Charlton <gmcharlt at gmail.com> 2010-12-29 16:01:03 UTC ---
Marking this as an enhancement.  A review of the MARC21 and authority specs
shows the following:

- in many cases, one or both indicator values in the bib heading could in fact
be set from the authority record's main heading field.
- there are two main cases:
  1. Directly copying an indicator value over, e.g., for the form of name or
for non-filing characters.  However, the indicator position in the authority
record doesn't necessary correspond to the value used in the bib field; a good
example of this is the nonfiling characters indicator for uniform title
headings.  Consequently, the indicator mapping should be configured somewhere.
  2. Setting the thesaurus type (or source of term) based on the thesaurus
specified in the authority record.  For MARC21 subject headings, this could
entail setting the 6xx indicator 2 *and* a subfield $2; for UNIMARC headings,
setting $2 appears to be sufficient.

The two cases could be treated as separate enhancements, of course.

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