[Koha-bugs] [Bug 32325] New: Valid 006/00 values should not depend on Type of Material selection

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=32325

            Bug ID: 32325
           Summary: Valid 006/00 values should not depend on Type of
                    Material selection
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Cataloging
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: andrewfh at dubcolib.org
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: m.de.rooy at rijksmuseum.nl, nick at bywatersolutions.com
        Depends on: 32321

In the 006 control field, the value in position 00 sets the "form of material"
("language material," "notated music," etc). That value informs the type of
material configuration ("Books," "Computer files," etc).

For example, if the leader position 06 and the 006 position 00 are "m," then
the material type should be "Computer files" and the other 006 positions and
parts of the 008 should behave accordingly.
(https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008c.html)

In both the regular and advanced cataloging editors, Koha shows one both the
006 position 00 value *and* the material type. That's handy, but Koha makes the
material type manually editable rather than derived from the position 00 value.
In fact, Koha forces position 00 to only allow one to enter values that match
what you've selected for material type. So to change the value in position 00,
one must first change the type of material.

Instead, one should be able to set 006/00 to any value allowed in the MARC
specifications and that choice should set the Type of Material and thereby
define how the rest of the 006 behaves.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=32321
[Bug 32321] 006 field not correctly prepopulated in Advanced cataloging editor
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