[Koha-bugs] [Bug 15500] Add FRBRized View to OPAC & Staff Interface Results

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15500

--- Comment #3 from Jason Robb <jrobb at sekls.org> ---
Would love to see this working both in the staff client and OPAC, and would
*really* love to see hold capability added to increase patron ease of access to
resources with multiple editions living on different bib records.

I wonder if Koha's existing authorities architecture could be leveraged as a
jumping off point for this? There are some parallels.

FRBR organizes things from the top-down - Work > Expression > Manifestation >
Item

Generally we're only handling Manifestations (at the bib level) and Items (at
the item level) in Koha.

We could potentially create a collection of "records" for Works similar to an
authority file by pulling the general attributes out of existing bib records
then merging them into singular "records" for each Work.

The Work "record" could store the groupID along with other relevant
information, including matchpoints like author, ISBNs and eventually links to
external records of the work (LibraryThing, OpenLibrary, Wikidata, etc.)

The identifier of the Work could then be added into relevant bib records (maybe
the 775?) to create a horizontal link between multiple bib records.

Ideally this would all be automated, where, if you bring in a bib record for
new edition of an existing Work it gets linked to the existing Work
automatically. And if that Work doesn't exist yet, a new Work "record" is
generated.

Authorities can do some of this type of thing already, just with different
parts of the record. And some of the tools in the authorities module would also
be useful for managing Works as far as editing, merging, etc.

Just a thought!

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