[Koha-devel] To define default 9xx fields for Unimarc setup in all languages

[Rafael Antonio]

Zeno,

I fully agree with your comments. We have followed these tags for Portuguese
setup but I strongly recommend to have compatible local fields regarding
their impact on PERL scripts.
Regards,

Rafael Antonio

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Zeno Tajoli <tajoli at cilea.it> wrote:

> Hi to all
>
> I sent this mail to different Koha-mailing list because the topic is quite
> wide.
> If you are also on koha-dev list, replaty to this list.
> Instead replay on koha general list.
>
> I send the mail also to koha-france because many user of Unimarc are
> French.
> But I don't know French, please replay to koha general list or to koha-dev.
>
> Today the complete Unimarc setups are the English and French,
> As I know Italian,  Ukrain, Russian and Poland setups are direct
> translation of
> English or Frence setup
>
> But on local fields English and French are not compatible.
> Many 9xx fields need to be the same in different languages because the
> indexes
> definitions in the file etc/zebradb/marc_defs/unimarc/biblios/record.abs
> are based on specific 9xx values.
> And the file record.abs is only one for all Unimarc setup
>
> So my proposal, for 3.2 and also [if possible ] for 3.0.x
>
> We re-write English setup in 9xx fields and we use it
> a minimun and a standard that ALL unimarc setups need to follow.
> It means that we need same change also to French setup.
>
> I want to discuss with everyone about this topic.
> I will write all the patch to fix the situation.
>
> So my proposal:
>
> Fields:
>
> 001        Local number -> biblio.biblionumber
> 090$a      Local number -> biblioitems.biblioitemnumber
> 099$c      date of creation -> biblio.datecreated
> 099$d      Date/time last modified -> biblio.timestamp
>
> 995$0   Withdrawn status -> items.wthdrawn
> 995$2     Lost status -> items.itemlost
> 995$3   Use restrictions -> items.restricted
> 995$5   Date acquired -> items.dateaccessioned
> 995$6   Copy number ->  items.copynumber
> 995$7   URI -> items.uri
> 995$8   Koha collection -> items.ccode
> 995$9   Internal item number -> items.itemnumber
> 995$a   Homebranch (free text) ->items.homebranch
> 995$b   Homebranch (coded)
> 995$d   Holding branch (free text) -> items.holdingbranch
> 995$d   Holding branch (coded)
> 995$e   Shelving location-> items.location
> 995$f    Barcode -> items.barcode
> 995$j    Inventory number -> items.stocknumber [only 3.2]
> 995$k   Call number -> items.itemcallnumber,
> 995$l    Numbering (volume or other part) -> items.materials
> 995$m  Date of loan or deposit -> items.datelastborrowed
> 995$n   Expiration of loan date -> items.onloan
> 995$o   Circulation type (not for loan) -> items.notforloan
> 995$r    Type of item and material -> items.itype
> 995$v    Serial Enumeration / chronology -> items.enumchron [only serials]
> 995$u    Copy note -> items.itemnotes
>
> 942$0   Koha issues (borrowed), all copies -> biblioitems.totalissues
> 942$2   Source of classification or shelving scheme ->
> biblioitems.cn_source
> 942$6   Koha normalized classification for sorting -> biblioitems.cn_sort
> 942$c   Koha [default] item type -> biblioitems.itemtype
> 942$s   Serial record flag -> biblio.serial
>
>
>
> 1)Fields 001 and 090$a, BIB Identifier in two places
> As French setup, to ahve a correct Unimarc we need BIB id in two places:
> 001 -> biblio.biblionumber
> 090 $9 -> biblioitems.biblioitemnumber
> biblio.biblionumber and biblioitems.biblioitemnumber must be numerir,
> we need to stress this fact in data conversions
>
>
>
> 2)Field 995 as item field with those subfields:
> This proposal is full compatible with French Unimarc
> setup and it has also the items subfields that are mandatory for
> circulation,
>  inventory, acquisitions and serials.
>
>
> 3)Field 942 as biblio/item field.
> This field is new for all unimarc setup, in english unimarc setup
>  there is 990 but 990 is similar, not identical.
> I select 942 instead of 990 because 990 is present in French setup with a
> specific meaning.
> I ask to French people to accept to put biblioitems.totalissues in 942$0,
> it is the base of the
> popularity index. Now the base of popularity index is in 995$s.
>
>
> This proposal is only a minimum, if you think there are others 9xx
> fields/subfields
> that MUST be present in every setup, please replay.
>
> If you want to discuss it, please replay.
>
> Bye to all
>
> Zeno Tajoli
>
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