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Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol
by Joshua Ferraro 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Benjamin, I think this question is a good one for the whole Koha community. Personally, I would love to see an interface between Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol but I've not heard any discussion along those lines thusfar. What do folks think? > Thanks for your message, which my colleague Peter Pissierssens passed to > me and which I found very interesting. > Sorry to pester you with questions, but I was also wondering if there was > any interface between Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for > Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). (and consequently Dublin Core). Several of > our colleagues and partner organisations have expressed interest in this > initiative as a way of getting the benefits of a distributed database > without the communication headaches of a fully distributed search. > > I have now subscribed to the mailing lists mentioned, so if you feel that > this question would be better answered by the community please feel free > to forward it on. > > Regards, > Benjamin Sims > Information Services > IOC/UNESCO > http://ioc.unesco.org > 1 rue Miollis > 75732 Paris Cedex 15 > FRANCE > Tel: [33] (1) 45 68 39 92 > Fax: [33] (1) 45 68 58 12 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Ferraro [mailto:jmf@kados.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:31 PM > To: Pissierssens, Peter > Subject: RE: KOHA > > > Peter, > > Greetings. The Z3950 Server for Koha works fine on a MARC21 system (NPL > has been using it for statewide resource sharing for several months now) > and can be found either as an add-on to Koha 2.0 (on my website at > http://kados.org/LibraryScience/zed-koha-server.pl) or in CVS in the > 2.2 tree. In both cases it is necessary to install the SimpleServer > Perl module from Indexdata (http://www.indexdata.dk/simpleserver/) > > The server can be started by running the zed-koha-server.pl script > in a terminal. Eventually it would be nice to build the server > into a daemon process but for now it is necessary to leave the > terminal open--it also logs all activity to the screen. > > There has been some talk about adding UNIMARC support and I would be > willing to develop that but would need shell access to a Koha system > using a UNIMARC database. If you require customizations for your > holdings data that could be arranged as well. > > If you want to see a Koha catalog in action you can check out Nelsonville > Public Library's at > > http://koha.athenscounty.lib.oh.us > > If you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask. You may also > be interested in checking out the Koha lists. You can subscribe at > > http://www.koha.org/mailing/ > > Regards, > > Joshua Ferraro > > > >> Hello MJ, >> >> Thanks for your quick reply. The reason I mailed you is that I am more >> comfortable writing in English than in French for technical subjects. As >> Z39/50 compliance is a pre-requisite for our use I will contact Joshua >> Ferraro to find out how far he has reached with that task. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Peter >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MJ Ray [mailto:mjr@ttllp.co.uk] >> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:25 PM >> To: Pissierssens, Peter >> Subject: Re: KOHA >> >> >> Hello Peter, >> >> I'm curious to know why you chose to contact me instead of the French >> developer? I studied in a university department which is active in >> oceanography, so I'm quite happy to help you, but I rarely get >> contacts from France. >> >> On 2004-03-01 13:30:48 +0000 "Pissierssens, Peter" >> <p.pissierssens(a)unesco.org> wrote: >> >>> I found your name on the KPHA web site. We are looking for an open >>> source >>> library management software application and Koha seems to fit that >>> description. However, one important feature I could not find on the >>> KOHA >>> site is Z3950 compliance. Can a KOHA library database be queried by a >>> z3950 >>> server? >> >> In 2.0, koha can query Z39.50 targets but cannot be queried. Joshua >> Ferraro, jmf(a)kados.org, is developing the Z39.50 interface for koha >> 2.2. >> >> By the way, should UNESCO people say "free software"? We are blessed >> with the UNESCO free software portal and directory, after all. >> http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoftware/ >> >>> Also, can you lead me to a few KOHA based online catalogues? >> >> I suggest looking at the "Test Drive" koha servers on the www.koha.org >> site for now. I can't publish details of many servers. If you are >> looking for a demonstration of a particular feature, I can try to find >> someone using it for you. >> >>> Thanks in advance for your reply >> >> I hope you find this useful. >> >> -- >> MJR mjr(a)ttllp.co.uk www.ttllp.co.uk +44 (0)870 4321 9 10 >> Creative copyleft computing consultancy, code and articles. >> Latest news: Working on ISP control panels and koha.org 2.0 >> >

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Koha 2.0 has been released!
by Pat Eyler 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

After a two year cycle of intense development efforts Koha 2.0 is now being released! Early release copies of Koha 2.0 have been deployed in libraries in France and the United States for over 6 months. With this new release, we expect Koha to be deployed in many more libraries around the world. Koha 2.0 is a major upgrade to the Koha 1.2 system, including features like: a fully templated web interface, translation tools and translations into french, chinese, and polish, and best of all ... full integration with MARC (both UniMARC and MARC21). Koha 2.0 can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16466 With this release, we're making a change in the release managment for Koha. Paul Poulain, who managed the development of Koha 2.0, will be turning over the ongoing management of the 2.0 version to MJ Ray. Paul won't be sitting idle though, he will become the manager of Koha 2.2 development. Congratulations, and good luck, to both MJ and Paul. Too many people have contributed to Koha over the last two years to thank everyone individually, but we would be remiss if we didn't mention a few people who've made major contributions: Paul Poulain and Steve Tonnesen did the majority of the design for our new MARC database layout, Stephen Hedges and the Nelsonville Public Library funded a great deal of the MARC development, l'Abbaye Notre Dame des Dombes also aided the MARC work by providing a test environment during early development, MJ Ray coordinated much of the bug hunting and squashing effort, and last (but not least) Katipo Communications has continued to provide all manner of support to the Koha community. Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org

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new reports on HEAD
by paul POULAIN 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Hi, i've commited 2 new reports on cvs (HEAD). They are based on a report standard structure that could be used to easily extend & create new reports. NPL : Let me know if the report of issues gives correct results in correct times. PS : no doc yet for the plugin structure, but it will come soon. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Z39.50 javascript issues?
by Steve Langasek 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Hi all, Hope this question isn't out of place on this mailing list. I've recently been asked to help deploy a test koha site for evaluation by a local church library. The installation of koha 2.0.0 on Debian/sarge seems to have gone quite nicely (though there needs to be a Debian package for it so I don't have to answer so many questions, hmm ;), and I'm ready to start trying to populate the database with test data using the z3950 query tool (AIUI, this library doesn't have an existing electronic catalog, so this seems to be the most effective way for them to populate their database if they decide koha meets their needs). When I click the 'z3950 search' button on the intranet cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl page, I get only the following javascript error: document.forms[0].field_value has no properties In http://quetz:8080/cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl, Line 412, Sure enough, I don't see anything to indicate field_value is a valid form element on this page. Hopefully the z3950 support in 2.0.0 was tested before release, and I'm overlooking an easy fix for this javascript error? Please cc: me on any replies, as I'm not subscribed. TIA, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer

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hi there
by J0se 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Hi my name is Jose and i'm new in Koha, I instaled Koha under windows as a test, i'm doing a project for my university about migraiting the actual library sistem (isis db) into Koha, and I want to know, what to do after using isis2xml software how do I get to see de data in Koha do I have to to add it to a MySQL db? or what? Please if u can help me, hope u understand my question, I'd be very greatfully if u help me on this, thanx, peace and lets keep going on this.

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CDKModuleHasProblems
by Stephen Hedges 27 Mar '04

27 Mar '04

The wiki page for CDK problems (CDKModuleHasProblems, http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=CDKModuleHasProblems) seems to have been hacked. Does anyone remember what the problems were? -- Stephen Hedges Skemotah Solutions, USA www.skemotah.com -- shedges(a)skemotah.com

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new features to test
by paul POULAIN 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Hi, In CVS head, i've commited some nice new things : * shelves in OPAC (the css one, that will become the default one for 2.2) * mix of marc & simple search in MARC search. Now the search can be build only by using MARCsearch.pm and the MARC tables. The result should be indexed in any case & can have complex requests. pls test it. In the log, the exact SQL query is shown. With a "explain" just before, in a mysqladmin or phpmyadmin, you can see if it's always indexed. * The "seealso" can search in fields "related to" the main one. For example, author can now search in 700a,701a,702a. I agree the "seealso" is a poor term that is usually used for something else. Could you give me a better word ? * the search can also be ordered by title, author, copyrightdate... i plan to work next on the order to have "the last heroe" ordered in "L", not in "T". -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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catmaintain.pl
by MJ Ray 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

I'm having two problems with catmaintain: First, catmaintain.pl doesn't use templates, as far as I can tell. It seems to call C4::Output::startmenu, which is apparently broken. Should I remove that function and rewrite anything using it? Possibly related, some browsers go to /cgi-bin/koha/search.marc/search.pl?type=intranet, click on "Cat Maintenance" and end up at /cgi-bin/koha/maint/<!-- TMPL_VAR name= which 404s. Why? Bug 600 is the original problem, which no-one was interested in. In bug 721, Ambrose says catmaintain is templated. Does it fix the second problem too? I'll test, but I'd still appreciate comments. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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More reports for 2.0.0
by Baiju M 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hi, I started converting CDS/ISIS datas into Koha-2.0.0RC4 My libraraian requires more reports. Now I am about to start writing a perlscript for that. But recently when I checked out Koha CVS (rel_2_0 branch), I have seen one more report (inventry) in that. If anyone working on more koha reports, I can wait for sometime or contribute code. I just started learning perl, anyway here are the details of four reports which I am planning to create for my librarian. C4::Reports (perl module for reports) cgi-bin/koha/reports/checklist.pl?list=issues (Daily issue report, my librarian use : Issue Check List) cgi-bin/koha/reports/checklist.pl?list=renewals (Daily renewals report) cgi-bin/koha/reports/checklist.pl?list=returns (Daily returns report) cgi-bin/koha/reports/statistics.pl (daily statistics) Check List Output : Barcode Cardnumber Borrowername Borroweraddress output of daily statistics will decide later. There will be checklist.tmpl and statistics.tmpl in template directory. Should I add this to bugs.koha.org with more details? Regards, Baiju M PS. Internet usage is costly here. ____________________________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.as…

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Catalogue marc search problem
by Serge RENAUX 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Hi, I have installed Koha-2.0.0RC4 and i am testing it. Search are working from OPAC and from catalogue simple mode, but it did not work from catalogue Marc search. I got the error below tail koha-error_log [Wed Mar 24 15:22:40 2004] [error] [client 147.215.1.224] Premature end of script headers: /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/search.marc/search.pl Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/SearchMarc.pm line 116. [Wed Mar 24 15:38:43 2004] [error] [client 147.215.1.224] Premature end of script headers: /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/search.marc/search.pl Do you know where it comes from ? Regards Serge -- Serge Renaux Groupe ESIEE / CCI Paris EMail:s.renaux@esiee.fr Tel:(33)1.45.92.67.46

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