The patch in question that Ian mentions regarding adding phrases config to zebra for dom with icu.. which also heavily affects the authority linking results that he is talking about is under bug: 10729.

I'm just about to update the bug with a description so it can be seen the two things relate.. The patch affects more than just the authorities linking script, but I believe using the linking script is possibly the easiest way to show that the patch is actually doing somthing.

On 17 Oct 2013 10:17, "Galen Charlton" <gmc@esilibrary.com> wrote:

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Colin Campbell <colin.campbell@ptfs-europe.com> wrote:

Just an vague idea but I wonder if using zebra (or similar search

utilities) for authorities is really a good idea. They are great for
general bib search where you want to find more, even unexpected results.
But with authorities your concern is to find a specific record as such
the search facilities in a standard db are probably more useful. Just
because a tool works well in one context it does not mean its the best
in another (pick your favourite hammers & scredrivers analogy)

Well, the original motivation for implementing the Zebra DOM filter for MARC21 authority records was to enable the construction of normalized index strings for authority headings that included details such as the thesaurus for subject headings, thereby allowing precise matching that went beyond just the equivalent of keyword searches.

Of course, the equivalent could be done in a database, but I think it would be fruitful to first properly investigate the bug.

To that end, I request that a bug report actually be filed -- I see nothing apropos on Bugzilla -- preferably with sample records.

Regards,

Galen
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