Koha 2.2 and MARC21 and documenting
Hi, I'm installing the "Ecole des Mines de Nantes" with a future 2.2 in "real life". It's the occasion to fix many bugs, but it works quite well for instance. So, I think the 2.2 will be released officially in october, as planned (just without the stat module, that can wait for last quarter, as there are no specific DB modifs for stats) BUT, there are a lot of things to do for MARC21 & documenting MARC21 : ====== In Koha 2.2, the authorities are managed like biblios in Koha 2.0 : through MARC parameters tables. I've defined (or am defining) those tables for UNIMARC, and for various authority types (author, subject...) THE SAME JOB MUST BE DONE FOR MARC21. And I don't plan to do it myself, unless I get a customer that uses MARC21 (in english). Be sure that this would be really a big surprise. So, you need a candidate. The parameters tables have almost exactly the same structure as for MARC biblios, except that in authorities, there is no tab, a field is just used or not used. DOCUMENTING ========= The online help is slowly, but continuously, completed by Stephen Hedges (www.koha.org/wiki) Thanks to him. I think (am sure !) he would be happy to have some help. Anyone with a working 2.0 can write online help. I take care of the differences between 2.0 and 2.2. And i'll document every new feature through this online help (altough i don't write them on the wiki, but directly in Koha) Thanks a lot for your attention, and don't hesitate to get involved. If many people are actively working on Koha, the next version will arrive soon. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)
Paul POULAIN said:
=====In Koha 2.2, the authorities are managed like biblios in Koha 2.0 : through MARC parameters tables. I've defined (or am defining) those tables for UNIMARC, and for various authority types (author, subject...) THE SAME JOB MUST BE DONE FOR MARC21.
Paul, I'm not clearly understanding what you need. I've looked at auth_tag_structure.pl, auth_subfields_structure.pl, and authtypes.pl and it looks like the tables are defined independent of the MARC flavour. Are you looking for someone to insert some suggested MARC21 values into "pre-loaded" tables (auth_tag_structure, auth_subfield_structure, and auth_types). Or do you need someone to set up MARC21_auth_tag_structure, MARC21_auth_subfield_structure, and MARC21_auth_types? Stephen -- Stephen Hedges Skemotah Solutions, USA www.skemotah.com -- shedges@skemotah.com
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Paul POULAIN said:
=====In Koha 2.2, the authorities are managed like biblios in Koha 2.0 : through MARC parameters tables. I've defined (or am defining) those tables for UNIMARC, and for various authority types (author, subject...) THE SAME JOB MUST BE DONE FOR MARC21.
Paul, I'm not clearly understanding what you need. I've looked at auth_tag_structure.pl, auth_subfields_structure.pl, and authtypes.pl and it looks like the tables are defined independent of the MARC flavour. Are you looking for someone to insert some suggested MARC21 values into "pre-loaded" tables (auth_tag_structure, auth_subfield_structure, and auth_types). Or do you need someone to set up MARC21_auth_tag_structure, MARC21_auth_subfield_structure, and MARC21_auth_types?
You're right stephen, the actual code is MARC independant for authorities. It uses the auth_*_structure tables exactly like the marc_*_structure for biblios. What we need is to fill those tables. "transfer" http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html into Koha tables, I think. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)
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