[Koha-bugs] [Bug 5347] late order management

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5347

--- Comment #22 from Francois Charbonnier <francois.charbonnier at biblibre.com> 2011-12-09 10:02:30 UTC ---
well, the thing is, to me, it does the same thing...

whether it's the acquisition claim notice or the overdue notice, the <item> tag
allow you to display a list of books. 

For the acquisition claim, you will have one line for a book with the quantity
ordered, and for the overdue notice, one line for one overdue book... At the
end, it just a list of books. 

And as a librarian, I used to buy books, not biblio records. So, today, I
understand the logic as a "techie" but before working on koha, I think it would
have been more confusing having two tags if we keep the <item> tag the way it
works today.

Because, the <item> tag can already display biblio info...

So imagine, we have two tags, what are going to say to librarians? 

- how can i display info about overdue books in the odue notice? 
- well, you can use the item tag to display item information.
- but, what about the title and the author?
- you can put these information in the item tag.
- great! ;^)
- and now how can I display info about books I ordered and didn't receive in
the acqclaim notice?
- for this one, you can use the record tag  because what you want for is only
the biblio information
- why not the <item> tag? i can use it to display the title and the author in
the odue notice...
- ...

What I become to realise, writing all this, is that you are maybe right but it
should be another development. That's not the purpose of this one. 

The use of the <item> tag for this develpment is still relevent _today_ because
:
* it's already in koha and it works,
* it displays a list of books and that what we want
* it can show item and biblio info as well and that what we need

So if we want to introduce a new way to display item and biblio info. Why not!
But, i think it should be another development.

My 2cts ;^)

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