[Koha-bugs] [Bug 9277] New: Counter-intuitive Display of Authtypetext in Authority Searches

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            Bug ID: 9277
           Summary: Counter-intuitive Display of Authtypetext in Authority
                    Searches
    Classification: Unclassified
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: MARC Authority data support
          Assignee: gmcharlt at gmail.com
          Reporter: dcook at prosentient.com.au

When you search all "Default" authority headings, using a MARC21 marcflavour,
you get the following results:

STAFF CLIENT:
1) A list of authority headings with NO mention of authtype/authtypetext in the
summary

OPAC:
1) A list of authority headings with NO mention of authtype/authtypetext in the
summary
2) However, each heading result includes a column labelled "Type of heading",
which DOES include the authtypetext for that heading's authtype. 

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When you search all "Topical Terms" (for example), you get the following
results:

STAFF CLIENT:
1) A list of authority headings WITH a "Topical term:" label at the beginning
of the summary

OPAC:
1) A list of authority headings WITH a "Topical term:" label at the beginning
of the summary, AND
2) Also a column labelled "Type of heading", which duplicates this same
"Topical term" label.

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It seems to me that the current behaviour is completely backwards. The
authtypetext should be showing when a search is made for "Default", so that all
the headings that show up are differentiated by their differing authtypes. 

The authtype text does not need to appear when a search is made for that
specific authtype, because it's already implied that the heading results will
correspond to that specific authtype (e.g. TOPIC_TERM). 

Additionally, having the authtypetext appear in the Summary and the "Type of
heading" column in the OPAC is redundant. 

Personally, I think it would be best to remove the authtypetext from the
Summary, and add a "Type of heading" to the Staff Client Authority search
results.

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