[Koha-bugs] [Bug 9069] New: Make it possible to import MARC21 authorities from VIAF into Koha

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9069

          Priority: P5 - low
 Change sponsored?: ---
            Bug ID: 9069
          Assignee: gmcharlt at gmail.com
           Summary: Make it possible to import MARC21 authorities from
                    VIAF into Koha
          Severity: enhancement
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: magnus at enger.priv.no
          Hardware: All
            Status: NEW
           Version: master
         Component: MARC Authority data support
           Product: Koha

Example VIAF record, HTML view:
http://viaf.org/viaf/59083692/#Hamsun,_Knut,_1859-1952

Same record, MARC21: 
http://viaf.org/viaf/59083692/marc21.xml

This can be transformed to ISO2709 with e.g.:
yaz-marcdump -i marcxchange -o marc marc21.xml > myrecord.mrc

I have not been able to stage and import the resulting .mrc file, and I *think*
that is because the VIAF record does not have a 100 field. 

I think the reason for *that* is that the library/cataloguer should be able to
choose the preferred name that goes into the 100 field. 

So maybe we need to accept authority records that lack a 100 field (so that the
100 field can be added later), or make it easy to add the 100 field as part of
the import process?

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