[Koha-bugs] [Bug 12357] Enhancements to RIS and BibTeX exporting

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12357

Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> changed:

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--- Comment #22 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> ---
I have a few concerns about this feature:

I think we have several features here on one bug report, so it's a bit hard to
work through. I really like the idea of the arbitrary fields, but I am
concerned about using the record level itemtype.

This seems to assume that different itemtypes are used for different type of
media. I am not sure this is how all libraries use itemtypes in Koha, some
differentiate by loan types. But this is just a note, my main concern is about
the missing flexibility for existing installations.

If you are a long term user of Koha you would probably have to change all your
itemtype codes in order to be able to make good use of the new feature. This
feels quite problematic to me.

I am not sure what's the best way to resolve this, some thoughts I had while
reading through it:

Instead of using a separate system preference, maybe allowing overwriting
existing fields would be an option? Then you could use *ExportAdditionalFields
with 942$c for the itemtype feature or even use another arbitrary field the
library thinks is best suited.

Or a little easier: allow defining the MARC subfield to use for the record type
instead of hardcoding it?

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