[Koha-bugs] [Bug 27087] Allow encoding level comparison on record import

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27087

--- Comment #3 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #2)
> So maybe a broader move to allow match checks to use a comparison other than
> equals? So we'd set a target subfield in the incoming record, a target
> subfield in the existing record, and a comparison operator?
> 

I'd say a broader move to allow match points to use comparisons other than
equals. (LDR and control fields don't have subfields.)

> But the values on the encoding level aren't strictly numeric. "#" is the
> "best" value, followed by 1-8, then "u" for unknown and "z" for not
> applicable (https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bdleader.html). We could
> hardcode that hierarchy for encoding level, but it seems likely other bits
> of MARC have comparably idiosyncratic sets of values. Should the match check
> setup include a mechanism for telling Koha an order of preference for
> possible values?

Mmm that's an interesting wrinkle. That's a lot more complicated. Perhaps we
should look at plugins for record matching rules.

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