[Koha-bugs] [Bug 25532] Add a wikipedia-style search suggestion feature to the OPAC

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25532

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

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--- Comment #12 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> ---
I am torn here, this works actually really nicely just by putting it into
OpacUserJs. And we could document it on
https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/JQuery_Library but I believe without
further "noise" not a lot of libraries will find it there. Adding it to Koha
would ensure that and make it really easy to use.

> Some potential pros & cons:
> 
> Elasticsearch:
> + user queries stay within Koha instance, no privacy leak
> + tailored suggestions for the Koha database
> - more difficult to implement

I think it's not an either or - this can work for libraries until we implement
something using Elasticsearch. So yes, having Elasticsearch suggestions woudl
be great, but I think that's a separate discussion to have.

> Wikipedia:
> + simple to implement
> - suggestion feature availability depends on wikipedia
> - search queries go to third party server
> +/- suggestions might provide no results / not tailored to the Koha database

The third party is a valid argument (thinking of data privavy, GDPR), but could
be remedied by a clear hint and link to terms of use or similar in the pref
description. We offer other third party services too.

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