[Koha-devel] RFC: Renaming homebranch/holdingbranch in MARC21 Framework(s)

Nicole Engard nicole.engard at liblime.com
Mon Jul 7 13:22:36 CEST 2008


I agree - I have come across this problem in documentation and while
training new libraries on using Koha.


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On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Ryan Higgins <ryan.higgins at liblime.com> wrote:
>
> I would like to change the default labels for homebranch & holdingbranch in
> the
> MARC21 frameworks as follows:
>
> homebranch :  Permanent Location   (from 'Location (homebranch)' )
> holdingbranch:  Current Location       (from 'Sublocation or Collection
> (holdingbranch)' )
>
> The current language for holdingbranch implies it is/could be a subset of
> homebranch,
> and is confusing for new users of Koha.
> This change should not impact translations, as the change occurs  only in
> the db-stored labels.
>
> An alternative to 'Permanent Location' would be 'Owning Library'.
>
> I think it would be better to implement this last-minute change than to
> commit ourselves
> to labels that suggest a non-existent relation.
>
> Comments ?
>
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