[Koha-devel] [Koha] library "categories" (=groups)?

[Chris Cormack]

* hansbkk at gmail.com (hansbkk at gmail.com) wrote:
> Chris/Robin,
> 
> If either or both of you could comment on the below I (and other
> future inquiring minds) would greatly appreciate it.

Probably better if the people who wrote the Groups stuff commented on
it.

But from what I can tell, they are exactly like extended attributes for
Patrons, a way of collecting more information about a branch than what
is the default set available.

Chris

> 
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:58 PM,  <hansbkk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Moving on to documentation issues, the section on libraries and groups here
> >
> > http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/?ch=x3670#AEN3676
> >
> >  isn't clear on what the "properties" type of group could be used for.
> 
>  I never really got a clear definition of what that was for - hence the
>  lack of clarity in the manual.  Once you get an answer here I'll
>  update the manual accordingly!
> 
> My impression from my research is that it's perfectly clear that their
> purpose isn't clear 8-) I reckon they're an artifact of an intention
> for a future enhancement that never quite crystallized into released
> code.
> 
> 
> Let's make it easy - could "one who knows" please either confirm or
> deny that the below statement is "good enough for now" to add to the
> docs? Improvements (in style or content) would of course be welcome.
> 
> 
> 1.2.1.3.2. Library Property Groups
> 
> The purpose of Property Groups is to allow you to categorize your
> Libraries in a way that makes sense to you. This could for example be
> "Main" as opposed to "Branch" or "Mobile", or by region, or perhaps
> status within a consortium. It is not necessary to assign Property
> Groups to your Libraries, as they are not currently used within Koha
> itself, but larger library systems may find them useful, e.g. as
> select criteria for custom reports.

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Chris Cormack
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