[Koha-devel] Questions about terminology

[Irma Birchall]

Hi Liz and Barton,

About "I think the most accurate long form  representation is "Koha
internal record number", as the biblionumber has nothing at all to do with
MARC"

I received this feedback from Libraries Australia today :

*MARC Field 035 $a - System Control Number : Koha Record Numbers* <> Every
record should have one instance of MARC field 035 containing the current
Koha record number before re-exporting.

So simply call biblionumber <> "Koha record number"?

Irma
CALYX



On 23 October 2018 at 09:03, Liz Rea <liz at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:

> Personally, I'd probably convert any "Biblio number" into
> "Biblionumber," and if that needs explaining, it's the "Koha internal
> record number" or "Koha unique record identifier"
>
>
> On 23/10/18 09:02, Barton Chittenden wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 3:39 PM Liz Rea <liz at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> The term bibliographic number is easily confused with "inventory number"
> >> and any local or old internal record numbers that migrated MARC may
> have.
> >>
> > Agreed,  bibliographic number is confusing.
> >
> >> I think the most accurate long form  representation is "Koha internal
> >> record number", as the biblionumber has nothing at all to do with MARC,
> and
> >> wouldn't necessarily be carried over to another system if the record was
> >> moved (not that anybody would *leave* Koha, amirite).
> >>
> >> With that in mind, I don't see why we would need to drop biblionumber at
> >> all - it references exactly what it is, is specific to Koha, and can be
> >> understood and trained in that context, fully independent of MARC.
> >>
> > I think the use of biblionumber is fine in context -- that's generally
> used
> > specifically when database tables are being mentioned. The term 'Biblio
> > number' (containing a space) is what I'm more concerned about. I don't
> know
> > that the marc editor was the only place that I saw that used.
> >
>
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