[Koha-patches] [PATCH] Bug #3087 - Improve z39.50 server Unimarc support

[Frédéric DEMIANS]

>>  * Koha installation program need to be modified to pick up
>>    koha-conf-unimarc.xml in place of koha-conf.xml.
>
> Is the only different between koha-conf-unimarc.xml and koha-conf.xml
> just a mechanical substitution of the string "unimarc" for "marc21"?
> If so, it would be better if we just had a single koha-conf.xml and
> improved the installer's templating system so that it could plug in
> the default record syntax. Otherwise, we risk unnecessary divergence
> between the UNIMARC and MARC21 version of the file.

You're correct. Install program could just do substitutions on the fly 
(I don't know where to look at):

    * usmarc => unimarc --  for syntax directives
    * MARC21 = > UNIMARC -- for XSL files.

And we should create XSL file for UNIMARC in 
koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt :

    MARC21slim2ATOM.xsl => UNIMARCslim2ATOM.xsl
    Etc.
    UNIMARCslim2OAIDC.xsl already exists.

In the meantime, we could just copy MARC21 xsl file into UNIMARC version...

The upgrade process should also be seen:

    * Creation of etc/zebradb/etc/unimarc.mar
    * Modification of etc/zebradb/marc_defs/unimarc/biblios/record.abs

Otherwise, C4/Search.pm will be broken with UNIMARC. It could be put in 
upgrade notes.

-- 
Frédéric DEMIANS
http://www.tamil.fr/u/fdemians.html