[Koha-zebra] Koha & zebra (continuing to try to understand...)

[Mike Taylor]

> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:00:35 -0700
> From: Joshua Ferraro <jmf at liblime.com>
> 
> Just to clarify ... We're talking about four jobs here:
> 
> 1. Develop Perl/ZOOM
> 2. Integrate Koha's Searching with Perl/ZOOM
> 3. Integrate Koha's Cataloging with Perl/ZOOM
> 4. Build tools for migrating from MARC-in-SQL to Zebra

Sounds right.

> So Index Data will begin working on the Perl/ZOOM stuff as soon
> as we confirm funding

Yes.

> Paul will be workig on #4 and testing the results using a temporary
> Net::Z3950 search engine.

... which can also be used for an interrim version of #2, since the
new ZOOM-Perl interface will be very similar to the old Net::Z3950
one.

> Once Perl/ZOOM is finished (hopefully sometime in October) we'll
> begin working on #1 and #2 using the to-be-written documentation on
> ZOOM-C as a guide

(Did you mean #2 and #3 there?)

> If everything goes as planned we should be done with Zebra
> integration well before the end of the year.

Excellent!

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