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Re: [Koha] Question about searching
by Thomas D 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

22 June 2005 The search syntax you are attempting to describe may not have a formalised name. It seems to have evolved into a common form with popular search tools rather than starting with a predefined name. I suspect that it started mostly with the implementation in one popular program. Find someone who really knows and get a reliable answer .It should be possible to wrap any syntax in a web form to reduce end user difficulty and possibly increase programmer difficulty. Serving the end user should be the goal without killing the programmer if possible. The problem with CQL and SRW is not enough server support yet as compared to Z39.50 unless everyone has secretly started offering services. Everyone cannot wait for everyone else if progress is to be made. CQL and SRW may supplant Z39.50 at some future time. The best use of Koha development time now should be considered. Thomas D Quoting MJ Ray <mjr(a)phonecoop.coop> : > ---------------- Beginning of the original message ------------------ > > Many search systems seem to be evolving a common syntax, with > double quotes around terms which should appear consecutively, > a dash in front of a term to exclude it and a single-attribute > search to have the attribute name and a colon in front of the > term. For example: > > children subject:"social science" -author:Smith > > to find items about children with a subject of social science > not authored by anyone called Smith. > > Is there a formal name or description for this syntax? > > I don't even know whether I should be reading language > processing > or information retrieval or information filtering literature > to find this. Web searching has been useless, as usual for > learning about searching! > > This arose at yesterday's search meeting. I hope the > facilitator > will organise a summary for koha-devel soon. I can see the > attraction of CQL, especially for interserver communication, > but > I think it gets too hard too fast for general end-user > searches. > I'd like to have something well-defined to propose instead. > > Thanks for any help. > -- > MJ Ray (slef), K. Lynn, England, email see > http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > ------------------- End of the original message --------------------- --------------------------------------------- Protect your mails from viruses thanks to Alinto Premium services http://www.alinto.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Question about searching
by MJ Ray 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

Many search systems seem to be evolving a common syntax, with double quotes around terms which should appear consecutively, a dash in front of a term to exclude it and a single-attribute search to have the attribute name and a colon in front of the term. For example: children subject:"social science" -author:Smith to find items about children with a subject of social science not authored by anyone called Smith. Is there a formal name or description for this syntax? I don't even know whether I should be reading language processing or information retrieval or information filtering literature to find this. Web searching has been useless, as usual for learning about searching! This arose at yesterday's search meeting. I hope the facilitator will organise a summary for koha-devel soon. I can see the attraction of CQL, especially for interserver communication, but I think it gets too hard too fast for general end-user searches. I'd like to have something well-defined to propose instead. Thanks for any help. -- MJ Ray (slef), K. Lynn, England, email see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Koha 2.2.3 is out
by Paul POULAIN 22 Jun '05

22 Jun '05

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=336931 ======== WARNINGS ======== * READ the following NOTES carefully. Look at BORROWERS especially if you want to know why your circulation won't work after update !!! * The installer is *wrong* on languages available. In this release, french & english are uptodate. Polish is uptodate for OPAC. Some other .po files are provided (chinese & italian, in $KOHAROOT/intranet/scripts/misc/translator/po) but they are not uptodate & need some work to be useable again. * The librarian interface is tested only with mozilla/firefox. Should work (partially) with IE. OPAC should work fine with any navigator. KNOWN BUG : ****** in MARC setup, if you have more than once a field mapped to a give authorised value, when you duplicate a field (whatever the field), all authorised values are defaulted to the same value. Bug still unexplained. Don't occur if you just modify a biblio, or when you have only once a given authorised value category. Bug detected by EMN, that has a "LANG" authorised value for both "text language" and "original text language". ======= DIFFS ======= Diff 2.2.2 => 2.2.3 ******************* DB MODIFS : *********** DB structure : none DB content : 4 systempreferences (see below) Koha opac stylesheets : some changes and at least 4 added entries. BUGFIXES ***** Critical & Minor mixed === ACQUISITION === * adding supplier info to basket.pl (for order printing) * adding a date filter on acquisition history search === OPAC === * minor fix in subject link (normal view) === CATALOGUE === * it's possible to change a framework type when editing a biblio * (critical) bugfix in authorities : in biblio repeated fields, when you choosed an authority entries, it was copied in all the fields, not only in one. * bugfix : when you duplicate a MARC field (for the 2nd time or more), the last field was duplicated too. * bugfix in subject link, in normal view * bugfix when duplicate authority suspected, the link to see the other authority was wrong. * bugfix in items : the Edit biblio button was wrong. * bugfix when MARC=OFF, subject modifs were not stored in MARC database. * bugfix in z3950 client, for BNF (problem probably due to upgrading of some sofwtare in UNIMARC) * fix in z3950 server. Now works correctly === AUTHORITIES === * bugfix in "next page" in authority search (was buggy under certain circumstances only) === CIRCULATION === * bugfix : checking issuing rules under certain circumstances was buggy (reported issuing OK where it should not) * bugfix : renewal by issuing a book again did not work correctly. === BORROWERS === * better management of joining & expiry dates : - dates can be manually typed when adding a borrower. - Empty fields are automatically calculated (joining = today & expiry date calculated from borrower category) - Expiry date can be modified * checking expiry date when trying to issue a book & forbidding issuing when expiry date reached. ** IMPORTANT ** This check was not done before. Thus, you may be unable to issue books where you could before. You can update your database borrower by borrower or with the following SQL command on the server : "update borrowers set expiry='2005-31-12'". You can limit the update to a borrower category with "update borrowers set expiry='2005-31-12' where categorycode='A'" (all SQL commands must be typed without any ") * template improvements & some bugfixes in fines management. === PARAMETERS === * in marctagstructure, next & previous button no more loose frameworkcode & link to default framework IMPROVEMENTS === ACQUISITION === * in history search, a filter has been added on order date. * there are now 2 differents totals : one for rrp column & one for est column === CATALOGUE === * There is also a FindDuplicate feature for MARC Authorities * Dictionnary search : for titles, author & subject, there is now a "dictionnary search". when the user clic on ..., a popup appear, that enable search in biblios as well as in authorities. For example, if user clic on author, and enter "Hugo", he will fing all authors & authority having "Hugo". He then can choose the Hugo he want and run the search with what he has found (& other criteria as well if he want) * it's now possible to change the framework of a biblio * the overduenotice.pl script (that sends a mail to borrowers with late issues) contains the list of late items (title, author) === PARAMETERS === * a new button in marctagstructure.pl has been added : if selected, only actived fields/subfields are shown. Subfields used are in a summary just under the tag. Strongly limits the number of lines shown & more user friendly. * Adding 2 checks in marc parameter checking : only 1 MARC tag must be mapped to item tab and warning if there is NULL in a frameworkcode' === REPORTS === * in "borrowers with no issues" wizard, adding "without issues since" === OPAC === * basket / bookbag sending now has item list and an iso2709 file attached * links to reach suggestions & virtual shelves from any OPAC page * improvements in style sheet for better standard compliance. OPAC works perfectly under opera & konqueror. * added a systempref to define an alternate image as logo (for main page & top-left image on each page) * added a systempref to choose either to show or hide "lost" items. Note that "lost items" can be related to an authorised value list, so does not necessary mean "item definetly lost". Even here, some libraries want to see lost items, and some don't want. This parameter will make everybody happy ! * adding a "complete historyview" for subscription. Show year by year all issues, whatever the status (arrived, missing...). A new systempref as been added to choose between simple & complete history view. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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[Fwd: Re: [Koha-win32] Regarding "add biblio"]
by Chris Cormack 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

There appears to be a problem with adding biblios on a koha system installed on windows. The problem is caused by having no stopwords set. Here is some correspondence from the koha-win32 list, that should help Chris _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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addbiblio.pl error
by Sandra Smith 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

Chris I did not see your response to this problem, I too have the same issue and I cannot add a biblio to the system. This is a complete new system on Windows XP with Mysql 4 and Koha 2.2.2b The error is with Apache not finding the perl script? Sandie _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Appropriate value for ISBD preference?
by Thomas D 21 Jun '05

21 Jun '05

19 June 2005 What is an appropriate value for the ISBD system preference? "Fill with appropriate value..." is the default value. Thomas D --------------------------------------------- Protect your mails from viruses thanks to Alinto Premium services http://www.alinto.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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order of koha versions on sourceforge
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 20 Jun '05

20 Jun '05

Hi I went to see someone who'd accidentally downloaded the older version of Koha, I think because it's first in the list on the sourceforge site... http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16466 Do we need both "koha' and "koha2.2" as what looks like seperate products? Could we not just have the 2.2 series under "koha" then it would go to the top? Cheers R -- ----------------------------- Rachel Hamilton-Williams General Manager Katipo Communications Ltd Phone: +64-4-934 1285 Mobile: 021 389 128 E-mail: rachel(a)katipo.co.nz Web: www.katipo.co.nz _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Re: [Koha-devel] koha 2.2.3 ?
by Paul POULAIN 20 Jun '05

20 Jun '05

Rachel Hamilton-Williams a écrit : > Hi guys, > > I've just been to visit a local school who'd managed to install koha 2.0 > rather than 2.2.2 - and I was recommending she upgrade - but wondered if > 2.2.3 was out/going to be out this week in which case she could hold > off for a few more days Koha 2.2.3RC is installed since thursday in "Ecole des Mines de Nantes". [*] Unless they report a major problem, 2.2.3 should be officially here on wednesday morning (i'm GMT+2, so it means late wednesday for you, so probably thursday ;-) ) [*] i've added this RC internal release to avoid 2.2.2 problem, a blocking bug that needed a 2.2.2b 2-3 days after, boring at least some french libraries. I'll probably continue with RC installed on 1 library from minor release to minor release. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Starting with Koha
by Jared Camins-Esakov 18 Jun '05

18 Jun '05

Greetings all. I was just asked by a friend to help set up her church's library with an ILS. They have a very limited budget, so they wanted to use a low-cost or free system. I recommended Koha, as from what I have seen it appears to be far and away the nicest Open Source ILS. Unfortunately, I have never used Koha, so I was wondering if there was anything anyone could suggest to familiarize myself with the system. I have not gotten a chance to install Koha yet, but I hope to do so this weekend. I guess what I'm really curious about is, what do people think is the best way to learn to use Koha, and what has worked for them? I have experience several years of experience as a programmer (primarily C/C++, but I do have some Perl knowledge), and I have worked in both cataloging and circulation departments at libraries, so hopefully there won't be too many concepts that I don't know. Just the mechanics of using the system. Thanks in advance. -- Jared Camins-Esakov P.S. Depending on the amount of work that is required from me, I probably won't be able to work for free on this project. Does anyone have any suggestions about appropriate pricing for consulting on a project like this? The library has about 2000 volumes, 2 volunteer librarians who may or may not be computer savvy, and no previous ILS. -- Jared Camins-Esakov E-mail: camins2(a)tcnj.edu _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Getting Koha to work in Windows
by Joseph Coelho SJ 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

I have installed Koha under Windows 98SE and had no problem with installing it. However when I began to setup Koha (parameters), I got stuck at the point 'Authorised values' and all that followed. I have read and re-read the 'Koha: A Newbie's Guide' as well as 'Koha on Windows' document -- but have had little success I want to install Koha for our house library. I will be grateful if any of you sends me some instructions as to what I need to do. Good wishes Joseph Coelho SJ Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.3 - Release Date: 12/21/04 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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