That's exactly what I was thinking. It wouldn't be difficult at all to put this on Mysql (or postgresql or Firebird) and whip up a php interface to it. Easy as pie. Wonder if there's an ISO standard for cemetery data fields or a MARC record equivalent? Surely the Europeans (English, French and Germans), with their long history of record-keeping of cemeteries, have come up with some schema. We have all these different applications for databasing things. We have Koha/EG for books and DSpace for digitized works and Gramps for geneology and something for cemeteries, and they all track info that is roughly analogous. We need a grand unifying theory for all this stuff-like UNIMARC2013. I have this general understanding that Evergreen likes to put the interface/app on one machine and the database on another. I suspect that would be a good design--load Koha/EG and DSpace and Gramps and whatever interface on a single machine, and the database(s) on another? Greg -- Greg Lawson Network Administrator Rolling Hills Consolidated Library 1912 N. Belt Highway St. Joseph, MO 64506 -------------------------------------------------- On 05/17/2012 07:17 AM, Randall Rowe wrote:
My personal choice for a database such as this would be MySQL since it's already installed for Koha :-)
Randy Rowe Lincoln City Libraries I.T.
-----Original Message----- From: "glaws" <glawson@rhcl.org> Sent 5/16/2012 3:40:33 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Recent Comments page
Sue: I found the cemetary link on your Koha OPAC site interesting. Here's a sample pull I was looking at: http://public.stdc.govt.nz/cemeteries/ Record Number : 4425 Name : Estate of Charlotte Ann Smith Section : Eltham General Anglican New Plot ID : 105 Block : 10 Row : Old Plot No : 16 Interment Status : Occupied Plot Notes : X Coord : Y Coord: Funeral Co-ordinator : Date Of Death : 12/12/1964 Date Of Interment : 14/12/1964 Date Of Birth : Type Of Interment : Burial Depth Of Plot : Double Deceased Age - Years : 0 - Months : 0 - Weeks : - Days : - Hours : Occupation : Place Of Death : Marital Status : Gender : Denomination : Anglican Nationality : Birth Place : Headstone Photo : Officiating : Obviously this isn't databased in Koha, so apparently you have this in a custom (Microsoft?) database? Anyone: I rather wonder if DSpace would be a good DB for this type of info? ----------------------------- Greg Lawson Network Administrator Rolling Hills Consolidated Library 1912 N. Belt Highway St. Joseph, MO 64506 ------------------------------ On 05/16/2012 03:15 PM, Sue McMillan wrote: > Hi Hal, > > South Taranaki District Libraries have comments available. http://ils.stdc.govt.nz > > > Susan McMillan > Cataloguing and Systems Librarian| South Taranaki District Council > 105-111 Albion St, Private Bag 902, Hawera 4610, NZ > Phone: +64 6 278 0555 | www.southtaranaki.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Hal Bright > > Does anyone have the recent comments page options activated on their public catalog? I would like to take a look at it. > > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and > privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the > sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy > any > copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other > than the intended recipient is unauthorised and may be illegal. Please > note that this communication does not designate an information system > for the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002. > > <p><b>CAN'T OPEN ATTACHMENTS?</b></p> > The Council has upgraded to Microsoft office 2007 suite. This may mean you cannot open attachments if you have older versions of office. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en"> Click here to access Microsoft Office 2007's compatibility website.<a/> > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ����������