Re: [Koha] Turning a MARC field into a URL

17 Mar 2016


      Hi Fred,
You say 858, do you mean 856?  A URL generally goes into 856$u. More 
info here: http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/concise/bd856.html

I hope this helps,
Bob Birchall
Calyx

On 17/03/16 05:34, King, Fred wrote:
...
Hello, all,
I'm using Koha 3.20.05 on Ubuntu 14.04.
I'm trying to add a new MARC field that's a URL. I've created field 858 in the MARC framework, then added subfields a and b. Under Advanced Constraints in subfield b I checked the box "Is a URL." The description says:
    Subfield, Text, Constraints
    a, ORCID, Tab:8, Repeatable, Not mandatory
    b, ORCID link, Tab:8, Repeatable, Not mandatory, is a URL
Under Cataloging preferences, the URLLinkText is blank.
The coding for the field in the detail xsl file is this:
<xsl:if test="marc:datafield[@tag=858]">
                   <span class="results_summary authors">
                         <span class="label">ORCID: </span>
                         <xsl:for-each select="marc:datafield[@tag=858]">
                               <xsl:call-template name="subfieldSelect">
                                     <xsl:with-param name="codes">ab</xsl:with-param>
                               </xsl:call-template>
                               <!-- added to put semi-colon and space between entries -->
                               <xsl:choose>
                                     <xsl:when test="position()=last()">
                                           <xsl:text>.</xsl:text>
                                     </xsl:when>
                                     <xsl:otherwise>
                                           <xsl:text>; </xsl:text>
                                     </xsl:otherwise>
                               </xsl:choose>
                         </xsl:for-each>
                   </span>
             </xsl:if>
The problem is that when I search for a record containing this field, the text for the b subfield appears, but it isn't a URL-I can see it, but I can't click on it. I tried putting the b subfield in "http://a.web.link.us" format; I didn't think it would work, and it doesn't.
Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? I couldn't find an answer in the manual or online.
Fred King
Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center