Owen Leonard wrote:
Graham Seaman wrote:
Is it possible to set the Koha Z39.50 server to return Opac format, or return holdings data in any other way?
Z39.50 cannot return availability information for items. That's one of the reasons why projects like FulfILLment (http://fulfillment-ill.org/) exist. ILSes need some kind of separate layer between them to exchange that kind of data.
I don't think that's exactly true. Z39.50 servers generally give you a choice of MARC 21, SUTRS, XML or OPAC format, where OPAC format includes holdings/circulation data appended to the bibliographic record. Several proprietary ILS systems (eg ExLibris Aleph or Sirsi-Dynix Horizon) support this format. Other proprietary systems such as Sirsi-Dynix Unicorn use custom Marc fields (Unicorn uses 926 $a, $b etc,). copac.ac.uk use custom fields in MODS instead of Marc, and this is carried in the XML Z39.50 output format. So there are several ways this can be done, and I wondered if Koha supported any of them (or if anyone was working towards supporting one of them). Graham PS sorry if the formatting of this mail is a mess, fighting with Outlook OWA.
-- Owen
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