[Koha] MARC TODO list

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Remember some of us will use LC rather than Dewey, especially those in the 
scientific library field.....

Ed



> Subj: [Koha] MARC TODO list
> Date: 6/25/01 1:18:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> From:    tonnesen at cmsd.bc.ca (Tonnesen Steve)
> Sender:    koha-admin at lists.katipo.co.nz
> To:    koha at lists.katipo.co.nz (Koha Open Source Library System)
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> I've generated a short TODO list for adding MARC support to Koha below.
> I've also checked most of my files into CVS now.  I've placed most of them
> in the koha/marc/ subdirectory, but the koha/C4/Catalogue.pm file is also
> required to convert existing koha records to marc format.
> 
> Please do not use any of this on production systems yet!
> 
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> TODO list
> 
> 1.  Finish cataloguing api (Catalogue.pm)
> 
> 2.  Modify existing code to use the new cataloguing api
>   a. start with all write routines
>   b. then all read routines
> 
> 3.  Polish up MARC editor.  Must include some sanity checks to prevent
>     modifications with the MARC editor rendering the data unusable by
>     Koha.  
>   a. don't delete the barcode, warning before modifying barcode
>   b. don't mess up linkages between 852 and 876 tags
>   c. Home branch and holding branch info should require warnings before
>      updating.
>   d. others?
> 
> 4.  Need to create some indexes of the MARC data to aid in searches.
>     Soundex searches would be nice.
>   a. subject index
>   b. title index
>   c. author index
>   d. dewey index
>   e. itemtype index
>   f. soundex indexes would require an index with 1 word in each record.
>      For example, a book with the title "The Habitat and Lifestyle of the
>      Elephant" would have entries for "Habitat", "Lifestyle" and
>      "Elephant" all pointing to the book's record.  An sql query like
>      "select Record_ID from soundex_index where soundex(word) like
>      soundex('elefant')" would return a point to "The Habitat and
>      Lifestyle of the Elephant".  (Personally, I think this is pretty
>      silly, but I had some librarians ask for it, and it isn't overly
>      difficult to implement).  Soundex searches should be configurable as
>      an option somewhere.  For example, have a special interface for young
>      children where they just type in a word and hit enter and soundex
>      searches are used, but normal searches do not use soundex.  It would
>      be annoying for titles with the words 'Rode' and 'Road' to show up
>      when you search for 'Rhode', for example. 
> 
> 5.  A million other things, probably...
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