[Koha] Marc Framework Question

Cindy Murdock cmurdock at ccfls.org
Thu Jun 21 03:22:52 NZST 2007


That's good info!  If it's not on the wiki or on kohadocs someone should 
put it there!  I don't recall having seen an explanation of the 'hidden' 
field before.

Joshua M. Ferraro wrote:

>> im using koha 2.2.9 on mysql5 (suse10.1)
> Although some MARC aficionados will cringe, you can simply delete
> the fields you don't need from the default framework (gasp!). The
> only required fields in a record are those linked to biblionumber,
> biblioitemnumber, itemnumber, and itemtype. By default, those are
> set to 090$ 090$c, 952$u. You can delete all of the ones you don't
> need. Keep in mind that if you import records from another source
> via Z39.50, any fields not defined in the framework will be 
> deleted from the MARC (a regrettable 'feature' of the current
> implementation of the frameworks ...).
> 
> Another alternative, is to set the 'hidden' field to the
> appropriate value to hide any given subfield from the cataloging
> client Note that hidden field is a coded field with multiple
> possible values. From the help file:
> 
> # hidden : allows you to select from 19 possible visibility
> conditions, 17 of which are implemented. They are the following:
> 
> ( ! means 'not visible' or in the case of Collapsed 'not Collapsed')
> 
> -9 => Future use
> -8 => Flag
> -7 => OPAC !Intranet !Editor Collapsed
> -6 => OPAC Intranet !Editor !Collapsed
> -5 => OPAC Intranet !Editor Collapsed
> -4 => OPAC !Intranet !Editor !Collapsed
> -3 => OPAC !Intranet Editor Collapsed
> -2 => OPAC !Intranet Editor !Collapsed
> -1 => OPAC Intranet Editor Collapsed
> 0 => OPAC Intranet Editor !Collapsed
> 1 => !OPAC Intranet Editor Collapsed
> 2 => !OPAC !Intranet Editor !Collapsed
> 3 => !OPAC !Intranet Editor Collapsed
> 4 => !OPAC Intranet Editor !Collapsed
> 5 => !OPAC !Intranet !Editor Collapsed
> 6 => !OPAC Intranet !Editor !Collapsed
> 7 => !OPAC Intranet !Editor Collapsed
> 8 => !OPAC !Intranet !Editor !Collapsed
> 9 => Future use
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 


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