[Koha] [EXTERNAL] Requesting opinions on proposed change to AuthDisplayHierarchy

[Heather Hernandez]

Hi, Owen--

Sorry for the delay in my reply, but I finally had a quiet moment to really
look at this!

Although our AuthDisplayHierarchy syspref is set to "Display" (with Koha
17.11.07), our authorities displays don't look like this, but I like it!  I
think having the trees automatically display open is best, with the
click/select on a heading executing a search.  We have a very complex (and
messy) authority file that I'm cleaning up, so I've been looking at our
authorities & their relationships a lot, and I think that as long as a user
gets to see at least one broad and/or narrow and/or related term, they can
click/select around to get to a desired heading.  I think it's less
desirable to click/select to expand or collapse the hierarchy--I think that
the click/select action should execute the search & the user can then
navigate to the desired heading that way & then eventually click/select the
biblios.

If you have an example of a related term (rather than a broader/narrower
relationship), I'd find that interesting to see.

Hope this is helpful!  Cheerio,
h2
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Heather Hernandez
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center
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