Subj: [Koha] MARC TODO list
Date: 6/25/01 1:18:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time
From:    tonnesen@cmsd.bc.ca (Tonnesen Steve)
Sender:    koha-admin@lists.katipo.co.nz
To:    koha@lists.katipo.co.nz (Koha Open Source Library System)





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!



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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