[Koha] More MARC development

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Hi Steve! Looks neat keep up the good work!

Sounds like the  open source meeting  AT ALA in SF calif. USA was real 
interesting

here is what was there...... I was not able to make it but Bette Sharpe did 
attend and will be bringing  me back a stash of whatever she could grab....

Ed Sharpe

LITA Open Source Systems Interest Group Program:
"Web Tools and Digital Resources: Open Source Then and Now"
Sunday, June 17, 2001, 8:30am-10:30am
Marriot Golden Gate Section B

Access and services that libraries provide is often limited by the software
and services that they are able to purchase.  But an
alternative--freely-available open source software--is available to help
libraries improve and shape services and better meet users' needs. But how
can librarians get involved in development of these products and contribute
to the process?  This program features open source developers discussing
their projects:  Larry Wall and PERL, Eric Lease Morgan and
<A HREF="mailto:MyLibrary at NCState">MyLibrary at NCState</A>, and Willem Schulton with projects in rural public
libraries.

Speakers:
1. Willem Scholten, Executive Director, Waitt Family Foundation Technology
Resource Center, Seattle, WA

2. Eric Lease Morgan, Networked Resources Development Librarian, North
Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111

3. Larry Wall, PERL Inventor and author, c/o O'Reilly & Associates,
Sebastopol, CA 95472

> Subj: [Koha] More MARC development
> Date: 6/18/01 12:38:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> From:    tonnesen at cmsd.bc.ca (Tonnesen Steve)
> Sender:    koha-admin at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:tonnesen at cmsd.bc.ca">tonnesen at cmsd.bc.ca</A> (Tonnesen Steve)
> To:    koha at lists.katipo.co.nz (Koha Open Source Library System)
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> My MARC editor has come a little farther along.  It is now possible to add
> new fields and subfields, edit existing subfield values, and delete
> subfield entries.
> 
> 
> Still to be done:
> 
> - the interface needs some major improvements
> - the code needs to be broken down into modules of some sort. 
> - no way to add a subfield if all of the existing subfields are
>    deleted... workaround is probably to delete the tag when the last
>    subfield is deleted, so that the tag has to be recreated with an
>    initial subfield.
> - Lots of work actually tying this code into Koha somehow.  This includes
>    running alongside the existing database layout, as well as tying into
>    things like catalogue searching, etc.
> - Setting up standard locations for Koha data that may not be covered by
>    MARC (ie withdrawn, lost, itemtype).
> 
> I've parsed all of the MARC21 field and subfield descriptions so they all
> show up in the interface as well.  I gather that this is the part that
> will likely change in different versions of MARC though?  It would be
> fairly simple to modify the field and subfield definitions based on a
> preference setting for the version of MARC (MARC21, UKMARC, NZMARC,
> MARSMARC, etc.).
> 
> Note that the data on my test site is free to edit and play with.  It's
> actually running on my laptop, and is a copy of a library's data.   Wreck
> it at your leisure, I can restore it quickly if it gets really bad.  :)
> 
> Demo is at:
> 
> http://142.28.224.11/cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/viewmarc.pl
> 
> 
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