[Koha] MARC TODO list

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keep up the great work!

Will this run OK on the redhat distro?
ended up with the server package... love the 90 day phone support aspect.

Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC




> 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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