[Koha] Searching in Arabic

Sat Nov 14 04:27:38 NZDT 2015

FYI,

I did go ahead and submit a bug:
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15187

Thank you again.

Jesse

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Jesse Lambertson <jlambertson at sqcc.org>
wrote:

> Thank you David et al,.
>
> I am looking over what you suggested with my colleague.
> We will also need to talk with one of our other support people about this
> again.
>
> I am actually excited to be working this out (yes, it'll take time, but
> that's life).
>
> I really appreciate your time everyone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jesse
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:44 PM, David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>> Just fixing the subject line to aid people in discovering my response...
>>
>> See my real reply below.
>>
>> David Cook
>> Systems Librarian
>> Prosentient Systems
>> 72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: David Cook [mailto:dcook at prosentient.com.au]
>> > Sent: Friday, 13 November 2015 9:44 AM
>> > To: 'koha at lists.katipo.co.nz' <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
>> > Cc: 'Tajoli Zeno' <z.tajoli at cineca.it>; 'jlambertson at sqcc.org'
>> > <jlambertson at sqcc.org>
>> > Subject: RE: Koha Digest, Vol 121, Issue 18
>> >
>> > Hi Jesse:
>> >
>> > I've read the response from yourself and others, and I agree with Zeno
>> that it
>> > would be wise to open a bug on
>> http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/.
>> >
>> > The reason the keyword searching works is because all text nodes in a
>> MARC
>> > record are indexed in the "Any" (ie Keyword) index. The 880 field
>> itself gets
>> > no special handling in the current version of
>> biblio-zebra-indexdefs.xsl, which
>> > is why searching indexes other than Keyword doesn't work when you're
>> > searching for Arabic text stored in the 880.
>> >
>> > In my opinion, an elegant solution could theoretically be achieved by
>> > something like the following:
>> >
>> > <xsl:template match="marc:datafield[@tag='880']">
>> >       <xsl:variable name="linkage"
>> > select="substring(marc:subfield[@code='6']",1,3)"/><!-- linkage might
>> > contain something like 245 or 260 or 100 -->
>> >       <xsl:call-template name="$linkage" />
>> > </xsl:template>
>> >
>> > However, we don't current use named templates in biblio-zebra-
>> > indexdefs.xsl, so that's not possible at the moment. The above is just a
>> > hypothetical suggestion that would be easier to maintain and extend.
>> >
>> > Glancing at http://bugs.koha-
>> > community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14217, you might try something
>> > like the following in biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml in Koha 3.22:
>> >
>> >   <index_subfields tag="880" subfields="a"
>> > condition="substring(marc:subfield[@code='6']",1,3) = 245">
>> >     <target_index>Title-cover:w</target_index>
>> >     <target_index>Title-cover:p</target_index>
>> >     <target_index>Title-cover:s</target_index>
>> >     <target_index>Title:w</target_index>
>> >     <target_index>Title:p</target_index>
>> >     <target_index>Title:s</target_index>
>> >   </index_subfields>
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, this convention requires you to make a block for every
>> index
>> > linkage you need. That is, you'll need to do the same for 245, 260,
>> 100, etc.
>> > It'll also be more difficult to maintain in the long-run, so it would
>> be wise to
>> > locate the 880 near its linked field in the biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml
>> file, so as
>> > to prevent deviations between how the fields are indexed.
>> >
>> > Of course, since you're probably only trying to provide access to a
>> handful of
>> > commonly used fields, this shouldn't be too laborious of a process.
>> >
>> > It is possible to fix your situation one way or another, Jesse. XSLT is
>> powerful
>> > and DOM indexing is quite flexible as a result.
>> >
>> > David Cook
>> > Systems Librarian
>> > Prosentient Systems
>> > 72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007
>> >
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:05:48 +0100
>> > > From: Tajoli Zeno <z.tajoli at cineca.it>
>> > > To: Jesse Lambertson <jlambertson at sqcc.org>
>> > > Cc: "koha at lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
>> > > Subject: Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic
>> > > Message-ID: <5644AACC.5020607 at cineca.it>
>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>> > >
>> > > Hi Jesse,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Il 12/11/2015 15:16, Jesse Lambertson ha scritto:
>> > > > I think this is because 880 is not in the default indexing list.
>> > > > It seems to me that associated linked 880 fields for title (245),
>> > > > author(
>> > > > 100 and 700) as well as series (490 and 830) should return results
>> > > > searched in Arabic as long as we add 880 to the list.
>> > > >
>> > > > Am I incorrect in that assumption?
>> > >
>> > > No, sorry.
>> > > You assumption is correct.
>> > > You need to change the default indexing setup to index your 880 that
>> > > are probably like:
>> > > 880 10$6245-01/(3/r$a[Arabic chars]
>> > >
>> > > I suggest you to open a bug here:
>> > > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/
>> > > with description of the problem and 10-20 records from your catalogue
>> > > to do test.
>> > >
>> > > Do you want to try to fix your self ?
>> > > Well, you need to understand how indexing works with Zebra.
>> > >
>> > > Start on chapter 13 of the manual:
>> > > http://translate.koha-community.org/manual/3.20/en/searching.html
>> > >
>> > > Read the basic on Zebra documentation:
>> > > http://www.indexdata.com/zebra/doc/record-model-domxml.html
>> > > (Tip: configuration language of the files is XSLT, so you need to
>> > > learn a basic of it).
>> > >
>> > > The 3 basic files are:
>> > > etc/zebradb/marc_defs/marc21/biblios/biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml
>> > > etc/zebradb/xsl/koha-indexdefs-to-zebra.xsl
>> > > etc/zebradb/marc_defs/marc21/biblios/biblio-zebra-indexdefs.xsl
>> > >
>> > > The real working file is biblio-zebra-indexdefs.xsl In its head you
>> > > can read:
>> > > <!--
>> > > This file has been automatically generated from a Koha index
>> > > definition file with the stylesheet koha-indexdefs-to-zebra.xsl. Do
>> > > not manually edit this file,as it may be overwritten. To regenerate,
>> > > edit the appropriate Koha index definition file (probably something
>> > > like
>> > > {biblio,authority}-koha-indexdefs.xml) and run: `xsltproc
>> > > koha-indexdefs-to-zebra.xsl {biblio,authority}-koha-indexdefs.xml >
>> > > {biblio,authority}-zebra-indexdefs.xsl` (substituting the appropriate
>> > > file names).
>> > > -->
>> > >
>> > > You probaly need to backport this fix from master to 3.20:
>> > > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14217
>> > >
>> > > and insert many condition in biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml about 880 with
>> > > specific values in $6
>> > >
>> > > Not an easy work.
>> > >
>> > > Bye
>> > > Zeno Tajoli
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Zeno Tajoli
>> > > /Dipartimento Sviluppi Innovativi/ - Automazione Biblioteche
>> > > Email: z.tajoli at cineca.it Fax: 051/6132198
>> > > *CINECA* Consorzio Interuniversitario - Sede operativa di Segrate (MI)
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Jesse A Lambertson
> Librarian
> Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center <http://www.sqcc.org/>
>
> Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104
> jlambertson at sqcc.org
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-- 
Jesse A Lambertson
Librarian
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center <http://www.sqcc.org/>

Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104
jlambertson at sqcc.org
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