[Koha] Having problem using UNIMARC in Z39.50 target

[Andy Boze]

Thanks. I was wondering whether something like that might be a 
possibility. I tried using the stylesheet referred to in the bug report. 
As I expected, it didn't work, but it gives me a starting point to 
investigate further.

On 7/1/2016 2:17 AM, Laurence Rault wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in 3.22 you can set the path to an xslt stylesheet in Z39.50 target
> configuration;
>
> So if you can find an xslt UNIMARC to MARC21 you will be able to import
> unimarc into your koha. See
> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16488
>
> Laurence
>
>
> Le 30/06/2016 22:45, Andy Boze a écrit :
>> Ah, OK, that makes sense. I was assuming that Koha could do some sort of
>> magic to translate from one format to the other. I'm not a cataloger, so
>> I don't deal with this sort of thing much. Thanks for replying!
>>
>> On 6/30/2016 4:32 PM, Chris Cormack wrote:
>>> You can't mix UNIMARC and MARC21 in one Koha. It sounds like you are
>>> trying to load a UNIMARC record into a MARC21 framework.
>>>
>>> Koha can't do that conversion for you (in fact nothing can in a
>>> lossless way yet)
>>>
>>> Does this sound like what is happening?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 1 July 2016 8:20:27 am NZST, Andy Boze <boze.1 at nd.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hi, all. I'm wondering whether anyone else is using a UNIMARC Z39.50
>>>> target and having a similar problem. We're running Koha 3.22.04.000.
>>>>
>>>> I've set up a target for Bibliothèque nationale de France using the
>>>> following settings.
>>>>
>>>> Hostname: z3950.bnf.fr
>>>> Port: 2211
>>>> Database: TOUT-UTF8
>>>> Userid: Z3950
>>>> Password: Z3950_BNF
>>>> Syntax: UNIMARC
>>>> Encoding: utf8
>>>> Record type: Bibliographic
>>>>
>>>> I got the configuration information from
>>>> <http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/recuperation_donnees_bnf_boite_outils/a.profil_z3950_bnf.html>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the Koha cataloging module, I can retrieve records from BnF via
>>>> Z39.50, but Koha doesn't display the results correctly. Most of the
>>>> columns are blank. The author column contains data from the 100 field.
>>>> In UNIMARC the 100 field contains general processing data, not the
>>>> author. It appears to me that even though the target is configured as
>>>> UNIMARC, Koha is trying to display the results as MARC21.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a bug in Koha, or is there something else I need to do? I get
>>>> the same results when I try the ByWater Solutions demo system. BTW,
>>>> here's a copy of my YAZ session.
>>>>
>>>> Z> open tcp:z3950.bnf.fr:2211 /TOUT-UTF8
>>>> Connecting...OK.
>>>> Sent initrequest.
>>>> Connection accepted by v3 target.
>>>> ID     : DBV-OSI II UNIX API
>>>> Name   : Frontal Z3950 BnF
>>>> Version: Version 1.0
>>>> Options: search present delSet scan namedResultSets
>>>> Z> find @attr 1=4 history
>>>> Sent searchRequest.
>>>> Received SearchResponse.
>>>> Search was a success.
>>>> Number of hits: 15583, setno 1
>>>> records returned: 0
>>>> Z> format UNIMARC
>>>> Z> show 3
>>>> Sent presentRequest (3+1).
>>>> Records: 1
>>>> Record type: Unimarc
>>>> 00493nam  22000733n 450
>>>> 100    $a   s 1873u           y0fre 50
>>>> 200 1  $a  The  History of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French,
>>>> including a brie
>>>> f narrative of all the most important events which have occurred in
>>>> Europe since
>>>>  the fall of Napoleon I until the overthrow of the Second Empire and
>>>> the death o
>>>> f Napoleon III, by John S. C. Abbott... with illustrations
>>>> 700  | $a Abbott $b John Stevens Cabot $f 1805-1877 $4 070
>>>> 801  0 $a FR $b FR-751131015 $c   s 1873 $g AFNOR
>>>>
>>>> nextResultSetPosition = 4
>>>>
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>>>> University of Notre Dame
>>>> 208A Hesburgh Library
>>>> (574) 631-8708
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>>
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>

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Andy Boze, Associate Librarian
University of Notre Dame
208A Hesburgh Library
(574) 631-8708