[Koha] Customized MARC21 framework

Katrin Fischer katrin.fischer.83 at web.de
Tue Mar 20 18:32:23 NZDT 2018


Koha stores the MARC record as XML. Only the fields and subfields that 
are set in the record and additionally limited to the fields and 
subfields defined in the framework it belongs to.

On 19.03.2018 11:58, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> Including whole MARC21 specification (hidden or not), does Koha write
> the 4000 subtags for each item record in database?!
>
>
> El 19/03/18 a les 07:46, Katrin Fischer ha escrit:
>> Hi Narcis,
>>
>> better to hide the fields using the hidden values documented on the wiki
>> (https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Hidden_values) than to delete the
>> fields and subfields you don't need. Deleting some of the fields like
>> 000 and 999 can lead to errors. Also when you import data and the
>> records contain deleted fields, the information in them will be lost on
>> saving the item.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Katrin
>>
>>
>> On 14.03.2018 17:41, Narcis Garcia wrote:
>>> As I understand, a valid way to have a customized framework (as most
>>> compatible as possible) is:
>>>
>>> 1. Go to MARC frameworks
>>>
>>> 2. Esport "BASE" (default) framework to CSV format
>>>
>>> 3. Edit file with a text editor and remove all lines except:
>>> - Headings
>>> - Mask lines ("#-#")
>>> - Desired subtags to be used finally
>>> - The tags that have selected subtags
>>>
>>> 4. Create +New framework
>>>
>>> 5. Import edited file to new created framework.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am I right to patrons use it for cataloguing?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
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