Yes, this will be a significant change, but one I think is necessary. It will only be more difficult to test later when more features are added.
Serial records become unmanageable when they On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Paul POULAIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Galen Charlton a écrit : > > > Consequently, I propose the following changes, in order of priority: > > > > 1. Take item data out of biblioitems.marc*. Instead, whenever item > > records need to be embedded in a MARC bib record (primarily during > > Zebra indexing or record export), do it on the fly. If a bib record > > has lots of items, this will still be an expensive operation, but it > > will take place in a batch job or indexing daemon. > > 2. Separate the item field mapping from the rest of the MARC > > framework. Allow multiple item field mappings, each identified by a > > code, and add the ability to specify a mapping to be used during > > record import, export, or indexing. > > 3. Switch to Zebra's DOM filter and supply item data for indexing > > outside of the MARC bib record; instead, define an XML schema to wrap > > bib, item, and summary records without force the last two to be > > embedded in the MARC. This is similar to an idea that I believe Tümer > > Garip proposed back in 2006. > > this is a good idea. BUT : it means making heavy changes in Koha, as > it's the core of most features we have. Even if we have nice packages & > a stable API, I think the changes will be heavy. I spoke of that with > hdl this morning, he fully agree. > > So I think this change must be carefully estimated, and double checked > if we can include that in 3.2 with the timeline you've announced (and > that I fully agree with) > > -- > Paul POULAIN > http://www.biblibre.com > Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc > NOUVEAU TELEPHONE : 04 91 81 35 08 > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha.org > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > -- Ryan Higgins LibLime * Open-Source Solutions for Libraries Featuring KohaZOOM ILS 888-564-2457 x704
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