On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Ryan Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > [ this text also available at: > > http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_item_level_itemtypes] > > RFC: Koha 3.2 > > Mandate item-level circulation rules. > > Currently we use the system preference item-level_itypes to indicate > whether Koha > should use the itemtype stored at the bibliographic level or the item level > to control > circulation parameters. This seems to be one of the more significant > distinctions in general policy > between US and French libraries, and was also one of the major limitations > of Koha 2.x > in the eyes of US libraries. > > Koha 3.0 offers the option to define your itemtypes at either the bib-level > or item-level. > However, this option adds unnecessary complexity and offers an easy spot > for bugs to > appear. I propose that this option be removed for the 3.2 release, and > that steps be taken > to make this feature-removal relatively painless and invisible for those > libraries that do > maintain circulation policy at the bib level. > > I propose the following: > > 1: the item-level_itypes system preference be removed. > 2: biblioitems.itemtype be renamed to biblioitems.default_itemtype > 3: items.itype be renamed to items.itemtype > 4: all circulation parameters will be determined by items.itemtype. > 5: AddItem and ModItem will automatically fill items.itemtype from > biblioitems.default_itemtype if items.itemtype is not supplied. > > This should allow French (and others using bib-level circ rules) libraries > to continue > with their current workflows, and should essentially be unnoticeable to > them, while allowing > us to remove the bug-prone distinction of item/bib level itemtypes. > > Comments and suggestions welcome. > > > -- > Ryan Higgins > > LibLime * Open-Source Solutions for Libraries > Featuring KohaZOOM ILS > 888-564-2457 x704 > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha.org > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > This sounds like an excellent way to reduce complexity, and addresses the complaints the cataloger at my library had with item-level_itypes. +1 -- Jesse Weaver Software Developer, LibLime
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