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 <dc...@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:dc...@prosentient.com.au] > > Sent: Friday, 13 November 2015 9:44 AM > > To: 'koha@lists.katipo.co.nz' <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> > > Cc: 'Tajoli Zeno' <z.taj...@cineca.it>; 'jlambert...@sqcc.org' > > <jlambert...@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.taj...@cineca.it> > > > To: Jesse Lambertson <jlambert...@sqcc.org> > > > Cc: "koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> > > > Subject: Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic > > > Message-ID: <5644aacc.5020...@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.taj...@cineca.it Fax: 051/6132198 > > > *CINECA* Consorzio Interuniversitario - Sede operativa di Segrate (MI) > > > > > > > > > > -- Jesse A Lambertson Librarian Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center <http://www.sqcc.org/> Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104 jlambert...@sqcc.org عالم الانجازات ينحاز دوماً مع المتفائلين _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
