Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

I agree with Owen: It is better to explain the term then to change it. BTW: reservoir (n.) 1680s, "a place where something tends to collect," originally figurative, from French réservoir "storehouse," from Old French reserver "to reserve" (...). Specific meaning "artificial basin to collect and st

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

Hi everyone, I would discourage the definitions containing the word "holding" because of its potential ambiguity (e.g. for translations). Fabio 2014-04-22 17:03 GMT+02:00 Owen Leonard : > >> However, as a librarian, cache makes more sense to me than reservoir > ... > >>> As a practicing librar

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

>> However, as a librarian, cache makes more sense to me than reservoir ... >>> As a practicing librarian 'reservoir' is a term that I am so used to ... I think this is a case where we are not going to find an intuitive single term because there are no broadly-experienced analogues. I think our be

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

For other projects where I store files for future editing, I use "holding tank". Or maybe "holding area" would be more intuitive? Fred King kohau...@phred.us > However, as a librarian, cache makes more sense to me than reservoir But > then, English is not the most precise language! > Come to thi

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

However, as a librarian, cache makes more sense to me than reservoir But then, English is not the most precise language! Come to think of it, don't both words come from French? ;-) Whatever it is called, I agree that more information on purging or cleaning it out, plus guidance on when and when no

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

As a practicing librarian 'reservoir' is a term that I am so used to, and I am very sure most librarians are On 17 April 2014 11:51, MJ Ray wrote: > Stephen Hedges wrote: > > I remember ~years~ ago in the early days of Koha, we had a discussion > about > > what to call this pool of records. I t

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of MJ Ray Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:44 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir" zolot wrote: > What is a "reservoir" and the name of reservoir's file ? (Koha 3.14.) I think it's a pool of rec

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

At 10:27 AM 4/17/2014 +, viktor.sa...@regionhalland.se wrote: +1 for cache (even if we maintain a swedish translation that gives us the chance to chose something that works better) I'm not too worried about what it's called, but how do you manage it? The manual suggests: To cle

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

+1 for cache (even if we maintain a swedish translation that gives us the chance to chose something that works better) Viktor Sarge Utvecklingsledare Regionbibliotek Halland Kultur i Halland TFN: 035-17 98 73 E-POST: viktor.sa...@regionhalland.se BESÖKSADR

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

Stephen Hedges wrote: > I remember ~years~ ago in the early days of Koha, we had a discussion about > what to call this pool of records. I think "reservoir" may have been my > suggestion, but I've never been happy with that term. There must be a > better, more descriptive term. The only term which

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

didn't have (but had shown up in Z39.50 searches). Kind regards/Viktor -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] För Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel Skickat: den 16 april 2014 13:10 Till: MJ Ray Kopia: koha Ämne: Re: [Koha] What is a "reservo

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

I remember ~years~ ago in the early days of Koha, we had a discussion about what to call this pool of records. I think "reservoir" may have been my suggestion, but I've never been happy with that term. There must be a better, more descriptive term. Stephen On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Bernar

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

There is a small reference on http://manual.koha-community.org/3.14/en/managestaged.html -- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel bgkrie...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 7:43 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > zolot wrote: > > What is a "reservoir" and the name of reservoir's file ? (Koha 3.14.) > > I think it's

Re: [Koha] What is a "reservoir"

zolot wrote: > What is a "reservoir" and the name of reservoir's file ? (Koha 3.14.) I think it's a pool of records previously downloaded from z39.50 partners or uploaded from a MARC file. It's not controlled or kept in any one file. Other koha users: should this been in the manual? I didn't s