Re: [Koha-devel] Need to Modify Marc Import Tool

2009-03-16 Thread savitra sirohi
Yes, I like this idea. I think we will start work on MarcXML and XSLT. The customer may not want to wait so we will give them something simpler for now. Thanks everybody for your input! Savitra Sirohi MD, Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Ryan Higgins wrot

Re: [Koha-devel] Need to Modify Marc Import Tool

2009-03-15 Thread Ryan Higgins
I also am against the idea of overloading the frameworks mechanism for record import. IMO the frameworks already try to do too much. My preferred solution would be to alter the import code so that it can accept MARCXML records. An XSLT stylesheet can then be specified either in the staging tool

Re: [Koha-devel] Need to Modify Marc Import Tool

2009-03-15 Thread Mason James
>> >> Folks, >> >> One of our customers wants the ability to import Follett marc records >> without having to use Marc Edit (to change fields 852 to 952). >> >> We want to make this change generic such that it will work for any >> import file that has holdings in fields other than 952. >> >> This i

Re: [Koha-devel] Need to Modify Marc Import Tool

2009-03-15 Thread David Schuster
OK sorry bout that... I'm using MarcEdit to verify the vendor information they sent so good luck in making the changes. they could use MARCEDIT utility to Join records into one file and do the F11 renaming tags and subfields. Sorry. David Schuster savitra wrote: > > Folks, > > One of our c

Re: [Koha-devel] Need to Modify Marc Import Tool

2009-03-12 Thread Cindy Murdock
> >> 2. Accept framework code as user input from stage-marc-import.pl. User >> could choose nothing which means input file already has holdings in >> 952. Or could choose Follett or some other vendor. >> There are utilities in Kyle Hall's koha-tools collection that pretty much do this--th

Re: [Koha-devel] Need to Modify Marc Import Tool

2009-03-12 Thread tajoli
Hi to all, On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:36:27 +0530, savitra sirohi > One of our customers wants the ability to import Follett marc records > without having to use Marc Edit (to change fields 852 to 952). > We want to make this change generic such that it will work for any > import file that has holding

[Koha-devel] Need to Modify Marc Import Tool

2009-03-11 Thread savitra sirohi
Folks, One of our customers wants the ability to import Follett marc records without having to use Marc Edit (to change fields 852 to 952). We want to make this change generic such that it will work for any import file that has holdings in fields other than 952. This is what we were thinking, wi