Re: [Koha-devel] RFC 3.2 - system groups and extending independent branches

2008-06-12 Thread Frédéric DEMIANS
> Deeper hierarchies are not implausible. For example, a Koha database > used by a consortium of academic libraries could have six levels: > > Consortium (Koha DB) : University : Campus : Library : Branch : > Circulation/Reserve Desk Thank you for this explanation. I appreciate to learn more abou

Re: [Koha-devel] RFC 3.2 - system groups and extending independent branches

2008-06-12 Thread Frédéric DEMIANS
Very interesting! Here are my immediate thoughts. Is a multi-level branches hierarchy via parent-child relationship really necessary? Do you really plan to have something like that? (with your example): Dewey Library John branch John-John sub-branch Caroline sub-branch Mel

Re: [Koha-devel] RFC 3.2 - system groups and extending independent branches

2008-06-10 Thread Lloyd Palfrey
This sounds brilliant. How about being able to customise certain things (Add/Edit user page) to show/hide fields depending on which branch/group you are a member of. For example : Library 1 might only need First name, Surname and Email address where as Library 2 might require full address detai

Re: [Koha-devel] RFC 3.2 - system groups and extending independent branches

2008-06-09 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Frédéric DEMIANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see 3 obvious levels, no more, in the vast majority of situations: > > 1. Koha -- global settings > 2. Library -- settings for each library > 3. Branch -- branches belong to one library inherit parameters from