Re: [Koha-devel] Some thoughts about the "Dewey" field (was: What's a "Dewey"?)

[paul POULAIN]

Ambrose Li a écrit:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:58:49AM +0100, paul POULAIN wrote:
> > He is the creator of... the dewey decimal classification.  A
> > dewey number is xxx.yyy If you assign a dewey num=004.716, you
> > mean the notice is about "PC peripheral"
> >   
>
> I think this is also related to someone asking about using LC
> classification instead of Dewey. ("My" library also uses LC. I
> never really started inputting any substantial amount of test
> data... sorry.)
>
> Regarding that question, would the meaning of the Dewey field
> be changed so that it would hold any local call number? Or would
> there be separate fields for Dewey and LC? (In that case what
> if the library uses something else? Some Chinese libraries
> use some standard that could be translated as the "Chinese book
> classification system"; it looks like Dewey but is not.)
>
> If the Dewey field is going to mean just any local call number,
> should the templates say "Call number" instead of "Dewey"?

In the 1.3.x series, as you define the MARC structure, you can handle as
many classification numbers as you need. As you can map one with koha "dewey"
number, this field can contain  any classification. You're right. The only
problem is the numeric structure that may be wrong for some classification.
--
Paul