[Koha-devel] Re: [Koha] Other marcformats - danmarc2

[paul POULAIN]

Árni Loftsson wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I am testing out Koha but I can't test on real data because it only has marc21 
> and unimarc. Here in denmark we use the danmarc2 marcformat which has some 
> varations to the other 2. For example ISBN is field 021 in danmarc2 and 020 in 
> marc21. If I want koha to understand danmarc2 what would it take. Is there some 
> kind of definitiontable I can go to and edit or do I have to make changes in 
> databasestructure etc.
I'm VERY HAPPY to read this mail :-)
I'm Paul, 2.0 release manager & mail MARC-stuff coder.
If you want to add a danmarc in danish, it's quite an "easy" task. easy 
but somewhat long if you have to do it manualy.
* install Koha 1.9.2 WITHOUT MARC data (option 3 iirc)
* go to Administation/parameters , option MARC tag structure.
* enter all your fields/subfields here.
* http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=MarcOperation and 
http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=MarcDBStructure explains 
how it works.

If you want to populate them with some perl script, the only 2 tables 
used are marc_tag_structure and marc_subfield_structure.

The most important thing is to understand well (and enter well) are TAB 
and old-db field link.
Once you have a working parameters, feel free to dump those 2 tables, 
and i'll add them as supported during Koha Install.

Note I consider that

Librarian/Systemadministrator

in your mail means you're confident with computer science, not only a 
librarian.

--
Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)