This patch introduces a new Z39.50 interface for searching Z39.50
compliant databases for MARC authority records.
These databases aren't as common as their bibliographic equivalents,
but they're out there and very useful. I have included info at the
bottom of this messsage for sample authority databases you can try.
To test this patch:
1) Set up Z39.50 client targets for authority databases. (I've included
information at the bottom of this message for LibrariesAustralia's
test server for authorities as well as instructions on how to use
your Koha's z39.50 authority server as well. The Library of Congress
also has authority databases available (unsure if these are test or
prod), and you might have access to others through OCLC or RLIN. OCLC
provides login credentials for their test databases.
2) Go to the Authorities module
3) Click on the new "Z39.50 search button"
4) Select your authority search targets from the list.
5) Do a search for an authority you would like using either the "Raw"
input box or the more specific input boxes for names, subjects, subject
sub divisions, or titles. (I like searching Name (personal): Eric on
the LibrariesAustralia test DB.)
6) You should see a table listing the server, heading, authority type,
and two other columns (MARC and a nameless column). "Authority type"
is the type of authority it will become when imported in to Koha. In
the Eric example, "PERSO_NAME".
7) Click on "MARC" next to the results of interest to review the MARC
authority record.
8) When you're satisfied with a record, click on "Import".
9) The pop-up window will close and your original Koha window will
change to the "Adding authority Personal Name" screen (in the Eric
example).
10) All the relevant fields should be filled out for the record. Review
them and make any changes as necessary. (N.B. The 001 will be cleared
when saved, so if you have a use for the imported control number, move
it to the 010, 016, or 035 as appropriate. If you have a default value
for the 003, this will also likely be overwritten. Move it if necessary.
The 005 will also be updated when saved, so do not worry about that.)
11) When you're satisfied, click save.
12) Presto! You've imported your first authority record via Z39.50!
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Here is the info for the LibrariesAustralia test Z39.50 authority
database:
Z39.50 server: LibrariesAustralia Authorities
Hostname: z3950-test.librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
Port: 210
Database: AuthTraining
Userid: ANLEZ
Password: z39.50
Syntax: MARC21/USMARC
Encoding: utf8
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The U.S.A. Library of Congress also provides Z39.50 access to its Name
and Subject Authorities (http://www.loc.gov/z3950/lcserver.html).
Name Authority:
Z39.50 server: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Hostname: lx2.loc.gov
Port: 210
Database: NAF
Syntax: MARC21/USMARC
Encoding: utf8
Subject Authority:
Z39.50 server: Library of Congress Subject Authority File
Hostname: lx2.loc.gov
Port: 210
Database: SAF
Syntax: MARC21/USMARC
Encoding: utf8
(N.B. Both of these databases also include title authorities.)
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For testing purposes, you can also set up a Z39.50 client target,
which points at your own Koha instance's Z39.50 authority server.
To find the hostname, go to /etc/koha-conf.xml and find the value for
the <listen id="authorityserver"> element. Depending on your
configuration, this could be something like the following:
unix:/zebra/koha/var/run/zebradb/authoritysocket
(N.B. You might be using a different scheme than unix sockets...)
To find the database, scroll down to the bottom of koha-conf.xml until
you reach the <config> element. Within this, look for the value of the
element <authorityserver>. It should probably be "authorities".
To set up this Z39.50 client target in Koha...
Z39.50 server: my koha authorities
Hostname: unix:/zebra/koha/var/run/zebradb/authoritysocket
Port:
Database: authorities
Userid:
Password:
Syntax: MARC21/USMARC (or whichever flavour you need)
Encoding: utf8
Signed-off-by: Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
Bug 10096 [FOLLOW-UP] - Add a z39.50 interface for authority searching
This patch adds the "recordtype" column to the "z3950servers" table.
The value in this column (biblio or authority) then controls whether
the z3950 server shows up in a bibliographic search (through the
Acq and Cataloguing modules) or in an authority search (through
the Authorities module).
I also edited the z3950 management console to show this value
and allow users to edit it. The default value is "biblio", since
the vast majority of z3950 targets will be bibliographic. However,
there is an option to add/edit a z3950 target as a source of
authority records.
Test Plan:
1) Apply both patches
2) Run updatedatabase.pl (after setting your KOHA_CONF and PERL5
environmental variables)
3) Use the test plan from the 1st patch
N.B. Make sure that your Z39.50 client target has a Record Type
of Authority, otherwise it won't display when you're doing a
Z3950 search for authorities.
Signed-off-by: Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
Bug 10096 [FOLLOW-UP] - fix tabs/whitespace errors to pass QA
Signed-off-by: Kyle M Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
The template for adding/editing Z39.50 servers shows the same title,
breadcrumbs, etc. for add and edit operations. This patch creates
separate text for each case.
To test, try both adding and editing a Z39.50 server. The page title,
breadcrumb, and heading should correctly reflect the operation you
perform.
Signed-off-by: Liz Rea <wizzyrea@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer.83@web.de>
Works nicely and all strings are translatable.
Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
In current implementation (mostly commented out in this patch)
uses heuristic to guess which strings need decoding from utf-8
to binary representation and doesn't support utf-8 characters
in templates and has problems with utf-8 data from database.
With this changes, Koha perl code always uses utf-8 encoding
correctly. All incomming data from database is allready
correctly marked as utf-8, and decoding of utf8 is required
only from Zebra and XSLT transfers which don't set utf-8 flag
correctly.
For output, standard perl :encoding(utf8) handler is used
so it also removes various "wide character" warnings as side-effect.
Test scenario:
1. make sure that you have utf-8 characters in your biblio
records, patrons, categories etc.
2. try to search records on intranet and opac which contain
utf-8 characters
3. install language which has utf-8 characters, e.g. uk-UA
dpavlin@koha-dev:/srv/koha/misc/translator(bug_6554) $
PERL5LIB=/srv/koha/ perl translate install uk-UA
4. switch language to uk-UA and verify that templates
display correctly
5. test search and Z39.50 search and verify that caracters
are correct
Signed-off-by: Owen Leonard <oleonard@myacpl.org>
I followed the test plan, adding utf-8 characters to library names,
patron categories, titles, and authorized values. I tried the uk-UA
translation and everything looked good.
When performing Z39.50 searches for titles containing utf-8 characters I
got results which were still occasionally contaminated with dummy
characters [?] but I assume this is Z39.50's fault not the patch's.
Signed-off-by: Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
Signed-off-by: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
Already signed, add mine.
Signed-off-by: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
This patch does three things:
- Makes admin/z3950servers.pl create one variable for encoding,
not one variable for each encoding
- Makes the template create encoding options from a list
- Adds ISO 8859-1 to the list of available encodings
See the bug for a lengthier description
To test:
- Apply the patch
- Edit one Z39.50 server several times, choosing each available
encoding in turn
- Check that for each encoding, the correct encoding is shown both in
the list of Z39.50 servers and in the dropdown on the edit screen
Comment: Works as described, no errors.
Signed-off-by: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
Signed-off-by: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
In the z3950servers.pl order of columns which are inserted
for new server is wrong, which results in empty timeout
and encoding values when new server is added.
Test scenario:
1. Open Z39.50 server administration
2. add new server with encoding and timeout
3. save server and verify that it has encoding and timeout
Signed-off-by: Dobrica Pavlinusic <dpavlin@rot13.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
It is now possible to add a new server
The page also now complies with the bug 2505 request
(use warnings has been added, and variables declarations
corrected to prevent warnings)
Signed-off-by: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer.83@web.de>
Works perfectly, tested adding, editing and deleting z39.50 servers.
Signed-off-by: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
Removed toggle variables from z3950servers.pl and z3950servers.tmpl. Used template __odd__variable instead.
Signed-off-by: Galen Charlton <galen.charlton@liblime.com>
Third attempt to correct a bug affecting this page.
Combo lists wasn't reflecting DB content in modification.
To Joshua: You have to apply patch 2 first (patch 1 isn't required)
since I applied this quick fix without rolling back to original state!
Signed-off-by: Joshua Ferraro <jmf@liblime.com>
Adding encoding for z3950 server information.
Uses Text::Iconv for conversion (ISO6937 and ISO_5428 and ISO5427)
For ISO 5426 (ANSEL or MARC-8) new char_decode5426 based on marc4j tool.
Not Tested on LOC or any USMARC z3950 source. But tested OK on BNF and SUDOC.
Signed-off-by: Chris Cormack <crc@liblime.com>
Signed-off-by: Joshua Ferraro <jmf@liblime.com>
the 3 parameters :
intranetcolorstylesheet => C4::Context->preference("intranetcolorstylesheet"),
intranetstylesheet => C4::Context->preference("intranetstylesheet"),
IntranetNav => C4::Context->preference("IntranetNav"),
are filled by Auth.pm automatically, removing them in templates
Signed-off-by: Chris Cormack <crc@liblime.com>
Signed-off-by: Joshua Ferraro <jmf@liblime.com>
So this implies quite a change for files.
Sorry about conflicts which will be caused.
directory Interface::CGI should now be dropped.
I noticed that many scripts (reports ones, but also some circ/stats.pl or opac-topissues) still use Date::Manip.
z3950 search and import seems to works fine.
Let me explain how :
* a "search z3950" button is added in the addbiblio template.
* when clicked, a popup appears and z3950/search.pl is called
* z3950/search.pl calls addz3950search in the DB
* the z3950 daemon retrieve the records and stores them in z3950results AND in marc_breeding table.
* as long as there as searches pending, the popup auto refresh every 2 seconds, and says how many searches are pending.
* when the user clicks on a z3950 result => the parent popup is called with the requested biblio, and auto-filled
Note :
* character encoding support : (It's a nightmare...) In the z3950servers table, a "encoding" column has been added. You can put "UNIMARC" or "USMARC" in this column. Depending on this, the char_decode in C4::Biblio.pm replaces marc-char-encode by an iso 8859-1 encoding. Note that in the breeding import this value has been added too, for a better support.
* the marc_breeding and z3950* tables have been modified : they have an encoding column and the random z3950 number is stored too for convenience => it's the key I use to list only requested biblios in the popup.
