[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Simple pick list in MARC Editor

[Mike Rylander]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Duimovich, George
<George.Duimovich at nrcan-rncan.gc.ca> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Scenario:
>         Library uses 9xx field(s) for local information.
>
> Requirement:
>         Simple HTML drop-down pick list for specific MARC subfield,
> comprising short listing, of say, 5-20 values (ie. No indexing /search of
> pick list required)
>
> E.g.
> …
> <select name="MARC 923 subfield a">
> <option value="100">Blue</option>
> <option value="101">Green</option>
> <option value="102">Red</option>
> …etc.
>
> Anybody play around with this kind of feature and/or explore implementing?
> How much work / trickiness to do?
>

By building on the SVF infrastructure (aka, Record Attributes), which
can target fixed fields, tag+subfield combinations or general XPath, a
mechanism could certainly be built to take the tag+subfield items and
turn them into pseudo-controlled lists.  That would amount to UI work
almost entirely.

> Related longer term -- would love to see the new authority functionality
> customizable for library selected custom local data, etc. (e.g. 9xx usage).
> E.g. non-MARC based authority control.
>

That's actually already done in 2.1. See:

 $ git log 063e907ad504270efd34e063f4784aee8621e493^..df5de4a008eef0518bda7a23543096dd65947985

and: http://www.esilibrary.com/esi/docs/?p=161

(Note: a special thanks goes to Berklee College of Music, who
sponsored the Authority Control Set development.)

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