https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=31019

--- Comment #13 from David Nind <[email protected]> ---
I think the way forward would be to:

1. Add an option to MarcFieldDocURL to show or not show help links
(enhancement), then a field for the link (as currently), for example:
  MarcFieldDocURL: Show/Don't show links to MARC field documentation. Use
______ .... (existing text)

2. For MARC21 instances (change, enhancement(?)):
   - Enable help links by default (set to Show), as currently - no change
   - Use a default URL pattern that works for the Library of Congress links, so
that the URL is not hard coded (although these are not likely to change, you
never know...)

3. For UNIMARC instances:
   - Don't show help links (set to "Don't show)
   - Don't include a URL pattern, as there is no authoritative source to link
to for individual tags (currently IFLA has an unofficial 600+ page PDF in
English, there is also a reference in French  - but no consistent URL pattern
to link to; may change in the future, so should leave as a possibility)
   - UNIMARC libraries can add their own link if they want to link to the IFLA
material, French material, or their own cataloguing reference

4. Remove the "Show MARC tag documentation links" menu option in the MARC
editor settings:
   - probably no need to have this: if the setting is changed by the staff
patron, it is only remembered for the current logged-in session
   - if kept, status is determined by "Show/Don't show" setting


Alternatives, other options and ideas:

1. If MarcFieldDocURL is set to "Show" but there is no URL/URL pattern:
   . display an information message, when the ? help link is clicked, such as:
    "No URL is set for the MarcFieldDocURL system preference."
   OR
  . don't show the ? help link for each tag

2. Add an HTML customization for a general MARC help message, instead of a
message that needs translation in the code.

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