https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=40300
--- Comment #13 from cgresser <[email protected]> --- I'm sorry to jump in again. At the moment Koha seems to fix globally punctuation "problems" which are not a problem for a cataloguer who does use Marc21 rules! I had previously not mentioned that all 300 fields in modern records seem to chop off the full stop, whereas in MARC21 in RDA in the English-speaking world a full-stop is placed at the end of the 300 field, but only IF there is 490 field, an example of this is: https://hey.koha.openfifth.net/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98772&; "Description: xvii, 508 pages ; 26 cm" in OPAC "300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Extent xvii, 508 pages ; Dimensions 26 cm." in Marc display. This might be against an IT professionals or coder's logic, but it is a rule in Marc21 (I don't like it either, but there we are). If the record is AACR2 as opposed to RDA, then I believe that every 300 field should end in a full-stop. Always! [the full-stop removal is less of an issue, as most people looking at our records do not know what should be there, but it is a point in case for Koha globally changing the display of records it doesn't understand the full syntax of!) I love KOHA a lot, but for Koha globally to chop punctuation off for end of 300 field, or add an extra semi-colon in an 830 series title is madness. Honestly, why do we cataloguers bother to follow the syntax and rules of Marc21 and RDA if Koha then has a global process of chopping punctuation, or adding an extra one. I don't know how to explain this better, but Koha is trying to fix something with a sledgehammer (the chopping bit), and like an over-excited toddler adding things (the semi-colon), where we human beings do a good job of following syntax. This doesn't make sense. Sadly, I don't know Koha well-enough to make a call here, but if the leader info suggests that a record is in Marc21 then Koha should stay clear of globally changing how records are displayed, but follow what the cataloguer has provided as Marc. If some Marc data has "mistakes" in them, either a diligent human being needs to deal with them individually, or if desired with a global change for _their_ catalogue/data. Applying a fix for some data globally, for everyone who uses Koha uses a dictatorial approach which I haven't thought was Koha's intention. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Koha-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-bugs website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
