Chris, we had trouble getting a matching rule for authorities. We ended up using the 001 field I recall. It makes use of the Zebra indexes, so it is important that you put the right one.
2015-12-22 13:40 GMT-03:00 Christopher Davis <[email protected]>: > Ian, > > Joy's correct, while MARC authority records can have ISBNs, they > typically do not. Sorry to lead you astray :-$ > > -- > > Christopher Davis, MLS > Systems & E-Services Librarian > Uintah County Library > [email protected] > (435) 789-0091 ext.261 > uintahlibrary.org > basinlibraries.org > facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Joy Nelson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ian- > > If you have the matching rule set up to match on the 010 subfield a using > > the LC-cardnumber index, then the matching should happen if > > 1. your authority records are indexed > > 2. you have 010$a in your existing records AND in the incoming records > (and > > matches do exist). > > > > (I'm assuming here that you've also specified the incoming file is an > > authority file, not a bibliographic file. ) > > > > I'm not sure that using a 020 will assist you in matching as that is a > > bibliographic tag, not an authority tag. And I do not believe the 020 is > > indexed for authority records. A tag must be indexed in order to be > used as > > a match point. > > > > When troubleshooting, I generally find a record I know should match and > then > > look at the 010$a in the incoming file and existing record to see if > there > > is anything that would potentially cause the match to fail. > > > > -Joy > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Christopher Davis < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Ian, > >> > >> Off the top of my head, I thought that you might want to tried adding > >> MARC authority field 020 (ISBN) as a match point to your matching > >> point rule? Not every MARC authority record will have a LCCN (although > >> most do). > >> > >> Good luck and Merry Christmas, > >> > >> Christopher Davis, MLS > >> Systems & E-Services Librarian > >> Uintah County Library > >> [email protected] > >> (435) 789-0091 ext.261 > >> uintahlibrary.org > >> basinlibraries.org > >> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Ian Bays <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi. > >> > > >> > We are trying to stage some authority records to match existing > >> > authority > >> > records to overlay them. > >> > We have used the matching for bibliographic records successfully > before > >> > but > >> > are having difficulty with matching authority records. > >> > The version of Koha is 3.20.01.000 and we are MARC21 using dom > indexing > >> > and > >> > icu chains. > >> > > >> > Before getting into the details, can I ask if anyone has any > experience > >> > of > >> > matching authorities (staging and managing) with any success? > >> > > >> > We are trying to match on the 010$a and looking at the matching rules > >> > documentation in: > >> > > >> > > http://manual.koha-community.org/3.20/en/catadmin.html#recordmatchingrules > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance. > >> > > >> > Ian > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Ian Bays > >> > Director of Projects, PTFS Europe Limited > >> > Content Management and Library Solutions > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Joy Nelson > > Director of Migrations > > > > ByWater Solutions > > Support and Consulting for Open Source Software > > Office: Fort Worth, TX > > Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 > > What is Koha? > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Tomás Cohen Arazi Theke Solutions (http://theke.io) ✆ +54 9351 3513384 GPG: B76C 6E7C 2D80 551A C765 E225 0A27 2EA1 B2F3 C15F _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
