[Isis-users] Work Plan for ABCD v.2
Wenke Adam
wenkeadam at gmail.com
Sun Mar 18 04:05:56 CET 2012
WOW guys!
That's an impressive list of to-dos for a 5 month deadline! I really
hope it is feasible!
I would suggest establishing priorities, according to feedback. It is
better to get 10 features debugged and consolidated than 20 features
limping...
Let's go for it!
regards
wenke
2012/3/15 spinaker <spinaker at adinet.com.uy>
> *No habrá versión en español, disculpen, pero dio mucho trabajo hacerlo
> en inglés*
> ------------------------------
> Dear colleagues
>
> This is the work plan prepared by the task-force wich is a balance between
> the desirable and what is possible to do in the next five months.
> We have summarized many similar requests in a single line that include
> most of the ideas about a same topic.
> Well, now is the time you do hear your views. Send comments, as many as
> you want
> Next week we will read carefully your comments and the following week
> we'll have a final document.
> Programming time begins April 1st.
>
> OK folks, let's begin a full brainstorm
>
> Regards, Ernesto & Egbert & Guilda
>
>
> *GENERAL*****
>
> ** **
>
> Align ABCD Suite to PHP 5.3 or better****
>
> ** **
>
> Change all calls to IsisScript to direct calls to CISIS****
>
> ** **
>
> Complete option of using Copies as a separate database or including
> accession numbers in the Catalog dabase****
>
> ** **
>
> Add a flagging function in Update Inverted File to avoid freezing ****
>
> ** **
>
> Change ABCD Site v.4.1 with version BVS Site 5.1.11. - DOCUMENT how to
> upgrade from Site 4.1 to Site 5.1.11****
>
> ** **
>
> Open mirror Sites of ABCD****
>
> ** **
>
> Guide explaining the process of updating from ABCD 1.x to 2.0****
>
> ** **
>
> Change method of sending data to server from GET to POST so it is possible
> to send more data****
>
> ** **
>
> Make it possible to generate from ABCD MX scripts that can be executed
> from the command line. This is needed for those processes which take a long
> time and make the server appear to freeze with the possibility of time-outs.
> ****
>
> *NEW features / modules*****
>
> ** **
>
> Thesaurus. Creation of databases with Thes structure and management. More
> than one db, more than one Authority File****
>
> ** **
>
> OAI new module for replacement of present version****
>
> ** **
>
> Digital Library Feature (full text records up to 1 MB in this version)****
>
> *CENTRAL*****
>
> *cataloguing*
>
> ** **
>
> Simplify the MARC worksheets****
>
> ** **
>
> Replace the editor of FDT, FST, worksheets, etc because it does not
> function well in all browsers, in particular Chrome****
>
> ** **
>
> Organize the different types of field, and clarify the different options
> of date fields more clearly****
>
> ** **
>
> Quality control functions in the checking true/false, but it does not
> function in dynamic situations, and should apply in procs in accordance
> with the context in BEGIN or END. The option of warning does not work, only
> the option fatal.****
>
> ** **
>
> Accept fields where the first subfield does NOT have a delimiter (^*)****
>
> ** **
>
> The delimiters ^1 ^2 should be enabled as real subfields and NOT used as
> MARC indicators****
>
> Note: ^0 should never be used****
>
> ** **
>
> When in a series of subfields one is empty, it produces a “shift” in the
> sequence of data****
>
> ** **
>
> CEPAL/Biblo, the option is not working to put up a file of the full text. I
> have already tried to change path in the pft that is inherited from Cepal,
> without success. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Automatic field in the record with the login name of the operator****
>
> ** **
>
> When adding data or editing, it would be good to add an option that opens
> all the field groups or closes them.****
>
> ** **
>
> Function for checking the ISBN (10 or 13 dígits) when it is entered****
>
> ** **
>
> Allow set pre-selections (default values) in picklists****
>
> ** **
>
> Text following apostrophe. While editing a subfield whose content contains
> an apostrophe, I notice that data previously input after the apostrophe
> disappears. For example, if I enter in 245$a the text *: Etat des lieux
> des droits de l'homme dans le monde*, while modifying the record, the new
> content becomes: *Etat des lieux des droits de l…*
>
> ** **
>
> Adding copies and loan objects: This function should be revised. Adding
> and deleting copies works, but the process of adding these to the loan
> objects gives problems. It adds the copy, but it still shows that it is in
> process, and one has to edit it manually. ****
>
> Are loan objects deleted automatically when they are deleted in the copies
> database?****
>
> ** **
>
> Could a procedure be added whereby item information in existing databases
> in the catalogue itself can be exported and copies and loan objects can be
> populated? It would be very time consuming to add items and loan objects
> manually in very large databases.****
>
> ** **
>
> *Z39.50* searching: Some providers, e.g. OCLC require a user name and
> password to download records. Presently one can't use these databases in
> ABCD, as there is no option to add the the name and password in the Z39.50
> configuration.****
>
> ** **
>
> *Z39.50* conversion from for example MARC 21 records does not remove the
> punctuation in the MARC records, e.g. the / or the : . Is there a way that
> once could specify what should be removed when the record is converted to
> the local format in the conversion table?****
>
> ** **
>
> In ABCD, a fixed length coded field is automatically linked to position 6
> of the Leader of the data base in which it is defined and provides a child
> window that is automatically activated for data input according to the
> material being described and indicated in position 6 of the Leader.
> Therefore, it is impossible to have more than one active fixed length coded
> field in the same database. Hence, it is not possible to define a complete
> UNIMARC database structure with ABCD, because this format requires about
> twenty fixed length coded fields.****
>
> ** **
>
> A revision and improvement in the assignment of the control number, since
> the control number is the basic element for the relationship between
> records, loans module, etc. and therefore cannot have duplicates. Currently
> the automatic assignment is done only for new records (originals). In my
> opinion it should also be assigned in the records created by copy
> cataloguing, therefore in the records created by copying (either Z39.50, of
> the same database or another one), which is much used in practice, or the
> control number is not normalized, or it generates duplicates. Another
> detail: when assigning a control number, either automatically or manually,
> the system would have to make a duplicate test and not allow generating
> duplicates.****
>
> *Utilities*
>
> ** **
>
> Many times it is necessary to load a temporary PFT or modify and/or check
> something in an existing one. It is complex to go to modify, or takes a
> long time.****
>
> ** **
>
> Utilities to lock and unlock databases. Currently only the message "coming
> soon!"****
>
> ** **
>
> Activate the functions of locking and unlocking a *database* to avoid
> data entry when you are executing maintenance functions.****
>
> ** **
>
> It seems that the "Global Change" utility is not working properly, that
> is, changing the specified string****
>
> ** **
>
> Prepare a set of most common statistical reports used in libraries****
>
> *services*
>
> ** **
>
> Complete and populate Print module****
>
> ** **
>
> Selective dissemination of information (current awareness)****
>
> ** **
>
> Request for bibliography or copies with database of process control****
>
> ** **
>
> Generic check URLs. Accept as input three parameters: dabase / server /
> url field****
>
> *documentation*
>
> ** **
>
> Update manuals****
>
> ** **
>
> Update online helps to new version****
>
> *administration*
>
> ** **
>
> Deletion of ABCD system user is not working. When I want to delete the
> expiry date, only the ISO date can be deleted, but not the system date.***
> *
>
> ** **
>
> *Operator’s Profile*: When an operator enters the central module, his
> profile is restricted to the use of a determined set of formats of data
> entry. On the other hand, the system allows associating a record with a
> certain data format. The dynamic association between type of record and set
> of formats allowed for an operator is not working correctly. ****
>
> ** **
>
> The permissions currently are divided into two groups: (a) dependent on
> the databases and (b) on the system functions, where the functions are
> applied to all the databases. If we authorize permissions in a profile so
> that they can delete records in a database and this profile has more
> than one database, deleting is allowed for both. ****
>
> *CIRCULATION*****
>
> ** **
>
> Complete the central Loans module: reservations, online interaction for
> borrowers (place reserves, reservations, view their loans, change password)
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Loans by hours are not calculated exactly****
>
> ** **
>
> Recalls by mobile phone ****
>
> ** **
>
> At the option of using the inventory number of the bibliographic database,
> available in version 1.2beta 1 did not store the information defined for
> field 100 of trans database. Without this information the loan receipt is
> incomplete.****
>
> ** **
>
> Review the functionality of items borrowed to be reserved****
>
> ** **
>
> Borrower history sometimes does not show the title of the item, but in
> most cases it is shown.****
>
> ** **
>
> Add a function that the system will total the fines paid.****
>
> ** **
>
> De-linking a database from the circulation module: Add a utility to do
> this in the same way as the linking is done.****
>
> ** **
>
> Prepare a set of most common print outs needed in libraries (overdues,
> claims, historical analysis, etc)****
>
> *OPAC*****
>
> ** **
>
> On certain servers (Linux 64bits with kernel above 3.x) in spite of
> having installed the IA32 libraries, iAH in the search loses some variables
> in the response, and the headers and images do not appear, but it does the
> search correctly. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Maintain a list of searches, automatically, during the session, as in
> Winisis or ISIS for DOS. The users often ask for this.****
>
> *SeCS Web*****
>
> ** **
>
> complete functions; debugging; update to PHP 5.3****
>
> *Acquisition*
>
> ** **
>
> Major revision of some features like “suggestions”, and fixing bugs****
>
> --
> .^. .^.
> ( ) ( )
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> | | spinaker at adinet.com.uy | |
> | | Montevideo, Uruguay | |
> | | tel/fax (598) 2622-3352 | |
> | | celular (598) 99612238 | |
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Wenke Adam
Asesora Sistemas de Doc & Inf
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