Re: [Koha-devel] biblio term

[paul POULAIN]

Benedict a écrit:

> Hi all,
> I have found the term "biblio" ambivalent in many situations. It is used as a 
> noun, adjective . In some places it has different connotations.
> MARC biblios....and MARC records.
>
> In fact I think that biblios and records seem to be the same in the above 
> set. Why don't we then agree to just one word..? But in other places....they 
> are different.
> My proposal to the authors of the template files is to revise the meaning of 
> biblio.
> Or.......... if I miss the point, could someone explicate the veriety of the 
> meanings of the term, please..?
In my code, I use to say "MARC   biblio" when it refers to a biblio, in 
MARC format. Consider there are also old-DB biblios, that are biblios in 
old-DB format.
I use to say "MARC record" when I speak of a MARC::Record variable.

In user-koha, we should never see MARC record, only "biblios".

> It's 1 o'clock AM here in Szczecin right now and I may be wrong on this....
> Benedict
>  
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Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
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