Re: [Koha-devel] Display formatting

[Ernesto Silva]

One important thing from my point of view is to let the librarians define the output formats by themselves, XSL is not my 
first choice because I think it's too complex for them.
Our librarians already knows a Pascal like tiny language implemented in Micro-ISIS, the Unesco cataloging tool (free but 
closed source I believe). I was planning to implement something alike.
I'll try to join the meeting, is it today? or next Monday? or maybe two days 
from today, next Wednesday?

In any case, our dedicated koha programmer has quit, we're looking for a new one, it's not easy because in our country the 
computer skills market is almost 100% employed (sorry if this is not the right expression, my english leaks....). As soon 
as we found "the one" we'll begin implementing this, we'll be happy if we can cooperate with the main team again.

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Ing. Ernesto Silva.
Coordinador de Desarrollo Web y Sistemas Abiertos
Universidad ORT Uruguay.
E-mail: address@hidden
Tel: (+598-2) 902-1505 ext. 206


Joshua Ferraro wrote:
> Hi Ernesto,
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 10:11:56AM -0300, Ernesto Silva wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> > 	I've added a new paragraph titled "biblios display formatting" at 
> > http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:roadmap2.2.x can you please 
> > check it out and tell me what you think, I'm I nuts or is it feasible?
>
> I think you hit the nail on the head with the XML/XSLT technique. In
> fact, this is what we're planning to do with Koha 3.2 and the Alvis
> filter. This is a Zebra feature that allows us to pull records directly
> in XML format from the index engine, then run them through any 
> pre-defined XSLT transformation to alter the display for the results
> and detail pages. If you'd like to get involved in this development
> I'd suggest joining us on Monday at 20:00 GMT in the IRC channel
> irc.katipo.co.nz #koha
>
> Cheers,