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NAME

C4::Biblio - cataloging management functions

DESCRIPTION

Biblio.pm contains functions for managing storage and editing of bibliographic data within Koha. Most of the functions in this module are used for cataloging records: adding, editing, or removing biblios, biblioitems, or items. Koha's stores bibliographic information in three places:

1. in the biblio,biblioitems,items, etc tables, which are limited to a one-to-one mapping to underlying MARC data
2. as raw MARC in the Zebra index and storage engine
3. as raw MARC the biblioitems.marc and biblioitems.marcxml

In the 3.0 version of Koha, the authoritative record-level information is in biblioitems.marcxml

Because the data isn't completely normalized there's a chance for information to get out of sync. The design choice to go with a un-normalized schema was driven by performance and stability concerns. However, if this occur, it can be considered as a bug : The API is (or should be) complete & the only entry point for all biblio/items managements.

1. Compared with MySQL, Zebra is slow to update an index for small data changes -- especially for proc-intensive operations like circulation
2. Zebra's index has been known to crash and a backup of the data is necessary to rebuild it in such cases

Because of this design choice, the process of managing storage and editing is a bit convoluted. Historically, Biblio.pm's grown to an unmanagable size and as a result we have several types of functions currently:

1. Add*/Mod*/Del*/ - high-level external functions suitable for being called from external scripts to manage the collection
2. _koha_* - low-level internal functions for managing the koha tables
3. Marc management function : as the MARC record is stored in biblioitems.marc(xml), some subs dedicated to it's management are in this package. They should be used only internally by Biblio.pm, the only official entry points being AddBiblio, AddItem, ModBiblio, ModItem.
4. Zebra functions used to update the Zebra index
5. internal helper functions such as char_decode, checkitems, etc. Some of these probably belong in Koha.pm

The MARC record (in biblioitems.marcxml) contains the complete marc record, including items. It also contains the biblionumber. That is the reason why it is not stored directly by AddBiblio, with all other fields . To save a biblio, we need to :

1. save datas in biblio and biblioitems table, that gives us a biblionumber and a biblioitemnumber
2. add the biblionumber and biblioitemnumber into the MARC records
3. save the marc record

When dealing with items, we must :

1. save the item in items table, that gives us an itemnumber
2. add the itemnumber to the item MARC field
3. overwrite the MARC record (with the added item) into biblioitems.marc(xml)

When modifying a biblio or an item, the behaviour is quite similar.

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

AddBiblio

($biblionumber,$biblioitemnumber) = AddBiblio($record,$frameworkcode);

Exported function (core API) for adding a new biblio to koha.

The first argument is a MARC::Record object containing the bib to add, while the second argument is the desired MARC framework code.

This function also accepts a third, optional argument: a hashref to additional options. The only defined option is defer_marc_save, which if present and mapped to a true value, causes AddBiblio to omit the call to save the MARC in bibilioitems.marc and biblioitems.marcxml This option is provided only for the use of scripts such as bulkmarcimport.pl that may need to do some manipulation of the MARC record for item parsing before saving it and which cannot afford the performance hit of saving the MARC record twice. Consequently, do not use that option unless you can guarantee that ModBiblioMarc will be called.

ModBiblio

    ModBiblio( $record,$biblionumber,$frameworkcode);
    Exported function (core API) to modify a biblio

ModBiblioframework

    ModBiblioframework($biblionumber,$frameworkcode);
    Exported function to modify a biblio framework

DelBiblio

my $error = &DelBiblio($dbh,$biblionumber); Exported function (core API) for deleting a biblio in koha. Deletes biblio record from Zebra and Koha tables (biblio,biblioitems,items) Also backs it up to deleted* tables Checks to make sure there are not issues on any of the items return: $error : undef unless an error occurs

LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities

my $headings_linked = LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities($marc);

Links bib headings to authority records by checking each authority-controlled field in the MARC::Record object $marc, looking for a matching authority record, and setting the linking subfield $9 to the ID of that authority record.

If no matching authority exists, or if multiple authorities match, no $9 will be added, and any existing one inthe field will be deleted.

Returns the number of heading links changed in the MARC record.

GetBiblioData

$data = &GetBiblioData($biblionumber); Returns information about the book with the given biblionumber. &GetBiblioData returns a reference-to-hash. The keys are the fields in the biblio and biblioitems tables in the Koha database. In addition, $data->{subject} is the list of the book's subjects, separated by " , " (space, comma, space). If there are multiple biblioitems with the given biblionumber, only the first one is considered.

&GetBiblioItemData

$itemdata = &GetBiblioItemData($biblioitemnumber);

Looks up the biblioitem with the given biblioitemnumber. Returns a reference-to-hash. The keys are the fields from the biblio, biblioitems, and itemtypes tables in the Koha database, except that biblioitems.notes is given as $itemdata->{bnotes}.

GetBiblioItemByBiblioNumber

NOTE : This function has been copy/paste from C4/Biblio.pm from head before zebra integration.

GetBiblioFromItemNumber

$item = &GetBiblioFromItemNumber($itemnumber,$barcode);

Looks up the item with the given itemnumber. if undef, try the barcode.

&itemnodata returns a reference-to-hash whose keys are the fields from the biblio, biblioitems, and items tables in the Koha database.

GetBiblio

( $count, @results ) = &GetBiblio($biblionumber);

GetBiblioItemInfosOf

GetBiblioItemInfosOf(@biblioitemnumbers);

FUNCTIONS FOR HANDLING MARC MANAGEMENT

GetMarcStructure

$res = GetMarcStructure($forlibrarian,$frameworkcode);

Returns a reference to a big hash of hash, with the Marc structure for the given frameworkcode $forlibrarian :if set to 1, the MARC descriptions are the librarians ones, otherwise it's the public (OPAC) ones $frameworkcode : the framework code to read

GetUsedMarcStructure

    the same function as GetMarcStructure expcet it just take field
    in tab 0-9. (used field)
    
    my $results = GetUsedMarcStructure($frameworkcode);
    
    L<$results> is a ref to an array which each case containts a ref
    to a hash which each keys is the columns from marc_subfield_structure
    
    L<$frameworkcode> is the framework code. 

GetMarcFromKohaField

($MARCfield,$MARCsubfield)=GetMarcFromKohaField($kohafield,$frameworkcode); Returns the MARC fields & subfields mapped to the koha field for the given frameworkcode

GetMarcBiblio

Returns MARC::Record of the biblionumber passed in parameter. the marc record contains both biblio & item datas

GetXmlBiblio

my $marcxml = GetXmlBiblio($biblionumber);

Returns biblioitems.marcxml of the biblionumber passed in parameter. The XML contains both biblio & item datas

GetAuthorisedValueDesc

my $subfieldvalue =get_authorised_value_desc( $tag, $subf[$i][0],$subf[$i][1], '', $taglib, $category); Retrieve the complete description for a given authorised value.

Now takes $category and $value pair too. my $auth_value_desc =GetAuthorisedValueDesc( '','', 'DVD' ,'','','CCODE');

GetMarcNotes

$marcnotesarray = GetMarcNotes( $record, $marcflavour ); Get all notes from the MARC record and returns them in an array. The note are stored in differents places depending on MARC flavour

GetMarcSubjects

$marcsubjcts = GetMarcSubjects($record,$marcflavour); Get all subjects from the MARC record and returns them in an array. The subjects are stored in differents places depending on MARC flavour

GetMarcAuthors

authors = GetMarcAuthors($record,$marcflavour); Get all authors from the MARC record and returns them in an array. The authors are stored in differents places depending on MARC flavour

GetMarcUrls

$marcurls = GetMarcUrls($record,$marcflavour); Returns arrayref of URLs from MARC data, suitable to pass to tmpl loop. Assumes web resources (not uncommon in MARC21 to omit resource type ind)

GetMarcSeries

$marcseriesarray = GetMarcSeries($record,$marcflavour); Get all series from the MARC record and returns them in an array. The series are stored in differents places depending on MARC flavour

GetFrameworkCode

    $frameworkcode = GetFrameworkCode( $biblionumber )

GetPublisherNameFromIsbn

    $name = GetPublishercodeFromIsbn($isbn);
    if(defined $name){
        ...
    }

TransformKohaToMarc

    $record = TransformKohaToMarc( $hash )
    This function builds partial MARC::Record from a hash
    Hash entries can be from biblio or biblioitems.
    This function is called in acquisition module, to create a basic catalogue entry from user entry

TransformKohaToMarcOneField

    $record = TransformKohaToMarcOneField( $sth, $record, $kohafieldname, $value, $frameworkcode );

TransformHtmlToXml

$xml = TransformHtmlToXml( $tags, $subfields, $values, $indicator, $ind_tag, $auth_type )

$auth_type contains : - nothing : rebuild a biblio, un UNIMARC the encoding is in 100$a pos 26/27 - UNIMARCAUTH : rebuild an authority. In UNIMARC, the encoding is in 100$a pos 13/14 - ITEM : rebuild an item : in UNIMARC, 100$a, it's in the biblio ! (otherwise, we would get 2 100 fields !)

TransformHtmlToMarc

    L<$record> = TransformHtmlToMarc(L<$params>,L<$cgi>)
    L<$params> is a ref to an array as below:
    {
        'tag_010_indicator_531951' ,
        'tag_010_code_a_531951_145735' ,
        'tag_010_subfield_a_531951_145735' ,
        'tag_200_indicator_873510' ,
        'tag_200_code_a_873510_673465' ,
        'tag_200_subfield_a_873510_673465' ,
        'tag_200_code_b_873510_704318' ,
        'tag_200_subfield_b_873510_704318' ,
        'tag_200_code_e_873510_280822' ,
        'tag_200_subfield_e_873510_280822' ,
        'tag_200_code_f_873510_110730' ,
        'tag_200_subfield_f_873510_110730' ,
    }
    L<$cgi> is the CGI object which containts the value.
    L<$record> is the MARC::Record object.

TransformMarcToKoha

    $result = TransformMarcToKoha( $dbh, $record, $frameworkcode )

Extract data from a MARC bib record into a hashref representing Koha biblio, biblioitems, and items fields.

_disambiguate

$newkey = _disambiguate($table, $field);

This is a temporary hack to distinguish between the following sets of columns when using TransformMarcToKoha.

items.cn_source & biblioitems.cn_source items.cn_sort & biblioitems.cn_sort

Columns that are currently NOT distinguished (FIXME due to lack of time to fully test) are:

biblio.notes and biblioitems.notes biblionumber timestamp biblioitemnumber

FIXME - this is necessary because prefixing each column name with the table name would require changing lots of code and templates, and exposing more of the DB structure than is good to the UI templates, particularly since biblio and bibloitems may well merge in a future version. In the future, it would also be good to separate DB access and UI presentation field names more.

get_koha_field_from_marc

$result->{_disambiguate($table, $field)} = get_koha_field_from_marc($table,$field,$record,$frameworkcode);

Internal function to map data from the MARC record to a specific non-MARC field. FIXME: this is meant to replace TransformMarcToKohaOneField after more testing.

TransformMarcToKohaOneField

$result = TransformMarcToKohaOneField( $kohatable, $kohafield, $record, $result, $frameworkcode )

OTHER FUNCTIONS

PrepareItemrecordDisplay

PrepareItemrecordDisplay($itemrecord,$bibnum,$itemumber);

Returns a hash with all the fields for Display a given item data in a template

ModZebra

ModZebra( $biblionumber, $op, $server, $oldRecord, $newRecord );

    $biblionumber is the biblionumber we want to index
    $op is specialUpdate or delete, and is used to know what we want to do
    $server is the server that we want to update
    $oldRecord is the MARC::Record containing the previous version of the record.  This is used only when 
      NoZebra=1, as NoZebra indexing needs to know the previous version of a record in order to
      do an update.
    $newRecord is the MARC::Record containing the new record. It is usefull only when NoZebra=1, and is used to know what to add to the nozebra database. (the record in mySQL being, if it exist, the previous record, the one just before the modif. We need both : the previous and the new one.

GetNoZebraIndexes

    %indexes = GetNoZebraIndexes;
    
    return the data from NoZebraIndexes syspref.

INTERNAL FUNCTIONS

_DelBiblioNoZebra($biblionumber,$record,$server);

    function to delete a biblio in NoZebra indexes
    This function does NOT delete anything in database : it reads all the indexes entries
    that have to be deleted & delete them in the hash
    The SQL part is done either :
    - after the Add if we are modifying a biblio (delete + add again)
    - immediatly after this sub if we are doing a true deletion.
    $server can be 'biblioserver' or 'authorityserver' : it indexes biblios or authorities (in the same table, $server being part of the table itself

_AddBiblioNoZebra($biblionumber, $record, $server, %result);

    function to add a biblio in NoZebra indexes

_find_value

($indicators, $value) = _find_value($tag, $subfield, $record,$encoding);

Find the given $subfield in the given $tag in the given MARC::Record $record. If the subfield is found, returns the (indicators, value) pair; otherwise, (undef, undef) is returned.

PROPOSITION : Such a function is used in addbiblio AND additem and serial-edit and maybe could be used in Authorities. I suggest we export it from this module.

_koha_marc_update_bib_ids

_koha_marc_update_bib_ids($record, $frameworkcode, $biblionumber, $biblioitemnumber);

Internal function to add or update biblionumber and biblioitemnumber to the MARC XML.

_koha_marc_update_biblioitem_cn_sort

_koha_marc_update_biblioitem_cn_sort($marc, $biblioitem, $frameworkcode);

Given a MARC bib record and the biblioitem hash, update the subfield that contains a copy of the value of biblioitems.cn_sort.

_koha_add_biblio

my ($biblionumber,$error) = _koha_add_biblio($dbh,$biblioitem);

Internal function to add a biblio ($biblio is a hash with the values)

_koha_modify_biblio

my ($biblionumber,$error) == _koha_modify_biblio($dbh,$biblio,$frameworkcode);

Internal function for updating the biblio table

_koha_modify_biblioitem_nonmarc

my ($biblioitemnumber,$error) = _koha_modify_biblioitem_nonmarc( $dbh, $biblioitem );

Updates biblioitems row except for marc and marcxml, which should be changed via ModBiblioMarc

_koha_add_biblioitem

my ($biblioitemnumber,$error) = _koha_add_biblioitem( $dbh, $biblioitem );

Internal function to add a biblioitem

_koha_delete_biblio

$error = _koha_delete_biblio($dbh,$biblionumber);

Internal sub for deleting from biblio table -- also saves to deletedbiblio

$dbh - the database handle $biblionumber - the biblionumber of the biblio to be deleted

_koha_delete_biblioitems

$error = _koha_delete_biblioitems($dbh,$biblioitemnumber);

Internal sub for deleting from biblioitems table -- also saves to deletedbiblioitems

$dbh - the database handle $biblionumber - the biblioitemnumber of the biblioitem to be deleted

UNEXPORTED FUNCTIONS

ModBiblioMarc

    &ModBiblioMarc($newrec,$biblionumber,$frameworkcode);
    
    Add MARC data for a biblio to koha 
    
    Function exported, but should NOT be used, unless you really know what you're doing

z3950_extended_services

z3950_extended_services($serviceType,$serviceOptions,$record);

    z3950_extended_services is used to handle all interactions with Zebra's extended serices package, which is employed to perform all management of the MARC data stored in Zebra.

$serviceType one of: itemorder,create,drop,commit,update,xmlupdate

$serviceOptions a has of key/value pairs. For instance, if service_type is 'update', $service_options should contain:

    action => update action, one of specialUpdate, recordInsert, recordReplace, recordDelete, elementUpdate.

and maybe

    recordidOpaque => Opaque Record ID (user supplied) or recordidNumber => Record ID number (system number).
    syntax => the record syntax (transfer syntax)
    databaseName = Database from connection object

    To set serviceOptions, call set_service_options($serviceType)

$record the record, if one is needed for the service type

    A record should be in XML. You can convert it to XML from MARC by running it through marc2xml().

set_service_options

my $serviceOptions = set_service_options($serviceType);

$serviceType itemorder,create,drop,commit,update,xmlupdate

Currently, we only support 'create', 'commit', and 'update'. 'drop' support will be added as soon as Zebra supports it.

AUTHOR

Koha Developement team <info@koha.org>

Paul POULAIN paul.poulain@free.fr

Joshua Ferraro jmf@liblime.com

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