C4::Record - MARC, MARCXML, DC, MODS, XML, etc. Record Management Functions and API
New in Koha 3.x. This module handles all record-related management functions.
my ($error,$newmarc) = marc2marc($marc,$to_flavour,$from_flavour,$encoding);
Returns an ISO-2709 scalar
my ($error,$marcxml) = marc2marcxml($marc,$encoding,$flavour);
Returns a MARCXML scalar
$marc- an ISO-2709 scalar or MARC::Record object
$encoding- UTF-8 or MARC-8 [UTF-8]
$flavour- MARC21 or UNIMARC
$dont_entity_encode- a flag that instructs marc2marcxml not to entity encode the xml before returning (optional)
my ($error,$marc) = marcxml2marc($marcxml,$encoding,$flavour);
Returns an ISO-2709 scalar
$marcxml- a MARCXML record
$encoding- UTF-8 or MARC-8 [UTF-8]
$flavour- MARC21 or UNIMARC
my ($error,$dcxml) = marc2dcxml($marc,$qualified);
Returns a DublinCore::Record object, will eventually return a Dublin Core scalar
FIXME: should return actual XML, not just an object
$marc- an ISO-2709 scalar or MARC::Record object
$qualified- specify whether qualified Dublin Core should be used in the input or output [0]
my ($error,$modsxml) = marc2modsxml($marc);
Returns a MODS scalar
my ($error,$marcxml) = html2marcxml($tags,$subfields,$values,$indicator,$ind_tag);
Returns a MARCXML scalar
this is used in addbiblio.pl and additem.pl to build the MARCXML record from the form submission.
FIXME: this could use some better code documentation
Probably best to avoid using this ... it has some rather striking problems:
* saves blank subfields
* subfield order is hardcoded to always start with 'a' for repeatable tags (because it is hardcoded in the addfield routine).
* only possible to specify one set of indicators for each set of tags (ie, one for all the 650s). (because they were stored in a hash with the tag as the key).
* the underlying routines didn't support subfield reordering or subfield repeatability.
I've left it in here because it could be useful if someone took the time to fix it. -- kados
my ($error, $newrecord) = changeEncoding($record,$format,$flavour,$to_encoding,$from_encoding);
Changes the encoding of a record
$record- the record itself can be in ISO-2709, a MARC::Record object, or MARCXML for now (required)
$format- MARC or MARCXML (required)
$flavour- MARC21 or UNIMARC, if MARC21, it will change the leader (optional) [defaults to Koha system preference]
$to_encoding- the encoding you want the record to end up in (optional) [UTF-8]
$from_encoding- the encoding the record is currently in (optional, it will probably be able to tell unless there's a problem with the record)FIXME: the from_encoding doesn't work yet
FIXME: better handling for UNIMARC, it should allow management of 100 field
FIXME: shouldn't have to convert to and from xml/marc just to change encoding someone needs to re-write MARC::Record's 'encoding' method to actually alter the encoding rather than just changing the leader
my ($entity_encoded_string) = _entity_encode($string);
or
my (@entity_encoded_strings) = _entity_encode(@strings);
Entity-encode an array of strings
Joshua Ferraro <jmf@liblime.com>