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| Time | Nick | Message |
|---|---|---|
| 17:38 | rach | hello |
| 17:50 | nausicaa | hi everyone ! |
| 17:50 | chris | hi there |
| 17:55 | rach | hi |
| 17:55 | nausicaa | hi rach... hi chris |
| 17:59 | just a simple question... did anyone here know what is mtech language ?? | |
| 17:59 | mtech codes ? | |
| 18:00 | this language is used in my library for extracting data from the books/items/users database... this is not mySQL... that's the problem | |
| 18:01 | chris | nope im not familair with mtech |
| 18:02 | nausicaa | but you this language exists... i'm not telling nonsense here ??? |
| 18:02 | you know... | |
| 18:03 | chris | i havent heard of it, but im quite willing to believe it exists, its probably a pick based language |
| 18:03 | nausicaa | the pb is that maybe i should know this for extracting data... |
| 18:04 | i also wonder in which format (or extension) i should extract the library database... for insert it on a koha system... | |
| 18:04 | did i have several possibilities ? | |
| 18:04 | chris | for bibliographic data its best if you can get it out as MARC |
| 18:05 | for borrower data you will probably have to write a custom script to get it in | |
| 18:05 | UNIMARC or MARC21 both import fine using the bulkmarcimport.pl script | |
| 18:05 | nausicaa | hum... thanx |
| 18:06 | chris | but every library system seems to store borrower data differently |
| 18:06 | so there is no automatic import tool for koha | |
| 18:06 | nausicaa | in fact our SIGB (http://www.linux-france.org/pr[…]gonf/S/SIGB.html) is vubis (from the society GEAC) it used Caché and mtech |
| 18:07 | http://www.mtechsoft.com/cache.shtml | |
| 18:07 | it's not open source :-( | |
| 18:08 | chris | yep, im my experience .. getting data out is the hardest part |
| 18:08 | once that is done, getting it into koha is pretty easy | |
| 18:08 | nausicaa | :-) |
| 18:08 | chris | and its usually the hardest precisely because its closed source |
| 18:09 | and as such, not documented | |
| 18:09 | nausicaa | i guess i should simply extracting MARC database and then trying to put borrowers into LAPD ? i'm thinking about it right now |
| 18:10 | i guess i will doing this WITHOUT telling all about it at my chiefs... beacuse they'll be scared... | |
| 18:10 | just for testing, playing and professionnal purpose... | |
| 18:10 | chris | yeah, getting the MARC out is a good start, and if you can get the borrower data out in some sane format (eg tab separated text) |
| 18:10 | that should be easy to munge into koha | |
| 18:10 | nausicaa | oki... |
| 18:11 | i'll probably meet Paul (Poulain) in april at Paris... so maybe this project will be on the way at this time... | |
| 18:11 | chris | excellent |
| 18:12 | nausicaa | but i want to learn things by myself... Paul is very very busy in this moment... :-( |
| 18:12 | chris | yes he is |
| 18:12 | if you can get the data out, i can help you get it in | |
| 18:12 | nausicaa | yes |
| 18:13 | i'll read the manual of the SIGB and check it out with my friendly "geekette" who work with me at the library... | |
| 18:13 | chris | :-) |
| 18:13 | nausicaa | she 's more open than my chiefs ... and also more informed about open source |
| 18:13 | chris | thats great |
| 18:13 | the world needs more geekette's there arent enough of them | |
| 18:14 | nausicaa | for sure ! |
| 18:15 | it's good that paul put some manuals here : kohadocs.org... specially for french people !!! | |
| 18:15 | when it will be more advanced i'll tell u some words, chris | |
| 18:15 | chris | yep, there is lots of documentation on the wiki as well |
| 18:15 | koha.org/wiki/ | |
| 18:15 | cool, ill wait to hear :) | |
| 18:16 | nausicaa | i'll check this url too... |
| 18:16 | it's 10:16 PM here... so i'll sleep soon... | |
| 18:16 | have a nice day :-) | |
| 18:16 | chris | 10:16am here :) |
| 18:16 | have a nice sleep :) | |
| 18:16 | nausicaa | :-) |
| 06:56 | bonjour paul ! | |
| 06:58 | mon petit doigt m'a dit que vous seriez certainement présent là : http://www.adbdp.asso.fr/assoc[…]2005informatique/ | |
| 06:58 | ;-) | |
| 06:59 | ou plutôt serez... | |
| 07:00 | avez-vous fini par trouver qqn pour vous remplacer le 15 mars ? | |
| 07:34 | ... | |
| 10:41 | ... |
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