#342: BibEdit: consider adding alternative Javascript-less, basic, BibEdit
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Reporter: jcaffaro | Owner:
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: BibEdit | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: BatchUploader
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Comment (by arwagner):
I think offering a simple textarea also has some other benefits beyond the
ability to work with large records. Just remember you have to copy a bunch
of fields from one record to the other. (A new edition of some existing
book comes to mind immediately or copies of indexing or classification
terms and stuff).
For the contents of this textarea I'd strongly vote for MARC. Not marcxml.
XML is way to "chatty" for a cataloguer all those tags floating around,
simple Marc is way easier to read and edit.
Depending on usage I admit that in many areas of my daily work (subject
indexing, currently we're using <some commercial product>) I would be way
better off with a simple text area where I could insert MARC right away
instead of this fielded kind of editing. As always: fielded editing is
easier for the beginner, free editing way faster for those used to it.
Therefore, depending on the kind of user, I think a "real cataloguer"
might very well appreciate to edit plain MARC instead of adding fields and
mouse clicking all the time. Just as it is way faster if you know your
tags. (If you really doubt that, this kind of interface is default in all
PICA installations, so default in more than the better half of Germany.
I'd really like to have that back...)
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