fields. Virtual Index Definitions will substantially alleviate the need for
these workarounds and their consequences.
- * A Virtual Index Definition is not required supply any configuration for
+ * A Virtual Index Definition does not require any configuration for
extracting bibliographic data from records, but instead can become a sink for
-data collected by other index definitions which is then colocated together to
+data collected by other index definitions, which is then colocated together to
supply a search target made up of the separately extracted data. Virtual Index
Definitions are effectively treated as aggregate definitions, matching across
all values extracted from constituent non-virtual index definitions. They can
Increased use of Metabib Display Fields
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-In extention of changes proposed in other available branches, we here use
-Metabib Display Fields to render catalog search results, intermediate metarecord
-results, and record detail pages.This will requires the addition of several new
-Metabib Display Field definitions, as well as Perl services to gather and render
-the data.
+We use Metabib Display Fields (newly available in 3.0) to render catalog search
+results, intermediate metarecord results, and record detail pages.This requires
+the addition of several new Metabib Display Field definitions, as well as Perl
+services to gather and render the data.
+
+We also use more Metabib Display Fields in the client. As a result,
+bibliographic fields will display in proper case in more client interfaces and
+in Evergreen reports.
Search Term Highlighting
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Interfaces
++++++++++
A new AngularJS "MARC Search/Facet Fields" interface has been created to replace
- the Dojo version, and both have been extended to support Virtual Index
+the Dojo version, and both have been extended to support Virtual Index
Definition data supplier mapping and weighting.
Settings & Permissions
was performed, in a way that allows a separate support API to gather a
highlighted version of the Display Field data for a given record.
+Default Weights
++++++++++++++++
+By default, the following fields will be weighted more heavily in keyword
+searches. Administrators can change these defaults by changing the values in the
+ "All searchable fields" virtual index in the "MARC Search/Facet Fields"
+interface.
+
+ * Title proper
+ * Main title (a new index limited to the words in the 245a)
+ * Personal author
+ * All subjects
+
+In addition, note indexes and the physical description index will receive
+less weight in default keyword searches.
+
+
Re-ingest or Indexing Dependencies
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
With the addition and modification of many Index Definitions, a full reingest is