OPAC Browse: Extra small bit of documentation about author headings collab/dyrcona/bib-auth-browse-squash
authorLebbeous Fogle-Weekley <lebbeous@esilibrary.com>
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:25:24 +0000 (16:25 -0400)
committerLebbeous Fogle-Weekley <lebbeous@esilibrary.com>
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:25:24 +0000 (16:25 -0400)
Signed-off-by: Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley <lebbeous@esilibrary.com>
docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/BibAuthBrowse.txt

index c429dec..1f4bcac 100644 (file)
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ to enable.
     enabled if it suits your catalog, and can even be customized per
     search class (author, title, series, subject).
 
+Also, by default, authors are indexed for browse in such a way that
+relator roles like "creator" are dropped off the end of their headings.
+This was an aesthetic choice. If a site wanted to display those kinds
+of terms, they would update the 'config.metabib_field' table in
+the database, setting 'browse_xpath' to NULL where 'field_class' =
+''author'' and 'browse_field' is true.