From 8455bf5767b19620d653493fab257a7a886b01af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jane Sandberg <sandbej@linnbenton.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:21:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: adding info about bibliographic fingerprints Signed-off-by: Jane Sandberg <sandbej@linnbenton.edu> --- docs/admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc | 15 +++++++++++++++ docs/root.adoc | 4 ++++ docs/root_command_line_admin.adoc | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc diff --git a/docs/admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc b/docs/admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0eb975a133 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Notes about the Bibliographic Schema in the Database +---------------------------------------------------- + +Bibliographic fingerprint +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Evergreen creates a fingerprint for each bib record, which can be found in the `fingerprint` column of the `biblio.record_entry` table. +This fingerprint is used to group together different bib records in a Group Formats & Editions search in the public catalog. + +The bibliographic fingerprint incorporates several subfields to distinguish between different items, including: + +* $n and $p from MARC title fields to better distinguish among records of the same series that may share the same title but have a different part. + +The bibliographic fingerprint distinguishes among the fields contributing to the fingerprint. This helps the system distinguish between a record +for the movie _Blue Steel_ and another record for the book _Blue_ written by Danielle _Steel_. diff --git a/docs/root.adoc b/docs/root.adoc index f29673ae07..4309f26594 100644 --- a/docs/root.adoc +++ b/docs/root.adoc @@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ include::cataloging/authorities.adoc[] include::cataloging/link_checker.adoc[] +include::admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc[] + +include::admin/marc_templates.adoc[] + Serials ======= diff --git a/docs/root_command_line_admin.adoc b/docs/root_command_line_admin.adoc index 43b2dc5ce5..6a60f2426a 100644 --- a/docs/root_command_line_admin.adoc +++ b/docs/root_command_line_admin.adoc @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ include::admin/marc_templates.adoc[] :leveloffset: 0 +include::admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc[] + // STAFF ADMIN include::admin/staff_from_command_line.adoc[] -- 2.11.0