Record Display Definition File

The Record Display Definition file, also known as the webpub.def file, enables you to define the tags, order, and labels for fields included on record displays. You can edit the webpub.def file using the Web Master function.

Using the webpub.def file, library staff using WebPAC Pro can control:

• The field tags to display for an associated record type. Note that WebPAC Pro users can customize the <!--{recordinfo:}--> token on record display forms to accomplish this.
• The order field group tags and labels appear for an associated record type.
• The labels for an associated record type.

For more information, see the following sections in this doc:

• Functionality Information
• Data Elements
• Example

Functionality Information

Creating Files for Language, Scope, and Patron Type

You can create separate bibliographic and holdings record display files for each combination of language, scope, and patron type by using the following naming convention:

webpub_lang_s#_p#.def

lang	The language code (for example, spi for Spanish, frc for French).
s#	The number of the scope (e.g., s1, s2, s3).
p#	The patron type or PTYPE (e.g., p0 or p243)

Order of Fields

The WebPAC displays field tags for records in the order the [field tag] entries are listed in the webpub.def file. The webpub.def file does not control the order in which MARC tags and indicators appear in the WebPAC display. To control the order of MARC tags and indicators, see Editing Records in Sierra.

By default, the system displays all MARC field group tags unless they are suppressed. To display only selected field group tags, include line entries for the required field group tags, then a subsequent line to suppress all remaining tags. For example:

b|u|246|&|Variant Title||b|
b|u||&|||b|

In this example, the line entries specify that the u246 field should be shown. The next line suppresses display of all other u-tagged fields by leaving the [label] element blank. To add additional u-tagged fields to the display, add appropriate lines to the webpub.def file.

For ease in maintaining the webpub.def file, Innovative recommends that staff assemble all bibliographic field group tag entries together to easily see the the field tag order and catch duplications.

Date of Publication

If your organization has indexed the 008 field (in MARC 21) or the 100 field (in CHMARC) to sort by date in the bibliographic record display, then use the following setting to display the date:

b|D|||<label value>|b

For example:

b|D|||Date of Publication|b

Data Elements

Each entry in the Record Display Definition file contains the following elements:

[record type]|[field tag]|[marctag/indicators]|[subfields]|[label]|[column %]|[display context]|[append]

To comment out an entire entry, insert a pound ('#') sign before the first element in the entry.

i|b|...| |Barcode|25|b
i|v|...| |Shelf Location|50|b| 
i|$|...| |Shelf Loc|50|b| 
i|!|...| |Shelf|50|b| 
i|Q|||||

Example

The following is a portion of a sample webpub.def file.

# Author
b|a||-6|Author||b|
# Title
b|t|130|-6|Uniform Title||b|
b|t|240|-6|Uniform Title||b|
b|t||-6|Title||b|
b|p|270|-6|Address||b|
b|p||-6|Publication Info.||b|
b|R||||Rating||b|

The example would result in the following display: