[yul-naco] RLIN21 Test Client for NACO: mid-March

[Manon Theroux]

Dear NACO catalogers,

According to the message below (sent to the RLG Authority Design User Focus 
Group) the date for releasing the NACO-enabled client for testing has been 
postponed (yet again!). The new date is mid-March.

-Manon

>Thank you all for your patience.  RLG staff have been working hard
>on all aspects of the massive database migration project, including
>the RLIN21 client support for NACO.
>
>We now expect that we will release the test client for you to
>get a feeling of creating and updating Name Authority Records
>in the RLIN21 client in mid-March. Instructions for downloading the
>test client will be posted on this list. The test client will work on a
>subset of migrated authority records. It will be a test environment,
>and records you create or update will stay in the test system.
>
>For production NACO work you should continue to use RLIN
>Terminal for Windows.
>
>What you can expect in the RLIN21 test client:
>
>-- You can use all the existing authority indexes on the sample
>database, but since contribution is not part of the test system,
>there will be no "pending records" to retrieve.
>
>-- Index changes: We have added a "heading word" index for
>all words in a heading, supplementing the "heading phrase"
>browse now available.  Personal name indexes will include
>dates (subfield d), fuller form of name (subfield q), and
>attribution qualifier (subfield j), and can be truncated.
>
>-- The displays will be the same as you see in the RLIN21 Web
>and client interfaces now, with "see" and "see also" references.
>
>-- Earlier versions of authority records will be available, as they
>are now. Note that since the test database is only a subset of
>the entire LC/NACO authority file, not all versions may be
>available for all records.
>
>-- When you look at an individual MARC authority record, you
>will be prompted with an Update button.
>
>-- You can use the authority workform templates to practice creating
>names and series authority records, and experiment with
>customizing them.  You can use the F1 help key to retrieve explanations
>of fields and values for each MARC data element, as now provided in
>the RLIN21 client for creating bibliographic records.
>
>-- The test client will validate field, subfield, and indicator values, but
>will not do specialized editing for fixed-length subfields like 64X$a, 4XX,
>5XX, and 7XX$w.
>
>-- You can search the RLG Union Catalog (clicking on "Other
>RLIN21 databases"), but you will not be able to generate a heading
>from a bibliographic record.  You will also not be able to generate
>a heading from a bibliographic record in your local system.
>
>All record creation will need to be done using a workform template.
>You can save new records in the test database, but you can retrieve
>them later only by Record ID.
>
>We welcome your feedback, and invite you to use the RLIN21
>test client's "Feedback" link for questions and suggestions.  Our
>highest priority will be to complete the RLIN21 client for production
>NACO work, and will consider all your suggestions as possible
>future enhancements.
>
>We appreciate your taking the time to try out the RLIN21 test
>client!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Karen Smith-Yoshimura
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