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1<Document>
2 <Section name="introduction">
3 <Title>Introduction</Title>
4The Greenstone Librarian Interface is a tool for collecting and marking up documents, then building digital library collections. It provides access to the Greenstone Digital Library Software's functionality from a graphical point and click interface.
5 <Section name="ofmiceandmenus">
6 <Title>Of Mice and Menus</Title>
7This section provides basic information about interacting with the Librarian Interface.
8If you are familiar with programs such as Internet Explorer or Microsoft
9Office and are comfortable with mouse clicks and menus, skip to the <Reference target="howtoavoidthisdocument">next section</Reference>.
10 <Contents>
11 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
12 <ContentsItem>
13 Basic concepts
14 <ContentsItem>
15 Mouse actions
16 </ContentsItem>
17 <ContentsItem>
18 Keyboard
19 </ContentsItem>
20 </ContentsItem>
21 <ContentsItem>
22 Exiting the program
23 </ContentsItem>
24 </ContentsGroup>
25 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
26 <ContentsItem>
27 Quick keys
28 </ContentsItem>
29 </ContentsGroup>
30 </Contents>
31 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
32The Librarian Interface follows Microsoft Windows conventions and draws upon
33ordinary knowledge of Windows.
34<Break/>
35Any part of the screen that you interact with, such as a button or text field,
36is called a "control". At any given time one control, called the "focus", is
37highlighted and responds to the keyboard. Several controls allow you to select
38parts that are highlighted in dark blue. Some controls are greyed out to
39indicate that they are disabled.
40<Break/>
41You can move and left- or right-click the mouse in the usual way. Many
42components also allow you to "drag" them, by clicking and holding the left
43mouse button, move them with the mouse, and "drop" them elsewhere by releasing
44the button. Potential drop targets alter their appearance when a component
45hovers over them.
46<Break/>
47You can use the keyboard to type into text fields. Keyboard alternatives are
48available for many controls, indicated by a key name in square brackets -- for
49example, [Tab] alters the focus. The plus sign shows if other keys must be
50pressed at the same time.
51<Break/>
52Exit the Librarian Interface program by choosing "Exit" from the "File"
53menu. Your collection will be saved first.
54 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
55To access a menu, hold down [ALT] and press the corresponding letter
56(underlined). For example, for the "File" menu press [ALT] + [F]. To choose an
57item, press the corresponding key. For example, while in the File menu
58press [S] to "Save" a collection.
59 </Section>
60 <Section name="howtoavoidthisdocument">
61 <Title>How to Avoid Reading This Document</Title>
62Don't read this help text all the way through! Just read enough to learn
63how to get help when you need it.
64 <Contents>
65 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
66 <ContentsItem>
67 Context sensitive help
68 </ContentsItem>
69 <ContentsItem>
70 Tool tips
71 </ContentsItem>
72 <ContentsItem>
73 Other documents
74 </ContentsItem>
75 </ContentsGroup>
76 </Contents>
77 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
78The "Help" menu item marks what may be the most appropriate help item with a
79little book icon.
80<Break/>
81For many controls, if you station the mouse over them a
82"tool tip" appears that says what they do.
83<Break/>
84Before using the Librarian Interface, first read the Greenstone
85documentation.
86 </Section>
87 </Section>
88
89 <Section name="startingoff">
90 <Title>Starting Off</Title>
91This section covers how to create, save and load a collection.
92 <Section name="creatingacollection">
93 <Title>Creating a New Collection</Title>
94<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to create a new collection.</ObviousSentence>
95 <Contents>
96 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
97 <ContentsItem>
98 The new collection prompt
99 </ContentsItem>
100 <ContentsItem>
101 The collection title
102 </ContentsItem>
103 <ContentsItem>
104 The collection name
105 </ContentsItem>
106 <ContentsItem>
107 The creator's email
108 </ContentsItem>
109 <ContentsItem>
110 Default metadata sets
111 </ContentsItem>
112 <ContentsItem>
113 Collection description
114 </ContentsItem>
115 <ContentsItem>
116 Creating the new collection
117 </ContentsItem>
118 <ContentsItem>
119 Cancelling the new collection
120 </ContentsItem>
121 </ContentsGroup>
122 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
123 <ContentsItem>
124 Quick keys
125 </ContentsItem>
126 </ContentsGroup>
127 </Contents>
128 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
129To create a new collection, open the "File" menu and choose "New". Several
130fields need to be filled out -- but you can change their values later if you
131need to, in the design view.
132<Break/>
133"Title" is the text displayed at the top of your collection's home page. It can
134be any length.
135<Break/>
136"Short Name" is the collection's filename. It must be unique.
137<Break/>
138"Author's Email" should be a valid email address.
139<Break/>
140"Description of content"
141should describe, in as much detail as possible, what the collection is about.
142Use the [Enter] key to break it into paragraphs.
143<Break/>
144Finally you must specify whether the new collection will have the same
145appearance and metadata sets as an existing collection, or whether to start a
146default "New Collection".
147<Break/>
148Click "OK" to create the collection. If you chose "New Collection" you are
149prompted for the metadata sets to use in it. You can choose more than one, and
150you can add others later.
151<Break/>
152Clicking "Cancel" returns you to the main screen immediately.
153 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
154Buttons, like menus, have one character underlined. To "click" the button,
155press [ALT] and the underlined character at the same time.
156 </Section>
157 <Section name="savingacollection">
158 <Title>Saving the Collection</Title>
159<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to save a collection, and the Save Collection Prompt.</ObviousSentence>
160 <Contents>
161 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
162 <ContentsItem>
163 How to save
164 </ContentsItem>
165 </ContentsGroup>
166 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
167 <ContentsItem>
168 Where the files are saved
169 </ContentsItem>
170 </ContentsGroup>
171 </Contents>
172 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
173Save your work regularly by opening the "File" menu and choosing "Save".
174Saving a collection is not the same as making it ready for use in Greenstone
175(see <Reference target="producingthecollection">Producing Your Collection</Reference>).
176<Break/>
177The Librarian Interface protects your work by saving it whenever you exit the
178program or load another collection.
179 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
180Saved collections are written to a file named for the collection and with file
181extension ".col", located in a folder of the same name within your Greenstone
182installation's "collect" folder.
183 </Section>
184 <Section name="openingacollection">
185 <Title>Opening an Existing Collection</Title>
186<ObviousSentence>This section tells you how to open existing collections using the Open
187Collection prompt.</ObviousSentence>
188 <Contents>
189 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
190 <ContentsItem>
191 How to open a collection
192 </ContentsItem>
193 </ContentsGroup>
194 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
195 <ContentsItem>
196 Locked collections
197 </ContentsItem>
198 <ContentsItem>
199 Legacy collections
200 </ContentsItem>
201 </ContentsGroup>
202 </Contents>
203 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
204To open an existing collection, choose "Open" from the "File" menu to get the
205Open Collection prompt. A list of your Greenstone collections appears.
206Select one to see its description, and click "Open" to load it. If you seek a
207collection that resides outside Greenstone's "collect" folder, click "Browse"
208for a file system browsing dialog.
209 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
210In case more than one Greenstone Librarian Interface program is running
211concurrently, the relevant directories are "locked" to prevent interference.
212On opening a collection, a small temporary lock file is created in its
213folder. Before opening a collection, the Librarian Interface checks to ensure
214that no lock file already exists. You can tell whether a collection is locked
215by the colour of its icon: green for a normal collection, red for a locked
216one. However, when the Librarian Interface is exited prematurely the lock file
217is sometimes left in place. When you open such a collection, the Librarian asks
218if you want to "steal" control of it. Never steal a collection that someone
219else is currently working on.
220<Break/>
221When you open a collection that the Greenstone Librarian Interface did
222not create, you will be asked to select a metadata set (or sets). If
223none are selected, any existing metadata will be ignored. Otherwise,
224metadata will be imported just as it is when you drag in files with
225existing metadata. The process is described in the <Reference target="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</Reference> section.
226 </Section>
227 </Section>
228
229 <Section name="huntingforfiles">
230 <Title>Hunting For Your Files</Title>
231The Librarian Interface can run in different configurations. This section only
232applies when the "hunt" and/or "mirror" views are enabled. If these tabs do
233not appear, advanced users can enable them by editing the "config.xml" file in
234the Librarian Interface installation folder (or, on a multiuser system, in your
235home directory's ".gli" folder) to set the values of "workflow.browse" and
236"workflow.mirror" to "true".
237<Break/>
238When using web resources, the Librarian Interface operates in two stages. This
239section describes the first, Hunting, where you browse the Internet for files
240of interest. The <Reference target="downloadingfiles">next section</Reference> describes the second stage, Mirroring, where these files can be downloaded.
241 <Section name="thehuntview">
242 <Title>The Hunt view</Title>
243This section describes how to use the simplified browsing interface to locate resources on the Internet.
244 <Contents>
245 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
246 <ContentsItem>
247 The address field
248 </ContentsItem>
249 <ContentsItem>
250 The controls
251 </ContentsItem>
252 </ContentsGroup>
253 </Contents>
254 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
255The Hunt view is accessed by clicking on its tab. Most of the screen shows a
256web page. Hyperlinks work in the usual way. Underneath the page is a status bar
257that shows you what the browser is doing.
258<Break/>
259You type URL addresses into the address field above the page.
260<Break/>
261To the left and right of the address field are web browser buttons for Back,
262Reload, Home, Go, Stop and Forward.
263 </Section>
264 </Section>
265
266 <Section name="downloadingfiles">
267 <Title>Downloading Chosen Files</Title>
268To enable web mirroring see <Reference target="huntingforfiles">Hunting For Your Files</Reference>.
269To download web pages you need to install the mirroring tool wget (version v1.8
270recommended) and make it accessible from the Librarian Interface "install"
271folder.
272<Break/>
273After this, the second stage is to download (or "mirror") the
274files you need. This section explains the Librarian Interface's mirroring
275process.
276 <Section name="themirrorview">
277 <Title>The Mirror view</Title>
278This section describes how to configure a download task and control the downloading process.
279 <Contents>
280 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
281 <ContentsItem>
282 The workspace tree
283 </ContentsItem>
284 <ContentsItem>
285 Download configuration
286 </ContentsItem>
287 <ContentsItem>
288 The download list
289 </ContentsItem>
290 </ContentsGroup>
291 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
292 <ContentsItem>
293 Enabling web proxies
294 </ContentsItem>
295 <ContentsItem>
296 Advanced mode
297 </ContentsItem>
298 </ContentsGroup>
299 </Contents>
300 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
301Access the "Mirror" view by clicking its tab. The top half of the screen shows the downloading controls. The bottom half is initially empty, but will show a list of pending downloading jobs if there are some.
302<Break/>
303Files are downloaded into a folder in the workspace tree called "Public
304WebCache" (only present when mirroring is enabled), and can be used in all
305collections built with the Librarian Interface. When a collection is open a
306second folder, "Private WebCache", appears, which only that collection can access files from. Files in both these areas are named by their full web
307URL. A new folder is created for each host, followed by others for each part
308of the path. This ensures that each file is distinct.
309<Break/>
310Use the first of the download configuration controls, "Source URL", to enter the URL of a
311target resource. If you have come from the "Hunt" view, this field points to
312the last page visited. Use the "Download Depth" control to determine how many
313 hyperlinks deep to go when downloading: 0 means follow no hyperlinks and grabs just the
314target resource. The depth limit is
315ignored when downloading media other than html pages. Use the "Destination Folder" radio
316button control to choose whether the files are cached into the shared public
317folder or the private collection-specific folder (if available). Next, there are four checkbox controls which can be set to turn on the specified feature for a specific download. A fifth checkbox control "Automatically remove failed downloads..." does not pertain to a specific download, but instead clears the list of any failed download information, and prevents any future failures from appearing in the list. The final control is a "Download" button, which adds to the download list a new job corresponding to the configuration
318settings.
319<Break/>
320The download list has an entry for each unfinished download. For each entry, a
321central region with several lines of text and a progress bar is flanked by two
322buttons. The text gives details of the task, and updates as the task
323progresses, while the bar measures progress. The "play" triangle on the left
324button starts the current task and then changes to a double vertical bar, which
325pauses the current download. The "stop" square on the right button removes the
326current download task from the list. Download tasks are removed from the list
327when they finish successfully (ones that fail are controlled by the "Automatically remove failed downloads..." checkbox).
328 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
329The <Reference target="preferences">Preferences section</Reference> describes how to establish an Internet connection
330via a proxy. If authentication is needed, the proxy server prompts for
331identification and password. The Librarian Interface does not store passwords
332between sessions.
333 </Section>
334 </Section>
335
336 <Section name="collectingfiles">
337 <Title>Collecting Files for Your Collection</Title>
338Once you have a new collection you need to get some files into it. These may
339come from your ordinary file space, or from other Greenstone collections. Some
340may already have attached metadata. This section describes how to import files.
341 <Section name="thegatherview">
342 <Title>The Gather View</Title>
343This section introduces the Gather area that you use to select what files
344to include in the collection you are building.
345 <Contents>
346 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
347 <ContentsItem>
348 How to view the gather screen
349 </ContentsItem>
350 <ContentsItem>
351 The file trees
352 </ContentsItem>
353 <ContentsItem>
354 The status area
355 </ContentsItem>
356 <ContentsItem>
357 Control buttons
358 </ContentsItem>
359 </ContentsGroup>
360 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
361 <ContentsItem>
362 Selection methods
363 </ContentsItem>
364 <ContentsItem>
365 Special folder mapping
366 </ContentsItem>
367 </ContentsGroup>
368 </Contents>
369 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
370The Librarian Interface starts with the Gather view. To return to this view
371later, click the "Gather" tab directly below the menu bar.
372<Break/>
373The two large areas titled "Workspace" and "Collection" are used to move files
374into your collection. They contain "file trees", graphical structures that
375represent files and folders.
376<Break/>
377Select an item in the tree by clicking it. (There are other ways; see below.)
378Double-click a folder, or single-click the switch symbol beside it, to expand (or collapse)
379its contents. Double-click a file to open it using its associated application
380program (see <Reference target="fileassociations">File Associations</Reference>).
381<Break/>
382The Workspace file tree shows the sources of data available to the Librarian
383Interface -- the local file system (including disk and CD-ROM drives), the
384contents of existing Greenstone collections, and the public and private
385download caches if Web mirroring is enabled. You can copy and view these files
386but you cannot move, delete, or edit them. Navigate this space to find the
387files you want to include in the collection.
388<Break/>
389The Collection file tree represents the contents of the collection so
390far. Initially, it is empty.
391<Break/>
392You can resize the spaces by mousing over the grey bar that separates the trees
393(the shape of the pointer changes) and dragging.
394<Break/>
395Beneath is the Status Area, which describes the state of the Librarian
396Interface: how many items are selected and what action is requested. It
397reports on the progress of actions that involve files, which can take some time
398to complete. The "Stop" button stops any action that is currently in progress.
399<Break/>
400Two large buttons occupy the lower right corner of the screen. "New Folder", with a picture
401of a folder, creates new folders (see <Reference target="creatingfolders">Creating folders</Reference>).
402"Delete", with a garbage can, removes files. Clicking the Delete button will remove any selected files from the Collection file tree. Alternatively, files can be deleted by dragging them onto the Delete button.
403 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
404To select several sequential items, select the first and then hold down [Shift]
405and click on the last -- the selection will encompass all intervening
406items. Select non-sequential files by holding down [Ctrl] while clicking. Use
407these two methods together to select groups of non-adjacent items.
408<Break/>
409Certain folders -- such as the one containing your own web pages -- sometimes
410have special significance. The Librarian Interface can map such folders to
411the first level of the file tree. To do this, right-click the desired
412folder. Select "Map", and enter a name for the folder. To remove an item,
413right-click the mapped folder and select "Unmap Folder".
414 </Section>
415 <Section name="creatingfolders">
416 <Title>Creating Folders</Title>
417<ObviousSentence>This section shows how to create new folders.</ObviousSentence>
418 <Contents>
419 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
420 <ContentsItem>
421 The new folder button
422 </ContentsItem>
423 <ContentsItem>
424 The right-button menu
425 </ContentsItem>
426 </ContentsGroup>
427 </Contents>
428 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
429Use folders in the Collection file tree to group files together and make them
430easier to find. Folders can be placed inside folders. There is virtually no
431limit to how many folders you can have or how deeply they can be nested.
432<Break/>
433To create a new folder, optionally select an existing folder in the Collection
434Tree and click the New Folder button. The new folder appears within the
435selected one, or at the top level if none is selected. You are prompted for the
436folder's name (default "New Folder").
437<Break/>
438Folders can also be created by right-clicking over a folder, choosing "New
439Folder" and proceeding as above.
440 </Section>
441 <Section name="addingfiles">
442 <Title>Adding Files</Title>
443<ObviousSentence>This section shows how to get files into your collection.</ObviousSentence>
444 <Contents>
445 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
446 <ContentsItem>
447 Dragging a file
448 </ContentsItem>
449 <ContentsItem>
450 Multiple files
451 </ContentsItem>
452 </ContentsGroup>
453 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
454 <ContentsItem>
455 Existing metadata
456 </ContentsItem>
457 </ContentsGroup>
458 </Contents>
459 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
460Files can be copied into the collection by dragging and dropping. The mouse
461pointer becomes a ghost of the selected item (or, if more than one is selected,
462the number of them). Drop the selection into the Collection Tree to copy the
463files there (if the source was the Workspace Tree) or move them around within
464the collection (if the source was the Collection Tree).
465<Break/>
466When copying multiple files, they are all placed in the target folder at the
467same level, irrespective of the folder structure they occupied originally.
468When you copy a second file with the same name into the same folder, you are
469asked whether to overwrite the first one. Respond "No" and the file will not be
470copied, but the others will be. To cancel all remaining copy actions, click the
471"stop" button.
472<Break/>
473Only the "highest" items in a selection are moved. A folder is higher than its
474children. You cannot select files within a folder and also the folder itself.
475 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
476When you add a file, the Librarian Interface searches through the source
477folders for auxiliary files containing metadata previously assigned to the
478added file and, if it finds one, begins to import this metadata. As the
479operation proceeds, you may be prompted (perhaps several times) for extra
480information to match the imported metadata to the metadata sets in your
481collection. This process involves many different prompts, described in the <Reference target="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</Reference> section. For a more detailed
482explanation of associating metadata with files read Chapter 2 of the Greenstone
483Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
484 </Section>
485 <Section name="removingfiles">
486 <Title>Removing Files</Title>
487<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to remove files and folders from your collection.</ObviousSentence>
488 <Contents>
489 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
490 <ContentsItem>
491 The delete button
492 </ContentsItem>
493 <ContentsItem>
494 The delete key
495 </ContentsItem>
496 <ContentsItem>
497 Delete by drag and drop
498 </ContentsItem>
499 </ContentsGroup>
500 </Contents>
501 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
502There are several methods for removing files and folders. You must first
503indicate what items to remove by selecting one or more files and folders as
504described in <Reference target="thegatherview">The Gather View</Reference>.
505<Break/>
506Once files have been selected, click the "delete" button to remove them, or
507press the [Delete] key on your keyboard, or drag them from the collection to
508the delete button and drop them there.
509 </Section>
510 <Section name="filteringthetree">
511 <Title>Filtering the Tree</Title>
512"Filtering" the collection tree allows you to narrow down the search for particular files.
513 <Contents>
514 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
515 <ContentsItem>
516 The filter control
517 </ContentsItem>
518 </ContentsGroup>
519 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
520 <ContentsItem>
521 Custom filtering
522 </ContentsItem>
523 </ContentsGroup>
524 </Contents>
525 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
526The "Show Files" pull-down menu underneath each tree shows a list of predefined
527filters, such as "Images". Choosing this temporarily hides all other files in
528the tree. To restore the tree, change the filter back to "All Files". These
529operations do not alter the collection, nor do they affect the folders in the
530tree.
531 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
532You can specify a custom filter by typing in a pattern to match files against.
533Use standard file system abbreviations such as "*.*" or "*.doc" ("*" matches
534any characters).
535 </Section>
536 </Section>
537
538 <Section name="enrichingacollection">
539 <Title>Enriching the Collection with Metadata</Title>
540Having gathered several files into the collection, now enrich them with
541additional information called "metadata". This section explains how metadata is
542created, edited, assigned and retrieved, and how to use external metadata
543sources (also see Chapter 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide -- Getting the most
544out of your documents).
545 <Section name="theenrichview">
546 <Title>The Enrich View</Title>
547<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to input and edit metadata using the Enrich view.</ObviousSentence>
548 <Contents>
549 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
550 <ContentsItem>
551 The collection tree
552 </ContentsItem>
553 <ContentsItem>
554 The MetaEdit Controls
555 </ContentsItem>
556 <ContentsItem>
557 The value tree
558 </ContentsItem>
559 <ContentsItem>
560 The metadata table
561 </ContentsItem>
562 </ContentsGroup>
563 </Contents>
564 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
565Use the Enrich view to assign metadata to the documents in the collection.
566Metadata is data about data -- typically title, author, creation date, and so
567on. Each metadata item has two parts: "element" tells what kind of item it is
568(such as author), and "value" gives the value of that metadata element (such as
569the author's name).
570<Break/>
571On the left of the "Enrich" view is the Collection Tree. To the right is the Metadata Table, which shows metadata for any selected files or folders in the Collection Tree. Columns are named in
572grey at the top, and can be resized by dragging the separating line. Clicking
573any row transfers its details to the MetaEdit Controls below. If several files
574are selected, black text indicates that the value is common to all of the
575selected files, while grey text indicates that it is not. Black values may be
576updated or removed, while grey ones can be removed from those that have it, or
577appended to the others.
578<Break/>
579A folder icon may appear beside some metadata entries. This indicates that the
580values are inherited from a parent (or ancestor) folder. Inherited metadata
581cannot be edited or removed, only appended to or overwritten. Click on the
582folder icon to go immediately to the folder where the metadata is assigned.
583<Break/>
584The MetaEdit Controls at the lower right appear only when a file is selected
585from the tree and a row is selected from the table. Use them to update, append,
586and remove the metadata value. The value field is for entering or editing the
587metadata value. Beside it is a button labelled "..." which, when clicked,
588opens a larger editing box. In the buttons below, "Append" assigns the value as
589new metadata and adds it to any existing values for the selected element,
590"Replace" overwrites the selected existing value with the new one, and "Remove" clears
591the selected value. Underneath, labelled "All Previous Values", is the "Value
592Tree".
593<Break/>
594The Value Tree expands and collapses. Usually it is a list that shows all
595values entered previously for the selected element. Clicking an entry
596automatically places it into the value field. Conversely, typing in the text
597field selects the Value Tree entry that starts with the characters you have
598typed. Pressing [Enter] auto-completes the typing with the selected value.
599<Break/>
600Metadata values can be organised into a hierarchy. This is shown in the Value Tree using folders for internal levels. Hierarchical values can be entered using the character "\" to separate the levels. For
601example, "Cards\Red\Diamonds\Seven" might be used in a hierarchy that represents a pack of playing cards. This enables values to be grouped together. Groups can also be assigned as metadata to files.
602<Break/>
603Greenstone extracts metadata automatically from documents into a metadata set
604whose elements are prefixed by "ex.". This has no value tree and cannot be
605edited, so the edit controls are hidden if such an entry is selected. The
606"..." button still serves to expand the value, but the text cannot be edited.
607 </Section>
608 <Section name="selectingmetadatasets">
609 <Title>Selecting Metadata Sets</Title>
610<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to specify metadata elements and how to add metadata sets to your collection.</ObviousSentence>
611 <Contents>
612 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
613 <ContentsItem>
614 Adding a metadata set
615 </ContentsItem>
616 </ContentsGroup>
617 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
618 <ContentsItem>
619 Updating a set
620 </ContentsItem>
621 <ContentsItem>
622 Creating new sets
623 </ContentsItem>
624 <ContentsItem>
625 Exporting a set
626 </ContentsItem>
627 </ContentsGroup>
628 </Contents>
629 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
630Sets of predefined metadata elements are known as "metadata sets". An example
631is the Dublin Core metadata set. When you add a metadata set to your
632collection, its elements become available for selection. You can have more than
633one set; to prevent name clashes a short identifier that identifies the
634metadata set is pre-pended to the element name. For instance the Dublin Core
635element Creator becomes "dc.Creator". Metadata sets are stored in the
636Librarian Interface's metadata folder and have the suffix ".mds".
637<Break/>
638To add a metadata set, choose "Metadata Sets" from the menu bar and select the
639"Import Set" action. A list appears that shows the sets stored in the Librarian
640Interface's metadata folder. Choose one and open it, or click "Browse" to
641locate metadata set files stored elsewhere. If the metadata elements have associated value trees, you will be asked whether to import
642all values associated with the elements in the set, just those values that make
643up the structure of hierarchy-based metadata, or no values at all.
644 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
645To install a newer version of a metadata set, simply add it as above. The
646Librarian Interface merges the sets, but does not alter values you have
647entered. You may be asked how to merge certain elements. For example if the
648current set and the one you are importing share a common element (which is
649likely if you are installing a new version of a set), you are shown as much
650information about the existing and new elements as possible, and asked how to
651proceed. Options include merging the elements, renaming the new one, replacing
652the old element entirely, or skipping this element. When merging two elements
653you are confronted with the same options, but this time at the "attributes"
654(rather than "elements") level. You can cancel the import operation at any
655time.
656<Break/>
657The ".mds" files are expressed in XML format. You can edit an existing metadata
658set or create a new one with an ordinary text editor. If you are starting a
659new file, copy the Document Type Definition and be sure to follow it, otherwise
660the Librarian Interface will be unable to load the metadata set. Use of an
661XML validator or validating editor is recommended.
662<Break/>
663To export a metadata set, or part of one (e.g. its assigned value hierarchy, or
664all its values), return to the Librarian Interface and choose "Export Set" from
665the "Metadata Set" menu. You will be asked to select appropriate export
666options, and a file to export into.
667 </Section>
668 <Section name="appendingmetadata">
669 <Title>Appending New Metadata</Title>
670<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to add metadata and values to files, and how to add new values for metadata elements.</ObviousSentence>
671 <Contents>
672 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
673 <ContentsItem>
674 Adding to files
675 </ContentsItem>
676 <ContentsItem>
677 Adding to folders or multiple files
678 </ContentsItem>
679 </ContentsGroup>
680 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
681 <ContentsItem>
682 Adding to the metadata table
683 </ContentsItem>
684 <ContentsItem>
685 Subject hierarchies
686 <ContentsItem>
687 Introduction to subjects
688 </ContentsItem>
689 <ContentsItem>
690 Metadata set editor
691 </ContentsItem>
692 </ContentsItem>
693 <ContentsItem>
694 Text field entry
695 </ContentsItem>
696 </ContentsGroup>
697 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
698 <ContentsItem>
699 Value hierarchies and editing values
700 </ContentsItem>
701 </ContentsGroup>
702 </Contents>
703 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
704We now add a metadata item -- both element and value -- to a file. First select
705the file from the Collection file tree on the left. The action causes any
706metadata previously assigned to this file to appear in the table at the right.
707<Break/>
708Next select the metadata element you want to add by clicking its row in the
709table.
710<Break/>
711Type the value into the value field. Do not use the character "\", as it is
712used for constructing hierarchies. When finished, click "Append" to add the new
713value as metadata for the chosen file. The value immediately appears in the
714Metadata table.
715<Break/>
716You can also add metadata to a folder, or to several multiply selected files at
717once. It is added to all files within the folder or selection, and to child
718folders. Keep in mind that if you assign metadata to a folder, any new files in
719it automatically inherit the folder's values.
720<Break/>
721When you add metadata to multiple files at once, you will be prompted for confirmation for any files that already have a value for that metadata. You are shown the name of the file in question, the element's
722title, previously-assigned values for this element, and the new value. The
723buttons offer different options: "Append" appends the metadata to the file
724without altering any existing values; "Append All" adds the new value to all
725other files too, without requiring individual confirmation; "Skip File" proceeds to the next file; "Cancel"
726undoes any changes and cancels the action.
727<Break/>
728If you choose metadata that occurs in some of the selected files and click
729"Append", it is added to the other files in the selection too.
730 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
731You can add structure to metadata values by using paths as described in <Reference target="theenrichview">The Enrich View</Reference>. Correct any mistakes in creating hierarchies by using
732the metadata set editor explained in <Reference target="editingmetadatasets">Editing Metadata Sets</Reference>.
733 </Section>
734 <Section name="addingpreviouslydefinedmetadata">
735 <Title>Adding Previously Defined Metadata</Title>
736<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to add metadata that uses values already present in the value tree.</ObviousSentence>
737 <Contents>
738 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
739 <ContentsItem>
740 Adding to files
741 </ContentsItem>
742 <ContentsItem>
743 Adding to folders or multiple files
744 </ContentsItem>
745 </ContentsGroup>
746 </Contents>
747 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
748To add metadata that has an existing value, first select the file, then select
749the required value from the value tree, expanding hierarchy folders as
750necessary. The value of the selected entry automatically appears in the Value
751text field (alternatively, use the value tree's auto-select and auto-complete
752features). Click "Append" to add the metadata to the selected file.
753<Break/>
754The process of adding metadata with already-existing values to folders
755or multiple files is just the same.
756 </Section>
757 <Section name="updatingmetadata">
758 <Title>Updating Metadata</Title>
759<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to update the metadata assigned to a file.</ObviousSentence>
760 <Contents>
761 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
762 <ContentsItem>
763 Updating files
764 </ContentsItem>
765 <ContentsItem>
766 Updating folders or multiple files
767 </ContentsItem>
768 </ContentsGroup>
769 </Contents>
770 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
771To update the value of a piece of metadata, first choose the file to which that
772value applies, and then the metadata element whose value you want to change.
773Your selection appears in the metadata edit controls. Edit the value field and
774click "Replace" to alter the metadata.
775<Break/>
776The process is the same when updating a folder with child folders or multiple
777files, except that when you click "Replace" you are asked what to do with the
778other files. The buttons offer different options: "Replace" replaces any
779previous value with the new one; "Replace All" adds the new value in the same
780way to all other files; "Skip File" skips the current file and proceeds to the
781next; "Cancel" undoes any changes and cancels the action. You can only update
782metadata that is common to all files selected. For a folder, this means that
783all its contents must share the same metadata.
784<Break/>
785The value tree shows all previous values, not just those currently assigned.
786Thus the value you have replaced will remain in the value tree.
787 </Section>
788 <Section name="removingmetadata">
789 <Title>Removing Metadata</Title>
790<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to remove metadata from a file.</ObviousSentence>
791 <Contents>
792 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
793 <ContentsItem>
794 Removing from files
795 </ContentsItem>
796 <ContentsItem>
797 Removing from folders or multiple files
798 </ContentsItem>
799 </ContentsGroup>
800 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
801 <ContentsItem>
802 Removing from the table
803 </ContentsItem>
804 </ContentsGroup>
805 </Contents>
806 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
807You remove metadata the same way as you update it. First select a file from the
808file tree, then use the metadata table to select the metadata. If the metadata
809has a value assigned, the "Remove" button in the MetaEdit Controls becomes
810active. Click it to remove the metadata from the specified file. Other files
811remain unchanged, and the value remains in the Value Tree.
812<Break/>
813When you remove metadata from a folder, or from several files, you are
814presented with various options: removing the metadata from this file, removing
815it from this and all other files, and skipping this file. You can cancel the
816operation at any time. If you choose metadata that is not common to all the
817selected files and click "Remove", the metadata is removed from those
818files that have it; all others are unaffected.
819 </Section>
820 <Section name="reviewingmetadata">
821 <Title>Reviewing Assigned Metadata</Title>
822<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to view all metadata assigned to an entire collection.</ObviousSentence>
823 <Contents>
824 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
825 <ContentsItem>
826 The audit table
827 </ContentsItem>
828 </ContentsGroup>
829 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
830 <ContentsItem>
831 Right button menu
832 </ContentsItem>
833 <ContentsItem>
834 Autofilter
835 </ContentsItem>
836 </ContentsGroup>
837 </Contents>
838 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
839Sometimes you need to see the metadata assigned to many or all files at once -- for instance,
840to determine how many files are left to work on, or to get some idea of the
841spread of dates.
842<Break/>
843Select the files you wish to examine, and from the "Metadata Set" menu choose "Assigned Metadata...". A window called
844"All Metadata", dominated by a large table with many columns, appears. The
845first column shows file names; the rows show all metadata values assigned to
846those files.
847<Break/>
848Drawing the table can take some time if many files are selected. You can continue to use the Librarian
849Interface while the "All Metadata" window is open.
850<Break/>
851Click "Close" to hide the window.
852 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
853You can also view the "All Metadata" table by selecting the files you wish to
854examine, right-clicking, and choosing "Assigned Metadata...". If a folder has
855been selected, all its child files are included in the table.
856<Break/>
857When it gets too large, you can filter the "All Metadata" table by applying
858filters to the columns. As new filters are added, only those rows that match
859them remain visible. To set, modify or clear a filter, click on the "funnel"
860icon at the top of a column. You are prompted for information about the filter.
861Once a filter is set, the column header changes colour.
862<Break/>
863The prompt has a "Simple" and an "Advanced" tab. The Simple version filters
864columns so that they only show rows that contain a certain metadata value ("*"
865matches all values). You can select metadata values from the pull-down list.
866The Advanced version allows different matching operations: must start with,
867does not contain, alphabetically less than and is equal to. The value to be
868matched can be edited to be any string (including "*"), and you can choose
869whether the matching should be case insensitive. Finally, you can specify a
870second matching condition that you can use to specify a range of values (by
871selecting AND) or alternative values (by selecting OR). Below this area is a
872box that allows you to change the sort order (ascending or descending). Once
873you have finished, click "Set Filter" to apply the new filter to the column.
874Click "Clear Filter" to remove a current filter. Note that the filter details
875are retained even when the filter is cleared.
876<Break/>
877For example, to sort the "All Metadata" table, choose a column, select the
878default filter setting (a Simple filter on "*"), and choose ascending or
879descending ordering.
880 </Section>
881 <Section name="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">
882 <Title>Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</Title>
883This section describes how to import previously assigned metadata,
884and install parsers to handle various metadata types.
885 <Contents>
886 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
887 <ContentsItem>
888 While adding files
889 </ContentsItem>
890 </ContentsGroup>
891 </Contents>
892 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
893If metadata in a form recognized by the Librarian Interface has been previously
894assigned to a file -- for example, when you choose documents from an existing
895Greenstone collection -- it is imported automatically when you add the file.
896To do this, the metadata must be mapped to the metadata sets available in the
897collection.
898<Break/>
899The Librarian Interface prompts for the necessary information. The prompt
900gives brief instructions and then shows the name of the metadata element that
901is being imported, just as it appears in the source file. This field cannot be
902edited or changed. Next you choose what metadata set the new element should map
903to, and then the appropriate metadata element in that set. The system
904automatically selects the closest match, in terms of set and element, for the
905new metadata.
906<Break/>
907Having checked the mapping, you can choose "Add" to add the new metadata
908element to the chosen metadata set. (This is only enabled if there is no
909element of the same name within the chosen set.) "Merge" maps the new element
910to the one chosen by the user. Finally, "Ignore" does not import any metadata
911with this element name.
912<Break/>
913Once you have specified how to import a certain piece of metadata, the mapping
914information is retained for the collection's lifetime. To correct any mistakes
915during importing, use the metadata set editor described in <Reference target="editingmetadatasets">Editing Metadata Sets</Reference>.
916<Break/>
917For details on the metadata.xml files which Greenstone uses to store the metadata, see Chapter 2 of the Greenstone
918Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
919 </Section>
920 </Section>
921
922 <Section name="designingacollection">
923 <Title>Designing Your Collection's Appearance</Title>
924Once your files are marked up with metadata, you next decide how it should
925appear to users as a Greenstone collection. What kind of information is
926searchable? What ways are provided to browse through the documents? What
927languages are supported? Where do the buttons appear on the page? These
928things can be customized; this section describes how to do it.
929 <Section name="thedesignview">
930 <Title>The Design View</Title>
931This section introduces you to the design view and explains how to navigate
932between the various views within this pane.
933 <Contents>
934 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
935 <ContentsItem>
936 Choosing a design section
937 </ContentsItem>
938 </ContentsGroup>
939 </Contents>
940 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
941With the Librarian Interface, you can configure how the collection appears to
942the user. The configuration options are divided into different sections, each
943associated with a particular stage of navigating or presenting information.
944<Break/>
945On the left is a list of different views, and on the right are the controls
946associated with the current one. To change to a different view, click its name
947in the list.
948<Break/>
949To understand the stages and terms involved in designing a collection, first
950read Chapters 1 and 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
951 </Section>
952 <Section name="generalsettings">
953 <Title>General Settings</Title>
954This section explains how to review and alter the general settings associated
955with your collection. First, under "Design Sections", click "General".
956 <Contents>
957 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
958 <ContentsItem>
959 General settings
960 </ContentsItem>
961 </ContentsGroup>
962 </Contents>
963 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
964Here the values provided during collection creation can be modified.
965<Break/>
966At the top of the page is an instruction box, which appears for each of the
967different sections. It contains a brief list of instructions to remind you
968what functionality is available.
969<Break/>
970First are the contact emails of the collection's creator and maintainer. Then
971come two checkboxes for whether the collection should be publicly accessible,
972and whether it is still under construction. The following field allows you to
973change the collection title. The next one specifies (in the form of a URL) the
974icon to show at the top left of the collection's "About" page, and the next is
975the icon used in the Greenstone library page to link to the collection. Finally
976comes the "Collection Description" text area as described in <Reference target="creatingacollection">Creating A New Collection</Reference>.
977 </Section>
978 <Section name="plugins">
979 <Title>Document Plugins</Title>
980This section describes how to configure the document plugins the
981collection uses. It explains how you specify what
982plugins to use, what parameters to pass to them, and in what order
983they occur. Under "Design Sections", click "Document Plugins".
984 <Contents>
985 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
986 <ContentsItem>
987 Add a plugin
988 </ContentsItem>
989 <ContentsItem>
990 Remove a plugin
991 </ContentsItem>
992 <ContentsItem>
993 Configure a plugin
994 </ContentsItem>
995 <ContentsItem>
996 Change plugin order
997 </ContentsItem>
998 </ContentsGroup>
999 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
1000 <ContentsItem>
1001 Custom configuration
1002 </ContentsItem>
1003 <ContentsItem>
1004 Rebuilding the plugin database
1005 </ContentsItem>
1006 </ContentsGroup>
1007 </Contents>
1008 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1009To add a plugin, select it using the "Select plugin to add" pull-down list near the
1010bottom and then click "Add Plugin". A window appears entitled
1011"Configuring Arguments"; it is described later. Once you have configured the
1012new plugin, it is added to the end of the "Currently Assigned Plugins" list.
1013Note that a plugin may only occur once in the list.
1014<Break/>
1015To remove a plugin, select it in the list and click "Remove Plugin".
1016<Break/>
1017Plugins are configured by providing arguments. To alter them, select the
1018plugin from the list and click "Configure Plugin" (or double-click
1019the plugin). A "Configuring Arguments" dialog appears with three parts: a
1020text field for entering custom arguments, an area containing controls for
1021specifying arguments, and two buttons at the bottom.
1022<Break/>
1023There are different kinds of controls. Some are checkboxes, and clicking one
1024adds the appropriate option to the plugin. Others are text strings, with a
1025checkbox and a text field. Click the box to enable the argument, then type
1026appropriate text (regular expression, file path etc) in the box. Others are
1027pull-down menus from which you can select from a given set of values. Still
1028others allow multiple selections from a list. To add a value, select it and
1029click "Add"; to remove it, select it and click "Remove". To learn what an
1030argument does, let the mouse hover over its name for a moment and a description
1031will appear.
1032<Break/>
1033When you have changed the configuration, click "OK" to commit the changes and
1034close the dialog, or "Cancel" to close the dialog without changing any plugin
1035arguments.
1036<Break/>
1037The plugins in the list are executed in order, and the ordering is sometimes
1038important. Two plugins, ArcPlug and RecPlug, are vital to the collection
1039building process, and are fixed in place at the end of the list (with a
1040separator line). To change the ordering of the other ones, select the plugin you want to move
1041and click "Move To Top", "Move Up", "Move Down", or "Move To Bottom".
1042 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
1043The Librarian Interface does its best to determine what arguments a plugin
1044supports. However, there may be cases where the user wants to specify special
1045arguments, and for this a text field called "Custom Arguments" (at the top) is
1046provided. Any text in it is appended verbatim to the end of the plugin
1047command.
1048 </Section>
1049 <Section name="searchtypes">
1050 <Title>Search Types</Title>
1051This section explains how to modify a new design feature in Greenstone, Search Types, which allow fielded searching. Under "Design Sections", click "Search Types".
1052 <Contents>
1053 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1054 <ContentsItem>
1055 What enabling advanced searches means
1056 </ContentsItem>
1057 <ContentsItem>
1058 Adding a new search type
1059 </ContentsItem>
1060 <ContentsItem>
1061 Removing a search type
1062 </ContentsItem>
1063 <ContentsItem>
1064 Changing the order of search types
1065 </ContentsItem>
1066 </ContentsGroup>
1067 </Contents>
1068 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1069When you enter the Search Types view, first check "Enable Advanced
1070Searches", which activates the other controls. This migrates the collection to
1071Greenstone 2.4 format, which supports fielded searching, and means that (a)
1072the index design is different (explained in the <Reference target="searchindexes">Search Indexes</Reference> section),
1073(b) there are more text fragments to translate (see <Reference target="translatetext">Translation</Reference>), and (c) the collection will not be usable under older Greenstone
1074installations. If you later uncheck this field, most of your collection will
1075be migrated back to Greenstone 2.39. However the Librarian Interface cannot
1076convert the new index specifications into older ones, so you will have to
1077re-enter them manually.
1078<Break/>
1079To add a search type, select it from the "Search Types" list and click "Add Search Type". Each type can only appear in the list once.
1080<Break/>
1081To remove a search type, select it from the "Currently Assigned Search Types"
1082list and click "Remove Search Type". The list must contain at least
1083one search type.
1084<Break/>
1085To change to order of a search type, select it from the list and click "Move
1086Up" or "Move Down". The first one will be the default.
1087 </Section>
1088 <Section name="searchindexes">
1089 <Title>Search Indexes</Title>
1090Indexes specify what parts of the collection are searchable. This section explains how to add and remove indexes, and set a default index. Under "Design Sections", click "Search Indexes".
1091 <Contents>
1092 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1093 <ContentsItem>
1094 Add an index
1095 </ContentsItem>
1096 <ContentsItem>
1097 Remove an index
1098 </ContentsItem>
1099 <ContentsItem>
1100 Set default index
1101 </ContentsItem>
1102 <ContentsItem>
1103 Clear default index
1104 </ContentsItem>
1105 </ContentsGroup>
1106 </Contents>
1107 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1108To add an index, type a name for it into the "Index Name" field. Select which
1109of the possible information sources to index by clicking the checkboxes beside
1110them. The list shows all the assigned metadata elements, as well the full
1111text. Having selected the data sources, choose the granularity of the index,
1112using the "At the level" menu. Once these details are complete, "Add Index"
1113becomes active (unless there is an existing index with the same settings).
1114Click it to add the new index.
1115<Break/>
1116To remove an index, select it from the list of assigned indexes and click
1117"Remove Index".
1118<Break/>
1119The default index, the one used on the collection's search page, is tagged with
1120"[Default Index]" in the "Assigned Indexes" list. To set it, select an index
1121from the list and click "Set Default". To reset it, click "Clear Default".
1122<Break/>
1123If advanced searching is enabled (via the Search Types view), the index controls are different. Each index
1124is based on just one data source. There is a new pseudo-data source "allfields" which provides searching across all specified indexes at once. Levels are not
1125assigned to a specific index, but apply across all indexes: thus indexes and
1126levels are added separately. Indexes are removed in the same way as above, but
1127the default index can no longer be set -- it is simply the
1128first index assigned.
1129<Break/>
1130To create indexes on all sources, click the "Add All" button. The name of each index will default to the source name. To change the name, select an index, change its details, and click "Replace Index".
1131 </Section>
1132 <Section name="partitionindexes">
1133 <Title>Partition Indexes</Title>
1134Indexes are built on particular text or metadata sources. The search space can
1135be further controlled by partitioning the index, either by language or by a
1136predetermined filter. This section describes how to do this. Under "Design
1137Sections", click "Partition Indexes".
1138<Break/>
1139The "Partition Indexes" view has three tabs; "Define Filters", "Assign
1140Partitions" and "Assign Languages". To learn more about partitions read about
1141subcollections and subindexes in Chapter 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
1142
1143 <Section name="definefilters">
1144 <Title>Define Filters</Title>
1145<ObviousSentence>The section explains how to define a partition filter.</ObviousSentence>
1146 <Contents>
1147 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1148 <ContentsItem>
1149 Add a filter
1150 </ContentsItem>
1151 <ContentsItem>
1152 Remove a filter
1153 </ContentsItem>
1154 <ContentsItem>
1155 Update a filter
1156 </ContentsItem>
1157 </ContentsGroup>
1158 </Contents>
1159 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1160Filters allows you to group together into a subcollection all documents in an
1161index for which a metadata value matches a given pattern.
1162<Break/>
1163To create a filter, click the "Define Filters" tab and enter a name for the
1164new filter into the "Name the subcollection filter" field. Next choose a
1165document attribute to match against, either a metadata element or the name of
1166the file in question. Enter a regular expression to use during the matching.
1167You can toggle between "Including" documents that match the filter, or
1168"Excluding" them. Finally, you can specify any of the standard PERL regular
1169expression flags to use when matching (e.g. "i" for case-insensitive matching).
1170Finally, click "Add Filter" to add the filter to the "Defined Subcollection Filters"
1171list.
1172<Break/>
1173To remove a filter, select it from the list and click "Remove Filter".
1174<Break/>
1175To alter a filter, select it from the list, change any of the values that
1176appear in the editing controls and click "Replace Filter" to commit the changes.
1177 </Section>
1178 <Section name="assignpartitions">
1179 <Title>Assign Partitions</Title>
1180<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to assign a previous defined partition filter.</ObviousSentence>
1181 <Contents>
1182 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1183 <ContentsItem>
1184 Add a partition
1185 </ContentsItem>
1186 <ContentsItem>
1187 Remove a partition
1188 </ContentsItem>
1189 <ContentsItem>
1190 Set default partition
1191 </ContentsItem>
1192 <ContentsItem>
1193 Clear default partition
1194 </ContentsItem>
1195 </ContentsGroup>
1196 </Contents>
1197 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1198Having defined a subcollection filter, use the "Assign Partitions" tab to build
1199indexes for it (or for a group of filters). Select the desired filter (or
1200filters) from the "Defined Subcollection Filters" list, enter a name for your partition in the "Partition Name" field, and click "Add Partition".
1201<Break/>
1202To remove a partition, select it from the list and click "Remove Partition".
1203<Break/>
1204To make a partition the default one, select it from the list and click "Set
1205Default".
1206<Break/>
1207To clear the default partition, click "Clear Default".
1208 </Section>
1209 <Section name="assignlanguages">
1210 <Title>Assign Languages</Title>
1211This section details how to restrict search indexes to particular languages.
1212You do this by generating a partition using the "Assign Languages" tab of the
1213"Partition Indexes" view.
1214 <Contents>
1215 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1216 <ContentsItem>
1217 Language controls
1218 </ContentsItem>
1219 <ContentsItem>
1220 Add language
1221 </ContentsItem>
1222 <ContentsItem>
1223 Remove language
1224 </ContentsItem>
1225 <ContentsItem>
1226 Set default language
1227 </ContentsItem>
1228 <ContentsItem>
1229 Clear default language
1230 </ContentsItem>
1231 </ContentsGroup>
1232 </Contents>
1233 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1234To add a new language to partition by, use the "Assign Languages" tab to build
1235an index for it. Select the desired language from the "Language to add"
1236pull-down list and click "Add Language".
1237<Break/>
1238To remove a language, select it from the "Language Selection" list and click
1239"Remove Language".
1240<Break/>
1241To set the default language, select it from the list and click "Set Default".
1242<Break/>
1243To clear the default language, click "Clear Default".
1244 </Section>
1245 </Section>
1246 <Section name="xcollectionsearching">
1247 <Title>Cross-Collection Searching</Title>
1248Greenstone can search across several different collections as though they were
1249one. This is done by creating a "super-collection" that comprises the
1250individual collections. Under "Design Sections", click "Cross-Collection Search".
1251 <Contents>
1252 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1253 <ContentsItem>
1254 Selecting a collection
1255 </ContentsItem>
1256 </ContentsGroup>
1257 </Contents>
1258 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1259The Cross-Collection Search view shows a checklist of available collections. The
1260current collection is ticked and cannot be deselected. To add another
1261collection to be searched in parallel, click it in the list (click again to
1262remove it). If only one collection is selected, there is no cross-collection
1263searching.
1264<Break/>
1265For further details, see Chapter 1 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
1266 </Section>
1267 <Section name="classifiers">
1268 <Title>Classifiers</Title>
1269This section explains how to assign "classifiers", which are used for browsing,
1270to the collection. Under "Design Sections", click "Browsing Classifiers".
1271 <Contents>
1272 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1273 <ContentsItem>
1274 Classifier selection and configuration
1275 </ContentsItem>
1276 <ContentsItem>
1277 Add a classifier
1278 </ContentsItem>
1279 <ContentsItem>
1280 Remove a classifier
1281 </ContentsItem>
1282 <ContentsItem>
1283 Configure a classifier
1284 </ContentsItem>
1285 <ContentsItem>
1286 Alter classifier ordering
1287 </ContentsItem>
1288 </ContentsGroup>
1289 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
1290 <ContentsItem>
1291 CustomAZList
1292 </ContentsItem>
1293 </ContentsGroup>
1294 </Contents>
1295 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1296To add a classifier, select it using the "Select classifier to add" pull-down list near the
1297bottom and then click "Add Specified Classifier". A window appears entitled
1298"Configuring Arguments"; instructions for this dialog are just the same as for
1299plugins (see <Reference target="plugins">Document Plugins</Reference>). Once you have configured the new
1300classifier, it is added to the end of the "Currently Assigned Classifiers"
1301list.
1302<Break/>
1303To remove a classifier, select it from the list and click "Remove Selected
1304Classifier".
1305<Break/>
1306To change the arguments a classifier, select it from the list and click
1307"Configure Selected Classifier" (or double-click on the classifier in the
1308list).
1309<Break/>
1310The ordering of classifiers in the collection's navigation bar is reflected in
1311their order here. To change it, select the classifier you want to move and
1312click "Move To Top", "Move Up", "Move Down", or "Move To Bottom".
1313<Break/>
1314For further information on classifiers read Chapter 2, Greenstone
1315Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
1316 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
1317The CustomAZList classifier is a special classifier that builds an alphabetical
1318selection list ("AZList") and allows you to specify the letter ranges. This
1319classifier has its own configuration dialogue. When a metadata element is
1320selected, the "Ranges" tree automatically becomes populated with appropriate
1321values. Expand or collapse the tree as desired. Select any two values and
1322click "Merge" to specify a range, or select a previously merged value and click
1323"Split" to restore the values contained within. When satisfied with the ranges,
1324click "OK" to begin processing the documents in the collection. You can
1325"Cancel" the dialog without making any changes to the collection.
1326 </Section>
1327 <Section name="formatstatements">
1328 <Title>Format Features</Title>
1329Format commands control the structure and appearance of the collection. They
1330affect such things as where buttons appear when a document is shown, and what
1331links are displayed by the DateList classifier. Format commands are not easy
1332to develop, and you should read Chapter 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
1333This section discusses the format settings, and how the Librarian Interface
1334gives access to them. Under "Design Sections", click "Format Features".
1335 <Contents>
1336 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1337 <ContentsItem>
1338 Formatting
1339 </ContentsItem>
1340 <ContentsItem>
1341 Add format command
1342 </ContentsItem>
1343 <ContentsItem>
1344 Remove format command
1345 </ContentsItem>
1346 <ContentsItem>
1347 Update format command
1348 </ContentsItem>
1349 </ContentsGroup>
1350 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
1351 <ContentsItem>
1352 Extended formatting options
1353 </ContentsItem>
1354 </ContentsGroup>
1355 </Contents>
1356 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1357You can apply a format command to anything in the "Choose Feature" pull-down
1358list, which includes each classifier and a predefined list of features. When
1359you select a feature, there are two types of control. Some features are simply
1360enabled or disabled, and this is controlled by a checkbox. Others require a
1361format string to be specified. For these there is a pull-down list ("Affected
1362Component") for selecting which part of the feature the string applies to
1363(if necessary), a text area ("HTML Format String") for entering the string,
1364and a selection of predefined "Variables". To insert a variable into the
1365current position in the format string, select it from the pull-down list and
1366click "Insert".
1367<Break/>
1368You can specify a default format for a particular component by selecting the
1369blank feature. This format is then applied to all applicable features unless
1370otherwise specified.
1371<Break/>
1372To add a new format command, fill out the information as explained above and
1373click "Add Format". The new format command appears in the list of "Currently
1374Assigned Format Commands". Only one format command can be assigned to each
1375feature/component combination.
1376<Break/>
1377To remove a format command, select it from the list and click "Remove Format".
1378<Break/>
1379To change a format command, select it from the list, modify the settings, and
1380click "Replace Format".
1381<Break/>
1382For more information about variables and the feature components, read Chapter 2
1383of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
1384 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
1385If the "Allow Extended Options" checkbox is ticked, some advanced formatting options are enabled. The list of features that can be formatted is changed slightly, and more variables are available to be used in the format command, providing greater control over the page layout.
1386 </Section>
1387 <Section name="translatetext">
1388 <Title>Translate Text</Title>
1389This section describes the translation view, where you can define
1390language-specific text fragments for parts of the collection's interface.
1391Under "Design Sections", click "Translate Text".
1392 <Contents>
1393 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1394 <ContentsItem>
1395 Add translation
1396 </ContentsItem>
1397 <ContentsItem>
1398 Remove translation
1399 </ContentsItem>
1400 <ContentsItem>
1401 Update translation
1402 </ContentsItem>
1403 </ContentsGroup>
1404 </Contents>
1405 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1406First choose the an entry from the "Features" list. The language-specific
1407strings associated with this feature appear below. Use the "Language of
1408translation" pull-down list to select the target language, and type the
1409translated text into the text area, referring to the "Initial Text Fragment" if
1410necessary. Click "Add Translation" when finished.
1411<Break/>
1412To remove an existing translation, select it in the "Assigned Translations"
1413table and click "Remove Translation".
1414<Break/>
1415To edit a translation, select it, edit it in the "Translated Text" text
1416area, and click "Replace Translation".
1417 </Section>
1418 <Section name="metadatasets">
1419 <Title>Metadata Sets</Title>
1420This section explains the metadata set review panel.
1421Under "Design Sections", click "Metadata Sets".
1422 <Contents>
1423 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1424 <ContentsItem>
1425 Available metadata sets
1426 </ContentsItem>
1427 </ContentsGroup>
1428 </Contents>
1429 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1430This view is used to review the metadata sets that the collection uses, and the
1431elements that are available within each set. Choose from the list of "Available
1432Metadata Sets" in order to see details of their elements. This view is
1433read-only.
1434 </Section>
1435 </Section>
1436
1437 <Section name="producingthecollection">
1438 <Title>Producing Your Collection</Title>
1439Having collected the documents for the collection, annotated them with
1440metadata, and designed how the collection will appear, you can now produce the
1441collection using Greenstone. This section explains how.
1442 <Section name="thecreateview">
1443 <Title>The Create View</Title>
1444<ObviousSentence>This section explains the Create view used to produce a collection.</ObviousSentence>
1445 <Contents>
1446 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1447 <ContentsItem>
1448 </ContentsItem>
1449 </ContentsGroup>
1450 </Contents>
1451The Create view is used to create the collection by running Greenstone
1452collection-building scripts on the information you have provided. This is
1453generally straightforward: just click "Build Collection" at the bottom of the
1454screen. However, the building process can be customized. You can also use
1455this view to review details of previous attempts to build this collection,
1456whether successful or not.
1457<Break/>
1458The buttons for building and cancelling the building process are at the bottom.
1459Above appears a group of controls titled "Collection Import &amp; Build Options".
1460To the left is a list of three items, and to the right is a pane that reflects
1461the currently chosen item in the list, as described in the following sections.
1462<Break/>
1463Clicking "Build Collection" initiates the collection building process. The time
1464this takes depends on the size of the collection and the number of indexes
1465being created (for huge collections it can be hours). To cancel the process at
1466any time, click "Cancel Build".
1467 </Section>
1468 <Section name="buildsettings">
1469 <Title>Import and Build Settings</Title>
1470This section explains how to access the various import and build settings.
1471For more information of importing and building read Chapter 1 of the Greenstone
1472Developer's Guide -- Understanding the collection-building process.
1473 <Contents>
1474 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1475 <ContentsItem>
1476 General settings
1477 </ContentsItem>
1478 <ContentsItem>
1479 Import settings
1480 </ContentsItem>
1481 <ContentsItem>
1482 Build settings
1483 </ContentsItem>
1484 </ContentsGroup>
1485 </Contents>
1486 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1487The first two entries in the list on the left are "Import" and "Build", which
1488give settings that apply to the import and build scripts respectively.
1489<Break/>
1490Controlling the various settings is done in a similar way to the
1491"Configuring Arguments" window described in the <Reference target="plugins">Document Plugins</Reference> section. Some
1492fields require numeric arguments, and you can either type these in or use the
1493up and down arrows to increase or decrease the current value (in some cases,
1494the interface restricts the range you can enter). Others are enabled by
1495clicking a checkbox (click again to disable).
1496 </Section>
1497 <Section name="messagelog">
1498 <Title>Message Log</Title>
1499<ObviousSentence>This section explains the message log.</ObviousSentence>
1500 <Contents>
1501 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1502 <ContentsItem>
1503 Message log
1504 </ContentsItem>
1505 </ContentsGroup>
1506 </Contents>
1507 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1508The third item on the left is "Message Log". This shows the output that
1509Greenstone generated when it built the collection before. Select the
1510log you want by clicking on the desired date in the "Log History" list.
1511 </Section>
1512 <Section name="theprogressview">
1513 <Title>The Progress View</Title>
1514<ObviousSentence>This section explains the building progress view.</ObviousSentence>
1515 <Contents>
1516 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1517 <ContentsItem>
1518 Measuring progress
1519 </ContentsItem>
1520 </ContentsGroup>
1521 </Contents>
1522 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1523When you start to build a collection, the view changes immediately. The
1524controls described <Reference target="thecreateview">previously</Reference> are replaced by two
1525progress bars and a text area. The bars indicate progress through the import
1526phase, then the build phase. The text area shows the Message Log mentioned in
1527the <Reference target="messagelog">previous section</Reference>.
1528 </Section>
1529 </Section>
1530
1531 <Section name="previewingthecollection">
1532 <Title>Previewing the Collection</Title>
1533<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to use the "Preview" view to inspect the collection you have produced.</ObviousSentence>
1534 <Section name="thepreviewview">
1535 <Title>The Preview View</Title>
1536<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to use the "Preview" view to inspect the collection you have produced.</ObviousSentence>
1537 <Contents>
1538 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1539 <ContentsItem>
1540 Browsing the preview
1541 </ContentsItem>
1542 </ContentsGroup>
1543 </Contents>
1544 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1545Once you have built a collection the "Preview" tab on the main screen becomes
1546enabled. This allows you to inspect the new collection. It shows a simplified
1547Web browser with initial page (and home page) set to the new collection's "About" page. You can navigate the collection using standard hyperlink clicks.
1548 </Section>
1549 </Section>
1550
1551 <Section name="miscellaneous">
1552 <Title>Miscellaneous</Title>
1553This section describes features of the Librarian Interface that are not associated
1554with any particular view.
1555 <Section name="preferences">
1556 <Title>Preferences</Title>
1557This section explains the preferences dialog, accessed by opening "File" -> "Preferences".
1558 <Contents>
1559 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1560 <ContentsItem>
1561 Mode
1562 </ContentsItem>
1563 <ContentsItem>
1564 Workflow
1565 </ContentsItem>
1566 <ContentsItem>
1567 Connection
1568 </ContentsItem>
1569 <ContentsItem>
1570 Warnings
1571 </ContentsItem>
1572 </ContentsGroup>
1573 </Contents>
1574 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1575There are three "General" options. If "View Extracted Metadata" is checked, the
1576various controls dealing with metadata always show all metadata that has been
1577extracted automatically from documents. Deselecting it hides this metadata
1578(although it is still available during collection design, and within the
1579final Greenstone collection).
1580<Break/>
1581If "Show File Size" is checked, the file size is shown next to each file in the Workspace and Collection file trees in the Gather and Enrich views.
1582<Break/>
1583The third "General" option is a pull-down list of the various languages that
1584the Librarian Interface can be presented in. These correspond to the
1585dictionaries located in the "classes" folder of the Librarian Interface's
1586directory. If you change the dictionary by choosing one from the list, you must
1587restart the Librarian Interface in order to load the new language strings from
1588the dictionary.
1589<Break/>
1590The "Mode" panel is used to control the level of detail within the interface. At its lowest setting, "Library Assistant", the design view is disabled, arguments requiring regular expressions are hidden and the collection building produces a minimal log of events. In contrast the highest setting, "Expert", provides access to all of the features of design, including plugin positioning and regular expression arguments, and also allows the full output from the collection building to be recorded in the logs. To change or review modes, click the radio button next to the mode you are interested in. You can quickly review what mode you are in by looking at the Librarian Interface's title bar.
1591<Break/>
1592The Librarian Interface can support different workflows by determining which of
1593the various view tabs are visible. Use the "Workflow" tab to customise what
1594views are available by checking the boxes next to the views that you want to be
1595available. Alternatively, use the pull-down list at the bottom to select
1596predetermined configurations. Closing the preferences dialog establishes these
1597workflow settings. These settings are stored with the collection, not in the
1598Librarian Interface configuration file.
1599<Break/>
1600The "Connection" tab lets you alter the path to the locally-running Greenstone
1601library server, which is used when Previewing collections. It also lets you set
1602proxy information for connecting to the Internet (e.g. when Browsing or
1603Mirroring your files; see 3.0 and 4.0 for details). Check the box to enable
1604proxy connection and supply details of the proxy host address and port number.
1605The proxy connection is established when you close the Preferences dialog.
1606<Break/>
1607During the course of a session the Librarian Interface may give warning
1608messages which inform you of possibly unforeseen consequences of an action. You
1609can disable the messages by checking the "Do not show this warning again" box.
1610You can re-enable warning messages using the "Warnings" tab. Check the box
1611next to warning messages you want to see again.
1612 </Section>
1613 <Section name="fileassociations">
1614 <Title>File Associations</Title>
1615The Librarian Interface uses particular application programs to open particular
1616file types. This section explains how to assign and edit these file
1617associations.
1618 <Contents>
1619 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1620 <ContentsItem>
1621 Add association
1622 </ContentsItem>
1623 <ContentsItem>
1624 Edit association
1625 </ContentsItem>
1626 <ContentsItem>
1627 Remove association
1628 </ContentsItem>
1629 </ContentsGroup>
1630 </Contents>
1631 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1632To alter file associations open the "File" menu and click "File
1633Associations...".
1634<Break/>
1635To add an association, select the target file extension from the pull-down
1636list, or type in a new extension (do not include the "."). Next either type
1637command that launches the desired application in the appropriate field, or
1638choose the application from the "Browse" dialog. "%1" can be used in the launch
1639command to insert the name of the file being opened. Once these are filled out,
1640"Add Association" is enabled and can be clicked to add the association.
1641<Break/>
1642To edit an association, select an existing file extension. Any existing
1643associated command is shown in the launch command field. Edit it, and then
1644click "Replace Association".
1645<Break/>
1646To remove an association, select an existing file extension and click "Remove Association".
1647(The file extension remains in the "For Files Ending" pull-down list.)
1648<Break/>
1649File associations are stored in the Librarian Interface's main folder, in a file
1650called "associations.xml".
1651 </Section>
1652 <Section name="exportingcollections">
1653 <Title>Exporting Collections to CD-ROM</Title>
1654
1655This section describes how to export collections to a self-installing
1656Greenstone CD-ROM.
1657 <Contents>
1658 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1659 <ContentsItem>
1660 How to export
1661 </ContentsItem>
1662 </ContentsGroup>
1663 </Contents>
1664 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1665Greenstone can export one or more collections to a self-installing
1666CD-ROM for Windows. To do so, Greenstone's "Export to CD-ROM" package
1667must be installed. This is not included by default, so you may need to
1668modify your installation to include it.
1669<Break/>
1670To export a collection, open the "File" menu and choose "Export to
1671CD-ROM". A list of Greenstone collections appears; click on any one to
1672see its description. Tick the check boxes of the collections to export.
1673You can enter the CD-ROM's name in the box: this is what will appear in
1674the Start menu when the CD-ROM has been installed. Then click "Export".
1675The process involves copying many files and may take a few minutes.
1676<Break/>
1677Upon completion, Greenstone will show the name of a folder containing
1678the exported collections. Use a CD writer to copy its contents to a
1679blank CD-ROM.
1680 </Section>
1681 </Section>
1682
1683 <Section name="metadatasetandprofileediting">
1684 <Title>Metadata Set and Profile Editing</Title>
1685This section explains how to edit metadata sets used by the Librarian
1686Interface. This is the only way to remove a value from the "Previous Values"
1687tree. Although you can use the Enrich view to remove a certain value
1688from a record, the value remains in the value tree. To remove it (or any
1689part of the metadata set, including its elements), use the metadata set editor.
1690<Break/>
1691The same tool is used to alter the instructions that map metadata from files
1692imported into the collection to existing metadata sets. These are called
1693"importing profiles".
1694<Break/>
1695To edit a metadata set or importing profile, choose "Metadata Sets" from the menu
1696bar and select the "Edit Set" action.
1697 <Section name="editingmetadatasets">
1698 <Title>Editing Metadata Sets</Title>
1699<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to edit metadata sets and previously assigned values.</ObviousSentence>
1700 <Contents>
1701 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1702 <ContentsItem>
1703 Editing sets
1704 </ContentsItem>
1705 <ContentsItem>
1706 Editing elements
1707 </ContentsItem>
1708 </ContentsGroup>
1709 </Contents>
1710 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1711On the left of the "Edit Metadata Sets" dialog is a list showing what metadata
1712sets and profiles can be edited. Click one of these and its details will
1713appear on the right in one or more tables. Beneath are buttons for adding,
1714editing or removing the various parts; alongside them is the "Close" button.
1715Many buttons are greyed out initially, and are activated by selections in the
1716tables. Now we describe how to edit sets and elements.
1717<Break/>
1718To define a new metadata set, beside "Set" click "Add", fill out the
1719information requested, and click "OK". "Namespace" is a short identifier for
1720the new set (e.g. "dc" for Dublin Core; "dls" for the Development Library
1721Subset).
1722<Break/>
1723To remove a metadata set, select it in the list on the left and click "Remove".
1724A confirmation prompt will appear; confirming it <strong>permanently</strong>
1725removes the set and all associated metadata.
1726<Break/>
1727Some information is associated with each metadata set, such as its creator and
1728creation date. We call these "attributes" of the metadata set, and you can
1729alter them.
1730Beside "Attribute", click "Add" to add an attribute to the selected metadata
1731set, fill in the requested information -- name, language and values -- and
1732click "OK". Each metadata set is considered unique, so for a new metadata set
1733the pull-down list for the name and value are initially empty. Beside
1734"Attribute", "Edit" becomes active when an attribute is selected in the table
1735and leads to the same dialog as "Add" (except that the current value is already
1736filled out). Beside "Attribute", "Remove" becomes active when the attribute is
1737selected; when clicked the attribute is removed.
1738<Break/>
1739Double clicking on a set in the list on the left will display a list of metadata elements in that set. You can add an element, remove it, and remove values from
1740it. To add an element, beside "Element" click "Add" and specify the new
1741element's name.
1742<Break/>
1743To remove a metadata element, select it and beside "Element" click "Remove".
1744This <strong>permanently</strong> removes the element and all metadata
1745associated with it.
1746<Break/>
1747Just as information is associated with each metadata set, information can also
1748be associated with each metadata element -- metadata about metadata! Again we
1749call these "attributes"; Examples are a language-specific name for the element,
1750its definition, or perhaps a general comment.
1751<Break/>
1752You edit the attributes of an element in the same way that you edit the
1753attributes of a metadata set, explained above. In this case the pull-down
1754lists in the add and edit prompts may contain values from the same attribute of
1755other elements within the set.
1756<Break/>
1757You can also alter the "value tree" for an element, which
1758contains all the values that have been assigned to it. You
1759can "Add" a value whenever an element is selected. Choose a parent folder
1760(if any), enter the value and click "OK" to put the
1761new value in the tree. You can "Edit" a value that you have selected in the
1762value tree; click "OK" to commit the changes. Note that changing the parent
1763subject will cause the value to be moved to that subject. You can "Remove" a
1764value that you have selected in the tree -- but note that this does
1765<strong>not</strong> remove all metadata referring to this value, and if the
1766value is still in use it will be restored the next time you save.
1767<Break/>
1768Once you have finished changing the metadata set, click "Close".
1769 </Section>
1770 <Section name="editingimportprofiles">
1771 <Title>Editing Metadata Import Profiles</Title>
1772<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to edit metadata importing profiles.</ObviousSentence>
1773 <Contents>
1774 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1775 <ContentsItem>
1776 Editing profiles
1777 </ContentsItem>
1778 </ContentsGroup>
1779 </Contents>
1780 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1781Double-click the "Importing Profiles" item to see a list of importing profiles
1782for importing from other collections into this one. Each profile is named
1783after the collection to which it applies -- that is, the collection that
1784documents are coming from. You can add a profile by clicking "Add" beside
1785"Profile" and specifying the name of the collection that it should apply to. You
1786can remove a profile by selecting it and click "Remove" beside "Profile".
1787<Break/>
1788When a profile is selected, its mapping table appears. Each line gives a
1789correspondence between a metadata element in the collection that the metadata
1790comes from, and a metadata element in the collection being constructed. You
1791can edit this table. To add a new mapping, select a source profile, then click
1792"Add" beside "Attribute". The standard attribute dialog box appears, except
1793that the language field is disabled and the "Values" pull-down list contains
1794all the elements currently available in the collection. Mappings can be edited
1795and removed as described above.
1796<Break/>
1797Once you have finished changing the metadata importing profile, click "Close".
1798 </Section>
1799 </Section>
1800</Document>
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