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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>
91{2.intro}
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 Default metadata sets
105 </ContentsItem>
106 <ContentsItem>
107 Collection description
108 </ContentsItem>
109 <ContentsItem>
110 Creating the new collection
111 </ContentsItem>
112 <ContentsItem>
113 Cancelling the new collection
114 </ContentsItem>
115 </ContentsGroup>
116 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
117 <ContentsItem>
118 Quick keys
119 </ContentsItem>
120 </ContentsGroup>
121 </Contents>
122 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
123To create a new collection, open the "File" menu and choose "New". Several
124fields need to be filled out -- but you can change their values later if you
125need to, in the design view.
126<Break/>
127"Collection title" is the text displayed at the top of your collection's home page. It can
128be any length.
129<Break/>
130"Description of content"
131should describe, in as much detail as possible, what the collection is about.
132Use the [Enter] key to break it into paragraphs.
133<Break/>
134Finally you must specify whether the new collection will have the same
135appearance and metadata sets as an existing collection, or whether to start a
136default "New Collection".
137<Break/>
138Click "OK" to create the collection. If you chose "New Collection" you are
139prompted for the metadata sets to use in it. You can choose more than one, and
140you can add others later.
141<Break/>
142Clicking "Cancel" returns you to the main screen immediately.
143 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
144Buttons, like menus, have one character underlined. To "click" the button,
145press [ALT] and the underlined character at the same time.
146 </Section>
147 <Section name="savingacollection">
148 <Title>Saving the Collection</Title>
149<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to save a collection, and the Save Collection Prompt.</ObviousSentence>
150 <Contents>
151 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
152 <ContentsItem>
153 How to save
154 </ContentsItem>
155 </ContentsGroup>
156 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
157 <ContentsItem>
158 Where the files are saved
159 </ContentsItem>
160 </ContentsGroup>
161 </Contents>
162 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
163Save your work regularly by opening the "File" menu and choosing "Save".
164Saving a collection is not the same as making it ready for use in Greenstone
165(see <Reference target="producingthecollection">Producing Your Collection</Reference>).
166<Break/>
167The Librarian Interface protects your work by saving it whenever you exit the
168program or load another collection.
169 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
170Saved collections are written to a file named for the collection and with file
171extension ".col", located in a folder of the same name within your Greenstone
172installation's "collect" folder.
173 </Section>
174 <Section name="openingacollection">
175 <Title>Opening an Existing Collection</Title>
176<ObviousSentence>This section tells you how to open existing collections using the Open
177Collection prompt.</ObviousSentence>
178 <Contents>
179 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
180 <ContentsItem>
181 How to open a collection
182 </ContentsItem>
183 </ContentsGroup>
184 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
185 <ContentsItem>
186 Locked collections
187 </ContentsItem>
188 <ContentsItem>
189 Legacy collections
190 </ContentsItem>
191 </ContentsGroup>
192 </Contents>
193 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
194To open an existing collection, choose "Open" from the "File" menu to get the
195Open Collection prompt. A list of your Greenstone collections appears.
196Select one to see its description, and click "Open" to load it. If you seek a
197collection that resides outside Greenstone's "collect" folder, click "Browse"
198for a file system browsing dialog.
199 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
200In case more than one Greenstone Librarian Interface program is running
201concurrently, the relevant directories are "locked" to prevent interference.
202On opening a collection, a small temporary lock file is created in its
203folder. Before opening a collection, the Librarian Interface checks to ensure
204that no lock file already exists. You can tell whether a collection is locked
205by the colour of its icon: green for a normal collection, red for a locked
206one. However, when the Librarian Interface is exited prematurely the lock file
207is sometimes left in place. When you open such a collection, the Librarian asks
208if you want to "steal" control of it. Never steal a collection that someone
209else is currently working on.
210<Break/>
211When you open a collection that the Greenstone Librarian Interface did
212not create, you will be asked to select a metadata set (or sets). If
213none are selected, any existing metadata will be ignored. Otherwise,
214metadata will be imported just as it is when you drag in files with
215existing metadata. The process is described in the <Reference target="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</Reference> section.
216 </Section>
217 <Section name="deletingcollections">
218 <Title>{2.4.title}</Title>
219<ObviousSentence>{2.4.obvious}</ObviousSentence>
220 <Contents>
221 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
222 <ContentsItem>
223 {2.4.contents}
224 </ContentsItem>
225 </ContentsGroup>
226 </Contents>
227 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
228{2.4.text}
229 </Section>
230 </Section>
231
232<!-- mirror: modified text -->
233 <Section name="downloadingfiles">
234 <Title>Downloading Files From the Internet</Title>
235{3.intro} This section explains the Librarian Interface's mirroring process.
236 <Section name="themirrorview">
237 <Title>The Mirror view</Title>
238This section describes how to configure a download task and control the downloading process.
239 <Contents>
240 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
241 <ContentsItem>
242 The workspace tree
243 </ContentsItem>
244 <ContentsItem>
245 Download configuration
246 </ContentsItem>
247 <ContentsItem>
248 The download list
249 </ContentsItem>
250 </ContentsGroup>
251 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
252 <ContentsItem>
253 Enabling web proxies
254 </ContentsItem>
255 </ContentsGroup>
256 </Contents>
257 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
258Access 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 and completed downloading jobs.
259<Break/>
260Files are downloaded into a folder in the workspace called "Downloaded Files" (only present when mirroring is enabled), and can be used in all
261collections built with the Librarian Interface. Files in this area are named by their full web
262URL. A new folder is created for each host, followed by others for each part
263of the path. This ensures that each file is distinct.
264<Break/>
265Use the first of the download configuration controls, "Source URL", to enter the URL of a
266target resource. Use the "Download Depth" control to limit how many
267 hyperlinks to follow when downloading: Set this to 0 to download a single web page; set it to 1 to download a page and all the pages it points to. The depth limit is
268ignored when downloading media other than html pages. Next, there are several checkbox controls which can be set to turn on the specified feature for a specific download. Once the configuration is set up, click "Download" to start the new download job. There are two other button controls: "Preferences", which links to the connection section of the Preferences where proxy settings can be edited; and "Clear Cache", which deletes all previously downloaded files.
269<Break/>
270The download list has an entry for each web page download. Each entry has a text region that gives details of the task along with a progress bar showing current activity. Three buttons appear to the left of each entry. "Pause" is used for pausing a currently downloading task. "View Log" opens a window showing the download log file. "Close" terminates the download and removes the task from the list.
271 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
272The <Reference target="preferences">Preferences section</Reference> describes how to establish an Internet connection
273via a proxy. If authentication is needed, the proxy server prompts for
274identification and password. The Librarian Interface does not store passwords
275between sessions.
276 </Section>
277 </Section>
278<!-- mirror: end modified text -->
279 <Section name="collectingfiles">
280 <Title>Collecting Files for Your Collection</Title>
281Once you have a new collection you need to get some files into it. These may
282come from your ordinary file space, or from other Greenstone collections. Some
283may already have attached metadata. This section describes how to import files.
284 <Section name="thegatherview">
285 <Title>The Gather View</Title>
286This section introduces the Gather area that you use to select what files
287to include in the collection you are building.
288 <Contents>
289 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
290 <ContentsItem>
291 How to view the gather screen
292 </ContentsItem>
293 <ContentsItem>
294 The file trees
295 </ContentsItem>
296 <ContentsItem>
297 The status area
298 </ContentsItem>
299 <ContentsItem>
300 Control buttons
301 </ContentsItem>
302 </ContentsGroup>
303 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
304 <ContentsItem>
305 Selection methods
306 </ContentsItem>
307 <ContentsItem>
308 Special folder mapping
309 </ContentsItem>
310 </ContentsGroup>
311 </Contents>
312 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
313The Librarian Interface starts with the Gather view. To return to this view
314later, click the "Gather" tab directly below the menu bar.
315<Break/>
316The two large areas titled "Workspace" and "Collection" are used to move files
317into your collection. They contain "file trees", graphical structures that
318represent files and folders.
319<Break/>
320Select an item in the tree by clicking it. (There are other ways; see below.)
321Double-click a folder, or single-click the switch symbol beside it, to expand (or collapse)
322its contents. Double-click a file to open it using its associated application
323program (see <Reference target="fileassociations">File Associations</Reference>).
324<Break/>
325<!-- mirror: modified text -->
326The Workspace file tree shows the sources of data available to the Librarian
327Interface -- the local file system (including disk and CD-ROM drives), the
328contents of existing Greenstone collections, and the cache of downloaded files if Web mirroring is enabled. You can copy and view these files
329but you cannot move, delete, or edit them, with the exception of the downloaded files, which can be deleted. Navigate this space to find the
330files you want to include in the collection.
331<!-- mirror: end modified text-->
332<Break/>
333The Collection file tree represents the contents of the collection so
334far. Initially, it is empty.
335<Break/>
336You can resize the spaces by mousing over the grey bar that separates the trees
337(the shape of the pointer changes) and dragging.
338<Break/>
339{4.1.status} The "Stop" button stops any action that is currently in progress.
340<Break/>
341Two large buttons occupy the lower right corner of the screen. "New Folder", with a picture
342of a folder, creates new folders (see <Reference target="creatingfolders">Creating folders</Reference>).
343"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.
344 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
345To select several sequential items, select the first and then hold down [Shift]
346and click on the last -- the selection will encompass all intervening
347items. Select non-sequential files by holding down [Ctrl] while clicking. Use
348these two methods together to select groups of non-adjacent items.
349<Break/>
350Certain folders -- such as the one containing your own web pages -- sometimes
351have special significance. The Librarian Interface can map such folders to
352the first level of the file tree. To do this, right-click the desired
353folder. Select "Create Shortcut", and enter a name for the folder. To remove an item,
354right-click the mapped folder and select "Remove Shortcut".
355 </Section>
356 <Section name="creatingfolders">
357 <Title>Creating Folders</Title>
358<ObviousSentence>This section shows how to create new folders.</ObviousSentence>
359 <Contents>
360 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
361 <ContentsItem>
362 The new folder button
363 </ContentsItem>
364 <ContentsItem>
365 The right-button menu
366 </ContentsItem>
367 </ContentsGroup>
368 </Contents>
369 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
370Use folders in the Collection file tree to group files together and make them
371easier to find. Folders can be placed inside folders. There is virtually no
372limit to how many folders you can have or how deeply they can be nested.
373<Break/>
374To create a new folder, optionally select an existing folder in the Collection
375Tree and click the New Folder button. The new folder appears within the
376selected one, or at the top level if none is selected. You are prompted for the
377folder's name (default "New Folder").
378<Break/>
379Folders can also be created by right-clicking over a folder, choosing "New
380Folder" and proceeding as above.
381 </Section>
382
383
384 <Section name="addingfiles">
385 <Title>Adding Files</Title>
386<ObviousSentence>This section shows how to get files into your collection.</ObviousSentence>
387 <Contents>
388 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
389 <ContentsItem>
390 Dragging a file
391 </ContentsItem>
392 <ContentsItem>
393 Multiple files
394 </ContentsItem>
395 </ContentsGroup>
396 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
397 <ContentsItem>
398 Existing metadata
399 </ContentsItem>
400 </ContentsGroup>
401 </Contents>
402 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
403Files can be copied into the collection by dragging and dropping. The mouse
404pointer becomes a ghost of the selected item (or, if more than one is selected,
405the number of them). Drop the selection into the Collection Tree to copy the
406files there (if the source was the Workspace Tree) or move them around within
407the collection (if the source was the Collection Tree).
408<Break/>
409When copying multiple files, they are all placed in the target folder at the
410same level, irrespective of the folder structure they occupied originally.
411When you copy a second file with the same name into the same folder, you are
412asked whether to overwrite the first one. Respond "No" and the file will not be
413copied, but the others will be. To cancel all remaining copy actions, click the
414"stop" button.
415<Break/>
416Only the "highest" items in a selection are moved. A folder is higher than its
417children. You cannot select files within a folder and also the folder itself.
418 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
419When you add a file, the Librarian Interface searches through the source
420folders for auxiliary files containing metadata previously assigned to the
421added file and, if it finds one, begins to import this metadata. As the
422operation proceeds, you may be prompted (perhaps several times) for extra
423information to match the imported metadata to the metadata sets in your
424collection. This process involves many different prompts, described in the <Reference target="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</Reference> section. For a more detailed
425explanation of associating metadata with files read Chapter 2 of the Greenstone
426Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
427 </Section>
428 <Section name="removingfiles">
429 <Title>Removing Files</Title>
430<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to remove files and folders from your collection.</ObviousSentence>
431 <Contents>
432 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
433 <ContentsItem>
434 The delete button
435 </ContentsItem>
436 <ContentsItem>
437 The delete key
438 </ContentsItem>
439 <ContentsItem>
440 Delete by drag and drop
441 </ContentsItem>
442 </ContentsGroup>
443 </Contents>
444 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
445There are several methods for removing files and folders. You must first
446indicate what items to remove by selecting one or more files and folders as
447described in <Reference target="thegatherview">The Gather View</Reference>.
448<Break/>
449Once files have been selected, click the "delete" button to remove them, or
450press the [Delete] key on your keyboard, or drag them from the collection to
451the delete button and drop them there.
452 </Section>
453 <Section name="filteringthetree">
454 <Title>Filtering the Tree</Title>
455"Filtering" the collection tree allows you to narrow down the search for particular files.
456 <Contents>
457 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
458 <ContentsItem>
459 The filter control
460 </ContentsItem>
461 </ContentsGroup>
462 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
463 <ContentsItem>
464 Custom filtering
465 </ContentsItem>
466 </ContentsGroup>
467 </Contents>
468 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
469The "Show Files" pull-down menu underneath each tree shows a list of predefined
470filters, such as "Images". Choosing this temporarily hides all other files in
471the tree. To restore the tree, change the filter back to "All Files". These
472operations do not alter the collection, nor do they affect the folders in the
473tree.
474 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
475You can specify a custom filter by typing in a pattern to match files against.
476Use standard file system abbreviations such as "*.*" or "*.doc" ("*" matches
477any characters).
478 </Section>
479 </Section>
480
481 <Section name="enrichingacollection">
482 <Title>Enriching the Collection with Metadata</Title>
483Having gathered several files into the collection, now enrich them with
484additional information called "metadata". This section explains how metadata is
485created, edited, assigned and retrieved, and how to use external metadata
486sources (also see Chapter 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide -- Getting the most
487out of your documents).
488 <Section name="theenrichview">
489 <Title>The Enrich View</Title>
490<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to input and edit metadata using the Enrich view.</ObviousSentence>
491 <Contents>
492 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
493 <ContentsItem>
494 The collection tree
495 </ContentsItem>
496 <ContentsItem>
497 {5.1.controls.short}
498 </ContentsItem>
499 <ContentsItem>
500 The value tree
501 </ContentsItem>
502 <ContentsItem>
503 The metadata table
504 </ContentsItem>
505 </ContentsGroup>
506 </Contents>
507 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
508Use the Enrich view to assign metadata to the documents in the collection.
509Metadata is data about data -- typically title, author, creation date, and so
510on. Each metadata item has two parts: "element" tells what kind of item it is
511(such as author), and "value" gives the value of that metadata element (such as
512the author's name).
513<Break/>
514On 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
515grey at the top, and can be resized by dragging the separating line. {5.1.controls.1}
516If several files are selected, black text indicates that the value is common to all of the
517selected files, while grey text indicates that it is not. Black values may be
518updated or removed, while grey ones can be removed from those that have it, or
519appended to the others.
520<Break/>
521A folder icon may appear beside some metadata entries. This indicates that the
522values are inherited from a parent (or ancestor) folder. Inherited metadata
523cannot be edited or removed, only appended to or overwritten. Click on the
524folder icon to go immediately to the folder where the metadata is assigned.
525<Break/>
526{5.1.controls.2} Use them to update, append,
527and remove the metadata value. The value field is for entering or editing the
528metadata value. Beside it is a button labelled "..." which, when clicked,
529opens a larger editing box. In the buttons below, "Append" assigns the value as
530new metadata and adds it to any existing values for the selected element,
531"Replace" overwrites the selected existing value with the new one, and "Remove" clears
532the selected value. Underneath, labelled "All Previous Values", is the "Value
533Tree".
534<Break/>
535The Value Tree expands and collapses. Usually it is a list that shows all
536values entered previously for the selected element. Clicking an entry
537automatically places it into the value field. Conversely, typing in the text
538field selects the Value Tree entry that starts with the characters you have
539typed. Pressing [Tab] auto-completes the typing with the selected value.
540<Break/>
541Metadata 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
542example, "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.
543<Break/>
544Greenstone extracts metadata automatically from documents into a metadata set
545whose elements are prefixed by "ex.". This has no value tree and cannot be
546edited, so the edit controls are hidden if such an entry is selected. The
547"..." button still serves to expand the value, but the text cannot be edited.
548 </Section>
549 <Section name="selectingmetadatasets">
550 <Title>Selecting Metadata Sets</Title>
551<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to specify metadata elements and how to add metadata sets to your collection.</ObviousSentence>
552 <Contents>
553 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
554 <ContentsItem>
555 {5.2.contents.1}
556 </ContentsItem>
557 <ContentsItem>
558 {5.2.contents.2}
559 </ContentsItem>
560 </ContentsGroup>
561 </Contents>
562 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
563Sets of predefined metadata elements are known as "metadata sets". An example
564is the Dublin Core metadata set. When you add a metadata set to your
565collection, its elements become available for selection. You can have more than
566one set; to prevent name clashes a short identifier that identifies the
567metadata set is pre-pended to the element name. For instance the Dublin Core
568element Creator becomes "dc.Creator". Metadata sets are stored in the
569Librarian Interface's metadata folder and have the suffix ".mds".
570<Break/>
571{5.2.metadatasets}
572 </Section>
573 <Section name="appendingmetadata">
574 <Title>Appending New Metadata</Title>
575<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to add metadata and values to files, and how to add new values for metadata elements.</ObviousSentence>
576 <Contents>
577 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
578 <ContentsItem>
579 Adding to files
580 </ContentsItem>
581 <ContentsItem>
582 Adding to folders or multiple files
583 </ContentsItem>
584 </ContentsGroup>
585 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
586 <ContentsItem>
587 Value hierarchies and editing values
588 </ContentsItem>
589 </ContentsGroup>
590 </Contents>
591 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
592We now add a metadata item -- both element and value -- to a file. First select
593the file from the Collection file tree on the left. The action causes any
594metadata previously assigned to this file to appear in the table at the right.
595<Break/>
596Next select the metadata element you want to add by clicking its row in the
597table.
598<Break/>
599Type the value into the value field. Do not use the character "|", as it is
600used for constructing hierarchies. When finished, click "Append" to add the new
601value as metadata for the chosen file. The value immediately appears in the
602Metadata table.
603<Break/>
604You can also add metadata to a folder, or to several multiply selected files at
605once. It is added to all files within the folder or selection, and to child
606folders. Keep in mind that if you assign metadata to a folder, any new files in
607it automatically inherit the folder's values.
608<Break/>
609If you choose metadata that occurs in some of the selected files and click
610"Append", it is added to the other files in the selection too.
611 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
612You can add structure to metadata values by using paths as described in <Reference target="theenrichview">The Enrich View</Reference>.
613 </Section>
614 <Section name="addingpreviouslydefinedmetadata">
615 <Title>Adding Previously Defined Metadata</Title>
616<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to add metadata that uses values already present in the value tree.</ObviousSentence>
617 <Contents>
618 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
619 <ContentsItem>
620 Adding to files
621 </ContentsItem>
622 <ContentsItem>
623 Adding to folders or multiple files
624 </ContentsItem>
625 </ContentsGroup>
626 </Contents>
627 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
628To add metadata that has an existing value, first select the file, then select
629the required value from the value tree, expanding hierarchy folders as
630necessary. The value of the selected entry automatically appears in the Value
631text field (alternatively, use the value tree's auto-select and auto-complete
632features). Click "Append" to add the metadata to the selected file.
633<Break/>
634The process of adding metadata with already-existing values to folders
635or multiple files is just the same.
636 </Section>
637 <Section name="updatingmetadata">
638 <Title>Updating Metadata</Title>
639<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to update the metadata assigned to a file.</ObviousSentence>
640 <Contents>
641 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
642 <ContentsItem>
643 Updating files
644 </ContentsItem>
645 <ContentsItem>
646 Updating folders or multiple files
647 </ContentsItem>
648 </ContentsGroup>
649 </Contents>
650 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
651To update the value of a piece of metadata, first choose the file to which that
652value applies, and then the metadata element whose value you want to change.
653Your selection appears in the metadata edit controls. Edit the value field and
654click "Replace" to alter the metadata.
655<Break/>
656{5.5.multiple}
657<Break/>
658The value tree shows all previous values, not just those currently assigned.
659Thus the value you have replaced will remain in the value tree.
660 </Section>
661 <Section name="removingmetadata">
662 <Title>Removing Metadata</Title>
663<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to remove metadata from a file.</ObviousSentence>
664 <Contents>
665 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
666 <ContentsItem>
667 Removing from files
668 </ContentsItem>
669 <ContentsItem>
670 Removing from folders or multiple files
671 </ContentsItem>
672 </ContentsGroup>
673 </Contents>
674 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
675You remove metadata the same way as you update it. First select a file from the
676file tree, then use the metadata table to select the metadata. {5.6.remove}
677Click it to remove the metadata from the specified file. Other files
678remain unchanged, and the value remains in the Value Tree.
679<Break/>
680{5.6.multiple}
681 </Section>
682 <Section name="reviewingmetadata">
683 <Title>Reviewing Assigned Metadata</Title>
684<ObviousSentence>This section describes how to view all metadata assigned to an entire collection.</ObviousSentence>
685 <Contents>
686 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
687 <ContentsItem>
688 The audit table
689 </ContentsItem>
690 </ContentsGroup>
691 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
692 <ContentsItem>
693 Right button menu
694 </ContentsItem>
695 <ContentsItem>
696 Autofilter
697 </ContentsItem>
698 </ContentsGroup>
699 </Contents>
700 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
701Sometimes you need to see the metadata assigned to many or all files at once -- for instance,
702to determine how many files are left to work on, or to get some idea of the
703spread of dates.
704<Break/>
705{5.7.activate} A window called
706"All Metadata", dominated by a large table with many columns, appears. The
707first column shows file names; the rows show all metadata values assigned to
708those files.
709<Break/>
710Drawing the table can take some time if many files are selected. You can continue to use the Librarian
711Interface while the "All Metadata" window is open.
712<Break/>
713Click "Close" to hide the window.
714 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
715You can also view the "All Metadata" table by selecting the files you wish to
716examine, right-clicking, and choosing "Assigned Metadata...". If a folder has
717been selected, all its child files are included in the table.
718<Break/>
719When it gets too large, you can filter the "All Metadata" table by applying
720filters to the columns. As new filters are added, only those rows that match
721them remain visible. To set, modify or clear a filter, click on the "funnel"
722icon at the top of a column. You are prompted for information about the filter.
723Once a filter is set, the column header changes colour.
724<Break/>
725The prompt has a "Simple" and an "Advanced" tab. The Simple version filters
726columns so that they only show rows that contain a certain metadata value ("*"
727matches all values). You can select metadata values from the pull-down list.
728The Advanced version allows different matching operations: must start with,
729does not contain, alphabetically less than and is equal to. The value to be
730matched can be edited to be any string (including "*"), and you can choose
731whether the matching should be case insensitive. Finally, you can specify a
732second matching condition that you can use to specify a range of values (by
733selecting AND) or alternative values (by selecting OR). Below this area is a
734box that allows you to change the sort order (ascending or descending). Once
735you have finished, click "Set Filter" to apply the new filter to the column.
736Click "Clear Filter" to remove a current filter. Note that the filter details
737are retained even when the filter is cleared.
738<Break/>
739For example, to sort the "All Metadata" table, choose a column, select the
740default filter setting (a Simple filter on "*"), and choose ascending or
741descending ordering.
742 </Section>
743 <Section name="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">
744 <Title>Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</Title>
745{5.8.intro}
746 <Contents>
747 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
748 <ContentsItem>
749 While adding files
750 </ContentsItem>
751 </ContentsGroup>
752 </Contents>
753 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
754If metadata in a form recognized by the Librarian Interface has been previously
755assigned to a file -- for example, when you choose documents from an existing
756Greenstone collection -- it is imported automatically when you add the file.
757To do this, the metadata must be mapped to the metadata sets available in the
758collection.
759<Break/>
760The Librarian Interface prompts for the necessary information. The prompt
761gives brief instructions and then shows the name of the metadata element that
762is being imported, just as it appears in the source file. This field cannot be
763edited or changed. Next you choose what metadata set the new element should map
764to, and then the appropriate metadata element in that set. The system
765automatically selects the closest match, in terms of set and element, for the
766new metadata.
767<Break/>
768Having checked the mapping, you can choose "Add" to add the new metadata
769element to the chosen metadata set. (This is only enabled if there is no
770element of the same name within the chosen set.) "Replace" maps the new element
771to the one chosen by the user. Finally, "Ignore" does not import any metadata
772with this element name. Once you have specified how to import a certain piece of metadata, the mapping
773information is retained for the collection's lifetime.
774<Break/>
775For details on the metadata.xml files which Greenstone uses to store the metadata, see Chapter 2 of the Greenstone
776Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
777 </Section>
778 </Section>
779
780 <Section name="designingacollection">
781 <Title>Designing Your Collection's Appearance</Title>
782Once your files are marked up with metadata, you next decide how it should
783appear to users as a Greenstone collection. What kind of information is
784searchable? What ways are provided to browse through the documents? What
785languages are supported? Where do the buttons appear on the page? These
786things can be customized; this section describes how to do it.
787 <Section name="thedesignview">
788 <Title>The Design View</Title>
789This section introduces you to the design view and explains how to navigate
790between the various views within this pane.
791 <Contents>
792 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
793 <ContentsItem>
794 Choosing a design section
795 </ContentsItem>
796 </ContentsGroup>
797 </Contents>
798 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
799With the Librarian Interface, you can configure how the collection appears to
800the user. The configuration options are divided into different sections, each
801associated with a particular stage of navigating or presenting information.
802<Break/>
803On the left is a list of different views, and on the right are the controls
804associated with the current one. To change to a different view, click its name
805in the list.
806<Break/>
807To understand the stages and terms involved in designing a collection, first
808read Chapters 1 and 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
809 </Section>
810 <Section name="generalsettings">
811 <Title>General Settings</Title>
812This section explains how to review and alter the general settings associated
813with your collection. First, under "Design Sections", click "General".
814 <Contents>
815 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
816 <ContentsItem>
817 General settings
818 </ContentsItem>
819 </ContentsGroup>
820 </Contents>
821 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
822Here the values provided during collection creation can be modified.
823<Break/>
824At the top of the page is an instruction box, which appears for each of the
825different sections. It contains a brief list of instructions to remind you
826what functionality is available.
827<Break/>
828First are the contact emails of the collection's creator and maintainer.
829The following field allows you to change the collection title. {6.2.collectionfolder}
830The next one specifies (in the form of a URL) the
831icon to show at the top left of the collection's "About" page, and the next is
832the icon used in the Greenstone library page to link to the collection. {6.2.publiccheckbox}
833Finally comes the "Collection Description" text area as described in <Reference target="creatingacollection">Creating A New Collection</Reference>.
834 </Section>
835 <Section name="plugins">
836 <Title>Document Plugins</Title>
837This section describes how to configure the document plugins the
838collection uses. It explains how you specify what
839plugins to use, what parameters to pass to them, and in what order
840they occur. Under "Design Sections", click "Document Plugins".
841 <Contents>
842 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
843 <ContentsItem>
844 Add a plugin
845 </ContentsItem>
846 <ContentsItem>
847 Remove a plugin
848 </ContentsItem>
849 <ContentsItem>
850 Configure a plugin
851 </ContentsItem>
852 <ContentsItem>
853 Change plugin order
854 </ContentsItem>
855 </ContentsGroup>
856 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
857 <ContentsItem>
858 Custom configuration
859 </ContentsItem>
860 </ContentsGroup>
861 </Contents>
862 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
863To add a plugin, select it using the "Select plugin to add" pull-down list near the
864bottom and then click "Add Plugin". A window appears entitled
865"Configuring Arguments"; it is described later. Once you have configured the
866new plugin, it is added to the end of the "Currently Assigned Plugins" list.
867{6.3.onceonly}
868<Break/>
869To remove a plugin, select it in the list and click "Remove Plugin".
870<Break/>
871Plugins are configured by providing arguments. To alter them, select the
872plugin from the list and click "Configure Plugin" (or double-click
873the plugin). {6.3.dialog}
874<Break/>
875There are different kinds of controls. Some are checkboxes, and clicking one
876adds the appropriate option to the plugin. Others are text strings, with a
877checkbox and a text field. Click the box to enable the argument, then type
878appropriate text (regular expression, file path etc) in the box. Others are
879pull-down menus from which you can select from a given set of values. To learn what an
880argument does, let the mouse hover over its name for a moment and a description
881will appear.
882<Break/>
883When you have changed the configuration, click "OK" to commit the changes and
884close the dialog, or "Cancel" to close the dialog without changing any plugin
885arguments.
886<Break/>
887The plugins in the list are executed in order, and the ordering is sometimes
888important. Two plugins, ArcPlug and RecPlug, are vital to the collection
889building process, and are fixed in place at the end of the list (with a
890separator line). To change the ordering of the other ones, select the plugin you want to move
891and click "Move Up" or "Move Down".
892 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
893The Librarian Interface does its best to determine what arguments a plugin
894supports. {6.3.customargs} Any text in it is appended verbatim to the end of the plugin
895command.
896 </Section>
897 <Section name="searchtypes">
898 <Title>Search Types</Title>
899This section explains how to modify a new design feature in Greenstone, Search Types, which allow fielded searching. Under "Design Sections", click "Search Types".
900 <Contents>
901 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
902 <ContentsItem>
903 What enabling advanced searches means
904 </ContentsItem>
905 <ContentsItem>
906 Adding a new search type
907 </ContentsItem>
908 <ContentsItem>
909 Removing a search type
910 </ContentsItem>
911 <ContentsItem>
912 Changing the order of search types
913 </ContentsItem>
914 </ContentsGroup>
915 </Contents>
916 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
917When you enter the Search Types view, first check "Enable Advanced
918Searches", which activates the other controls. This migrates the collection to
919Greenstone 2.4 format, which supports fielded searching, and means that (a)
920the index design is different (explained in the <Reference target="searchindexes">Search Indexes</Reference> section),
921(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
922installations. If you later uncheck this field, most of your collection will
923be migrated back to Greenstone 2.39. However the Librarian Interface cannot
924convert the new index specifications into older ones, so you will have to
925re-enter them manually.
926<Break/>
927To 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.
928<Break/>
929To remove a search type, select it from the "Currently Assigned Search Types"
930list and click "Remove Search Type". The list must contain at least
931one search type.
932<Break/>
933To change to order of a search type, select it from the list and click "Move
934Up" or "Move Down". The first one will be the default.
935 </Section>
936 <Section name="searchindexes">
937 <Title>Search Indexes</Title>
938Indexes 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".
939 <Contents>
940 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
941 <ContentsItem>
942 Add an index
943 </ContentsItem>
944 <ContentsItem>
945 {6.5.replace.short}
946 </ContentsItem>
947 <ContentsItem>
948 Remove an index
949 </ContentsItem>
950 <ContentsItem>
951 Set default index
952 </ContentsItem>
953 </ContentsGroup>
954 </Contents>
955 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
956To add an index, type a name for it into the "Index Name" field. Select which
957of the possible information sources to index by clicking the checkboxes beside
958them. The list shows all the assigned metadata elements, as well the full
959text. Having selected the data sources, choose the granularity of the index,
960using the "At the level" menu. Once these details are complete, "Add Index"
961becomes active (unless there is an existing index with the same settings).
962Click it to add the new index.
963<Break/>
964{6.5.replace}
965<Break/>
966To remove an index, select it from the list of assigned indexes and click
967"Remove Index".
968<Break/>
969The default index, the one used on the collection's search page, is tagged with
970"[Default Index]" in the "Assigned Indexes" list. To set it, select an index
971from the list and click "Set Default".
972<Break/>
973If advanced searching is enabled (via the Search Types view), the index controls are different. Each index
974is 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
975assigned to a specific index, but apply across all indexes: thus indexes and
976levels are added separately. Indexes are removed in the same way as above, but
977the default index can no longer be set -- it is simply the
978first index assigned.
979<Break/>
980To 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".
981 </Section>
982 <Section name="partitionindexes">
983 <Title>Partition Indexes</Title>
984Indexes are built on particular text or metadata sources. The search space can
985be further controlled by partitioning the index, either by language or by a
986predetermined filter. This section describes how to do this. Under "Design
987Sections", click "Partition Indexes".
988<Break/>
989The "Partition Indexes" view has three tabs; "Define Filters", "Assign
990Partitions" and "Assign Languages". To learn more about partitions read about
991subcollections and subindexes in Chapter 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
992
993 <Section name="definefilters">
994 <Title>Define Filters</Title>
995<ObviousSentence>The section explains how to define a partition filter.</ObviousSentence>
996 <Contents>
997 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
998 <ContentsItem>
999 Add a filter
1000 </ContentsItem>
1001 <ContentsItem>
1002 Remove a filter
1003 </ContentsItem>
1004 <ContentsItem>
1005 Update a filter
1006 </ContentsItem>
1007 </ContentsGroup>
1008 </Contents>
1009 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1010Filters allows you to group together into a subcollection all documents in an
1011index for which a metadata value matches a given pattern.
1012<Break/>
1013To create a filter, click the "Define Filters" tab and enter a name for the
1014new filter into the "Name the subcollection filter" field. Next choose a
1015document attribute to match against, either a metadata element or the name of
1016the file in question. Enter a regular expression to use during the matching.
1017You can toggle between "Including" documents that match the filter, or
1018"Excluding" them. Finally, you can specify any of the standard PERL regular
1019expression flags to use when matching (e.g. "i" for case-insensitive matching).
1020Finally, click "Add Filter" to add the filter to the "Defined Subcollection Filters"
1021list.
1022<Break/>
1023To remove a filter, select it from the list and click "Remove Filter".
1024<Break/>
1025To alter a filter, select it from the list, change any of the values that
1026appear in the editing controls and click "Replace Filter" to commit the changes.
1027 </Section>
1028 <Section name="assignpartitions">
1029 <Title>Assign Partitions</Title>
1030<ObviousSentence>This section explains how to assign a previous defined partition filter.</ObviousSentence>
1031 <Contents>
1032 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1033 <ContentsItem>
1034 Add a partition
1035 </ContentsItem>
1036 <ContentsItem>
1037 Remove a partition
1038 </ContentsItem>
1039 <ContentsItem>
1040 Set default partition
1041 </ContentsItem>
1042 <ContentsItem>
1043 Clear default partition
1044 </ContentsItem>
1045 </ContentsGroup>
1046 </Contents>
1047 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1048Having defined a subcollection filter, use the "Assign Partitions" tab to build
1049indexes for it (or for a group of filters). Select the desired filter (or
1050filters) from the "Defined Subcollection Filters" list, enter a name for your partition in the "Partition Name" field, and click "Add Partition".
1051<Break/>
1052To remove a partition, select it from the list and click "Remove Partition".
1053<Break/>
1054To make a partition the default one, select it from the list and click "Set
1055Default".
1056<Break/>
1057To clear the default partition, click "Clear Default".
1058 </Section>
1059 <Section name="assignlanguages">
1060 <Title>Assign Languages</Title>
1061This section details how to restrict search indexes to particular languages.
1062You do this by generating a partition using the "Assign Languages" tab of the
1063"Partition Indexes" view.
1064 <Contents>
1065 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1066 <ContentsItem>
1067 Language controls
1068 </ContentsItem>
1069 <ContentsItem>
1070 Add language
1071 </ContentsItem>
1072 <ContentsItem>
1073 Remove language
1074 </ContentsItem>
1075 <ContentsItem>
1076 Set default language
1077 </ContentsItem>
1078 <ContentsItem>
1079 Clear default language
1080 </ContentsItem>
1081 </ContentsGroup>
1082 </Contents>
1083 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1084To add a new language to partition by, use the "Assign Languages" tab to build
1085an index for it. Select the desired language from the "Language to add"
1086pull-down list and click "Add Language".
1087<Break/>
1088To remove a language, select it from the "Language Selection" list and click
1089"Remove Language".
1090<Break/>
1091To set the default language, select it from the list and click "Set Default".
1092<Break/>
1093To clear the default language, click "Clear Default".
1094 </Section>
1095 </Section>
1096 <Section name="xcollectionsearching">
1097 <Title>Cross-Collection Searching</Title>
1098Greenstone can search across several different collections as though they were
1099one. This is done by creating a "super-collection" that comprises the
1100individual collections. Under "Design Sections", click "Cross-Collection Search".
1101 <Contents>
1102 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1103 <ContentsItem>
1104 Selecting a collection
1105 </ContentsItem>
1106 </ContentsGroup>
1107 </Contents>
1108 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1109The Cross-Collection Search view shows a checklist of available collections. The
1110current collection is ticked and cannot be deselected. To add another
1111collection to be searched in parallel, click it in the list (click again to
1112remove it). If only one collection is selected, there is no cross-collection
1113searching.
1114<Break/>
1115For further details, see Chapter 1 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
1116 </Section>
1117 <Section name="classifiers">
1118 <Title>Classifiers</Title>
1119This section explains how to assign "classifiers", which are used for browsing,
1120to the collection. Under "Design Sections", click "Browsing Classifiers".
1121 <Contents>
1122 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1123 <ContentsItem>
1124 Classifier selection and configuration
1125 </ContentsItem>
1126 <ContentsItem>
1127 Add a classifier
1128 </ContentsItem>
1129 <ContentsItem>
1130 Remove a classifier
1131 </ContentsItem>
1132 <ContentsItem>
1133 Configure a classifier
1134 </ContentsItem>
1135 <ContentsItem>
1136 Alter classifier ordering
1137 </ContentsItem>
1138 </ContentsGroup>
1139 </Contents>
1140 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1141To add a classifier, select it using the "Select classifier to add" pull-down list near the
1142bottom and then click "Add Specified Classifier". A window appears entitled
1143"Configuring Arguments"; instructions for this dialog are just the same as for
1144plugins (see <Reference target="plugins">Document Plugins</Reference>). Once you have configured the new
1145classifier, it is added to the end of the "Currently Assigned Classifiers"
1146list.
1147<Break/>
1148To remove a classifier, select it from the list and click "Remove Selected
1149Classifier".
1150<Break/>
1151To change the arguments a classifier, select it from the list and click
1152"Configure Selected Classifier" (or double-click on the classifier in the
1153list).
1154<Break/>
1155The ordering of classifiers in the collection's navigation bar is reflected in
1156their order here. To change it, select the classifier you want to move and
1157click "Move Up" or "Move Down".
1158<Break/>
1159For further information on classifiers read Chapter 2, Greenstone
1160Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
1161 </Section>
1162 <Section name="formatstatements">
1163 <Title>Format Features</Title>
1164Format commands control the structure and appearance of the collection. They
1165affect such things as where buttons appear when a document is shown, and what
1166links are displayed by the DateList classifier. Format commands are not easy
1167to develop, and you should read Chapter 2 of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
1168This section discusses the format settings, and how the Librarian Interface
1169gives access to them. Under "Design Sections", click "Format Features".
1170 <Contents>
1171 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1172 <ContentsItem>
1173 Formatting
1174 </ContentsItem>
1175 <ContentsItem>
1176 Add format command
1177 </ContentsItem>
1178 <ContentsItem>
1179 Remove format command
1180 </ContentsItem>
1181 <ContentsItem>
1182 Update format command
1183 </ContentsItem>
1184 </ContentsGroup>
1185 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
1186 <ContentsItem>
1187 Extended formatting options
1188 </ContentsItem>
1189 </ContentsGroup>
1190 </Contents>
1191 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1192You can apply a format command to anything in the "Choose Feature" pull-down
1193list, which includes each classifier and a predefined list of features. When
1194you select a feature, there are two types of control. Some features are simply
1195enabled or disabled, and this is controlled by a checkbox. Others require a
1196format string to be specified. For these there is a pull-down list ("Affected
1197Component") for selecting which part of the feature the string applies to
1198(if necessary), a text area ("HTML Format String") for entering the string,
1199and a selection of predefined "Variables". To insert a variable into the
1200current position in the format string, select it from the pull-down list and
1201click "Insert".
1202<Break/>
1203You can specify a default format for a particular component by selecting the
1204blank feature. This format is then applied to all applicable features unless
1205otherwise specified.
1206<Break/>
1207To add a new format command, fill out the information as explained above and
1208click "Add Format". The new format command appears in the list of "Currently
1209Assigned Format Commands". Only one format command can be assigned to each
1210feature/component combination.
1211<Break/>
1212To remove a format command, select it from the list and click "Remove Format".
1213<Break/>
1214To change a format command, select it from the list, modify the settings, and
1215click "Replace Format".
1216<Break/>
1217For more information about variables and the feature components, read Chapter 2
1218of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
1219 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
1220If 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.
1221 </Section>
1222 <Section name="translatetext">
1223 <Title>Translate Text</Title>
1224This section describes the translation view, where you can define
1225language-specific text fragments for parts of the collection's interface.
1226Under "Design Sections", click "Translate Text".
1227 <Contents>
1228 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1229 <ContentsItem>
1230 Add translation
1231 </ContentsItem>
1232 <ContentsItem>
1233 Remove translation
1234 </ContentsItem>
1235 <ContentsItem>
1236 Update translation
1237 </ContentsItem>
1238 </ContentsGroup>
1239 </Contents>
1240 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1241First choose the an entry from the "Features" list. The language-specific
1242strings associated with this feature appear below. Use the "Language of
1243translation" pull-down list to select the target language, and type the
1244translated text into the text area, referring to the "Initial Text Fragment" if
1245necessary. Click "Add Translation" when finished.
1246<Break/>
1247To remove an existing translation, select it in the "Assigned Translations"
1248table and click "Remove Translation".
1249<Break/>
1250To edit a translation, select it, edit it in the "Translated Text" text
1251area, and click "Replace Translation".
1252 </Section>
1253 <Section name="metadatasets">
1254 <Title>Metadata Sets</Title>
1255This section explains the metadata set review panel.
1256Under "Design Sections", click "Metadata Sets".
1257 <Contents>
1258 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1259 <ContentsItem>
1260 Available metadata sets
1261 </ContentsItem>
1262 <ContentsItem>
1263 {6.11.contents.1}
1264 </ContentsItem>
1265 <ContentsItem>
1266 {6.11.contents.2}
1267 </ContentsItem>
1268 <ContentsItem>
1269 {6.11.contents.3}
1270 </ContentsItem>
1271 </ContentsGroup>
1272 </Contents>
1273 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1274This view is used to review the metadata sets that the collection uses, and the
1275elements that are available within each set. Choose from the list of "Available
1276Metadata Sets" in order to see details of their elements.
1277<Break/>
1278{6.11.adding}
1279<Break/>
1280{6.11.editing}
1281<Break/>
1282{6.11.removing}
1283 </Section>
1284 </Section>
1285
1286 <Section name="producingthecollection">
1287 <Title>Producing Your Collection</Title>
1288Having collected the documents for the collection, annotated them with
1289metadata, and designed how the collection will appear, you can now produce the
1290collection using Greenstone. This section explains how.
1291 <Section name="thecreateview">
1292 <Title>The Create View</Title>
1293<ObviousSentence>This section explains the Create view used to produce a collection.</ObviousSentence>
1294 <Contents>
1295 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1296 <ContentsItem>
1297 Building the collection
1298 </ContentsItem>
1299 <ContentsItem>
1300 Previewing the collection
1301 </ContentsItem>
1302 </ContentsGroup>
1303 <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
1304 <ContentsItem>
1305 Message log
1306 </ContentsItem>
1307 </ContentsGroup>
1308 </Contents>
1309 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1310The Create view is used to create the collection by running Greenstone
1311collection-building scripts on the information you have provided.
1312Clicking "Build Collection" initiates the collection building process. The time
1313this takes depends on the size of the collection and the number of indexes
1314being created (for huge collections it can be hours). {7.1.progressbar} To cancel the process at
1315any time, click "Cancel Build".
1316<Break/>
1317<!-- added -->
1318Once the collection has successfully built, clicking "Preview Collection" will launch a web browser showing the home page of the collection.
1319 <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
1320{7.1.messagelog} Select the log you want by clicking on the desired date in the "Log History" list.
1321 </Section>
1322 <Section name="buildsettings">
1323 <Title>Import and Build Settings</Title>
1324This section explains how to access the various import and build settings.
1325For more information of importing and building read Chapter 1 of the Greenstone
1326Developer's Guide -- Understanding the collection-building process.
1327 <Contents>
1328 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1329 <ContentsItem>
1330 General settings
1331 </ContentsItem>
1332 <ContentsItem>
1333 Import settings
1334 </ContentsItem>
1335 <ContentsItem>
1336 Build settings
1337 </ContentsItem>
1338 </ContentsGroup>
1339 </Contents>
1340 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1341Controlling the various settings is done in a similar way to the
1342"Configuring Arguments" window described in the <Reference target="plugins">Document Plugins</Reference> section. Some
1343fields require numeric arguments, and you can either type these in or use the
1344up and down arrows to increase or decrease the current value (in some cases,
1345the interface restricts the range you can enter). Others are enabled by
1346clicking a checkbox (click again to disable).
1347 </Section>
1348 </Section>
1349
1350 <Section name="miscellaneous">
1351 <Title>Miscellaneous</Title>
1352This section describes features of the Librarian Interface that are not associated
1353with any particular view.
1354 <Section name="preferences">
1355 <Title>Preferences</Title>
1356This section explains the preferences dialog, accessed by opening "File" -> "Preferences".
1357 <Contents>
1358 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1359 <ContentsItem>
1360 General
1361 </ContentsItem>
1362 <ContentsItem>
1363 Mode
1364 </ContentsItem>
1365 <ContentsItem>
1366 Workflow
1367 </ContentsItem>
1368 <ContentsItem>
1369 Connection
1370 </ContentsItem>
1371 <ContentsItem>
1372 Warnings
1373 </ContentsItem>
1374 </ContentsGroup>
1375 </Contents>
1376 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1377{8.1.usersemail} {8.1.languages} If you change the dictionary by choosing one from the list, you must
1378restart the Librarian Interface in order to load the new language strings from
1379the dictionary.
1380<Break/>
1381If "View Extracted Metadata" is checked, the
1382various controls dealing with metadata always show all metadata that has been
1383extracted automatically from documents. Deselecting it hides this metadata
1384(although it is still available during collection design, and within the
1385final Greenstone collection). If "Show file sizes" is checked, the file size is shown next to each file in the Workspace and Collection file trees in the Gather and Enrich views.
1386<Break/>
1387The "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.
1388<Break/>
1389The Librarian Interface can support different workflows by determining which of
1390the various view tabs are visible. Use the "Workflow" tab to customise what
1391views are available by checking the boxes next to the views that you want to be
1392available. Alternatively, use the pull-down list at the bottom to select
1393predetermined configurations. Closing the preferences dialog establishes these
1394workflow settings. These settings are stored with the collection, not in the
1395Librarian Interface configuration file.
1396<Break/>
1397The "Connection" tab lets you alter the path to the locally-running Greenstone
1398library server, which is used when Previewing collections. <!-- mirror: modified text -->It also lets you set
1399proxy information for connecting to the Internet (e.g. when Mirroring your files; see the <Reference target="downloadingfiles">Downloading Files From the Internet</Reference> section for details). Check the box to enable
1400proxy connection and supply details of the proxy host address and port number.
1401The proxy connection is established when you close the Preferences dialog. <!-- mirror: end modified text -->
1402<Break/>
1403During the course of a session the Librarian Interface may give warning
1404messages which inform you of possibly unforeseen consequences of an action. You
1405can disable the messages by checking the "Do not show this warning again" box.
1406You can re-enable warning messages using the "Warnings" tab. Check the box
1407next to warning messages you want to see again.
1408 </Section>
1409 <Section name="fileassociations">
1410 <Title>File Associations</Title>
1411The Librarian Interface uses particular application programs to open particular
1412file types. This section explains how to assign and edit these file
1413associations.
1414 <Contents>
1415 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1416 <ContentsItem>
1417 Add association
1418 </ContentsItem>
1419 <ContentsItem>
1420 Edit association
1421 </ContentsItem>
1422 <ContentsItem>
1423 Remove association
1424 </ContentsItem>
1425 </ContentsGroup>
1426 </Contents>
1427 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1428To alter file associations open the "File" menu and click "File
1429Associations...".
1430<Break/>
1431To add an association, select the target file extension from the pull-down
1432list, or type in a new extension (do not include the "."). Next either type
1433command that launches the desired application in the appropriate field, or
1434choose the application from the "Browse" dialog. "%1" can be used in the launch
1435command to insert the name of the file being opened. Once these are filled out,
1436"Add Association" is enabled and can be clicked to add the association.
1437<Break/>
1438To edit an association, select an existing file extension. Any existing
1439associated command is shown in the launch command field. Edit it, and then
1440click "Replace Association".
1441<Break/>
1442To remove an association, select an existing file extension and click "Remove Association".
1443(The file extension remains in the "For Files Ending" pull-down list.)
1444<Break/>
1445File associations are stored in the Librarian Interface's main folder, in a file
1446called "associations.xml".
1447 </Section>
1448 <Section name="exportingcollections">
1449 <Title>Exporting Collections to CD-ROM</Title>
1450
1451This section describes how to export collections to a self-installing
1452Greenstone CD-ROM.
1453 <Contents>
1454 <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
1455 <ContentsItem>
1456 How to export
1457 </ContentsItem>
1458 </ContentsGroup>
1459 </Contents>
1460 <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
1461Greenstone can export one or more collections to a self-installing
1462CD-ROM for Windows. To do so, Greenstone's "Export to CD-ROM" package
1463must be installed. This is not included by default, so you may need to
1464modify your installation to include it.
1465<Break/>
1466To export a collection, open the "File" menu and choose "Export to
1467CD-ROM". A list of Greenstone collections appears; click on any one to
1468see its description. Tick the check boxes of the collections to export.
1469You can enter the CD-ROM's name in the box: this is what will appear in
1470the Start menu when the CD-ROM has been installed. Then click "Export".
1471The process involves copying many files and may take a few minutes.
1472<Break/>
1473Upon completion, Greenstone will show the name of a folder containing
1474the exported collections. Use a CD writer to copy its contents to a
1475blank CD-ROM.
1476 </Section>
1477 </Section>
1478</Document>
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