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