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1package Global
2
3_t17_ {
4The downloads available from the <a href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page
5are hosted by <a href="http://sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</a>.
6}
7
8
9_textimagepref_ {Preferences page}
10
11_textimagedocs_ {Docs}
12_textimagedownload_ {Download}
13_textimageexamples_ {Examples}
14_textimagefaq_ {FAQ}
15_textimagesupport_ {Support}
16
17
18#------------------------------------------------------------
19# icons
20#------------------------------------------------------------
21
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24_httpiconcprefon_ {_httpimg_/cprefon.gif}
25
26
27## "docs" ## nav_bar_button ## tdocs ##
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29_httpicontdocson_ {_httpimg_/docson.gif}
30
31## "download" ## nav_bar_button ## tdl ##
32_httpicontdlof_ {_httpimg_/dlof.gif}
33_httpicontdlon_ {_httpimg_/dlon.gif}
34
35## "examples" ## nav_bar_button ## texmpl ##
36_httpicontexmplof_ {_httpimg_/exmplof.gif}
37_httpicontexmplon_ {_httpimg_/exmplon.gif}
38
39## "faq" ## nav_bar_button ## tfaq ##
40_httpicontfaqof_ {_httpimg_/faqof.gif}
41_httpicontfaqon_ {_httpimg_/faqon.gif}
42
43## "support" ## nav_bar_button ## tsup ##
44_httpicontsupof_ {_httpimg_/supof.gif}
45_httpicontsupon_ {_httpimg_/supon.gif}
46
47
48#######################################################################
49
50package home
51
52_t1_ {About Greenstone}
53
54_t2_ {
55Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital
56library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and
57publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the
58<b>New Zealand Digital Library Project</b> at the <b>University of
59Waikato</b>, and developed and distributed in cooperation with
60<b>UNESCO</b> and the <b>Human Info NGO</b>. It is <b>open-source,
61multilingual</b> software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public
62License.
63}
64
65_namur_{
66The Greenstone project is the seventh recipient of the biennial
67<a href="http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/IFIP/award.html">Namur award</a>, which
68recognizes recipients for raising awareness internationally of the social
69implications of information and communication technologies.
70}
71
72_t3_ {
73UNESCO is running regional training workshops on the use of Greenstone.
74In 2003 they were in
75<a href="_httppagex_(report)">Bangalore, India</a> in August; Dakar,
76Senegal in September, and <a href="_httppagex_(reportSuva)">Suva, Fiji</a> in November.
77<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12123&release_id=202808">Here</a> is a package of all material that we prepared for the Suva workshop: lectures, labs, documents, test files, etc. It focuses on building collections with the Librarian Interface.
78Please feel free to use it for learning -- or teaching! -- Greenstone.
79}
80
81_t4_ {
82<a
83href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/greenstone/">Download</a> Greenstone v2.41.
84The Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI),
85an easy-to-use frontend to Greenstone's collection-building
86functionality, has been extensively user tested and debugged.
87If you haven't already tried it, now is a great
88time to do so (and if you ran into problems before, please try this new version).
89Greenstone 2.41 also includes a new plugin for processing CDS/ISIS databases, the ability to export multiple collections to
90CD-ROM, and many other bug fixes and improvements.
91}
92
93_t5_ {
94One of the trickier parts of using Greenstone is coming up with a
95configuration file for your collection. To help learn how to do it,
96several fully-documented example collections have been placed at <a
97href="http://nzdl.org">nzdl.org</a> which explain, on the collection home page, just how they have been put together.
98}
99
100_t6_ {
101The complete Greenstone interface, and all documentation, is available in
102<b>English</b>, <b>French</b>, <b>Spanish</b>, <b>Russian</b> and
103<b>Kazakh</b>. Greenstone also has interfaces in many <a
104href="_httppagex_(intn)">other languages</a>. We are looking for <a
105href="_httppagex_(intn)#maintainers">volunteers</a> to add new language
106interfaces and help maintain existing ones.
107}
108
109_t7_ {
110The aim of the software is to empower users, particularly in universities,
111libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own
112digital libraries. Digital libraries are radically reforming how
113information is disseminated and acquired in UNESCO's partner communities
114and institutions in the fields of education, science and culture around the
115world, and particularly in developing countries. We hope that this
116software will encourage the effective deployment of digital libraries to
117share information and place it in the public domain. Further information
118can be found in the book <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/howto">How to build a
119digital library</a>, authored by two of the group's project members.
120}
121
122_t8_ {
123Also, the collect.cfg files for many of the collections at <a
124href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a> have been made available <a
125href="_httppagex_(colcfg)">here</a>.
126}
127
128_t9_ {
129This software is developed and distributed as an international cooperative
130effort established in August 2000 among three parties.
131}
132
133_t10_ {
134New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato
135}
136
137_t11_ {
138Greenstone software grew out of this project, and this initiative has been
139endorsed by the Communication Sub-Commission of the New Zealand National
140Commission for UNESCO as part of New Zealand's contribution to UNESCO's
141programme.
142}
143
144_t12_ {
145United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
146}
147
148_t13_ {
149The dissemination of educational, scientific and cultural information
150throughout the world, and particularly its availability in developing
151countries, is central to UNESCO's goals as pursued within its
152intergovernmental Information for All Programme, and appropriate,
153accessible information and communication technology is seen as an important
154tool in this context.
155}
156
157_t14_ {
158The Human Info NGO, based in Antwerp, Belgium
159}
160
161_t15_ {
162This project works with UN agencies and other NGOs, and has established a
163worldwide reputation for digitizing documentation of interest to human
164development and making it widely available, free of charge to developing
165nations and on a cost-recovery basis to others.
166}
167
168_t16_ {
169If you download Greenstone and install it with standard demonstration
170collections, or if you install it from the Greenstone CD-ROM, it will look
171exactly like <a
172href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/democols/library">this</a>.
173}
174
175
176#######################################################################
177
178package download
179
180_t18_ {Download Greenstone}
181
182_t19_ {
183Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the <a
184href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
185License</a>. It runs on Windows and Unix, and both source code and binaries
186are available for download. It is fully documented in English, French,
187Spanish and Russian.
188}
189
190_t20_ {
191Select the Greenstone distribution you require from the list below. Each
192distribution provides a complete interface in English, French, Spanish and
193Russian.
194}
195
196_t21_ {
197Each distribution also includes the "Greenstone Librarian
198Interface", a graphical tool for building digital libraries. It gives
199you access to Greenstone's functionality from an easy-to-use 'point and
200click' interface. To use this tool you will need a suitable Java Run-time
201Environment, which you can download via <a
202href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/">here</a> -- the latest version is currently 1.4.2 (then choose the JRE, not the SDK).
203}
204
205_t22_ {Windows distribution}
206
207_t23_ {
208This is the distribution you want if you're going to run Greenstone under
209any 32 bit Windows environment (that is, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP etc.).
210}
211
212_t24_ {
213Note that Greenstone will also run on 16 bit Windows (that is, Windows
2143.1/3.11). The installer program used by this distribution will not work on
215these versions of Windows however. Please <a
216href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a> if you need a version of
217Greenstone for 16 bit Windows.
218}
219
220_t25_ {
221Using this distribution you may either install the "local
222library", the "web library", or install and compile the
223source code (click <a href="_httppagex_(faq-installing)#1">here</a> for a
224description of the differences between the "local library" and
225the "web library"). You will be asked which form of Greenstone
226you want during the installation process.
227}
228
229_t26_ {
230This distribution includes everything you need to run Greenstone (including
231a pre-built demonstration collection) and to build new Greenstone
232collections. Some functionality is not included however, mostly in an
233attempt to keep the distribution as small as possible. See <a
234href="#packages">below</a> for details on how to get this missing
235functionality.
236}
237
238_t27_ {
239This distribution uses a standard Windows installer program, simply
240download the file and double-click it to install (see the <a
241href="_httpguide_(Install,en)">Installer's Guide</a> for more detailed
242installation instructions).
243}
244
245_t28_ {Unix distribution}
246
247_t29_ {
248This is the recommended distribution if you're installing Greenstone on any
249form of Unix.
250}
251
252_t30_ {
253This distribution comes with statically linked linux binaries. However, it
254also contains the Greenstone source code for compiling on other forms of
255Unix (or on linux if you prefer not to use the provided binaries).
256}
257
258_t31_ {
259This distribution includes everything you need to run Greenstone (including
260a pre-built demonstration collection) and to build new Greenstone
261collections. Some functionality is not included however, mostly in an
262attempt to keep the distribution as small as possible. See <a
263href="#packages">below</a> for details on how to get this missing
264functionality.
265}
266
267_t32_ {
268To install this distribution, extract the gzipped tar archive and run the
269<i>Install.sh</i> shell script from within the <i>gsdl-X.XX-unix/Unix</i>
270directory (see the <a href="_httpguide_(Install,en)">Installer's Guide</a> for
271more detailed installation instructions).
272}
273
274_t33_ {Mac OS X distribution}
275
276_t34_ {
277This distribution contains dynamically linked binaries for Mac OS X running
278on PowerPC platforms.
279}
280
281_t35_ {
282This distribution has been tested on Mac OS X 10.2.6 and 10.3.2. It
283includes the pre-built binaries and also includes the demonstration
284collection, pre-built. This distribution also includes the Greenstone
285Librarian Interface for building collections.
286}
287
288_t36_ {Source only distribution}
289
290_t37_ {
291This distribution contains the Greenstone source code along with the same
292demonstration collection as the distributions above (although the
293collection is not pre-built in this distribution).
294}
295
296_t38_ {
297This distribution does not have an automated installation procedure
298(running <i>Install.sh</i> will not work). Unless you're sure you know what
299you're doing you probably want one of the distributions above, both of
300which also contain the Greenstone source. Note that you can obtain an
301up-to-date version of the Greenstone source code at any time by using <a
302href="_httppagex_(cvs)">cvs</a>.
303}
304
305_t39_ {
306The following extra packages may be downloaded and installed along with an
307existing Greenstone installation to add functionality that was left out of
308the distributions above.
309}
310
311_t40_ {Export to CD-ROM package}
312
313_t41_ {
314This package enables the "export to CD-ROM" function from within
315Greenstone's Collector.
316}
317
318_t42_ {
319To install, simply download the file (it will work on both Windows and Unix
320and any version of Greenstone above 2.34) and extract the zip archive into
321the gsdl\\bin\\windows directory of your existing Greenstone installation.
322}
323
324_t43_ {
325The following utilities have been developed to be used along with
326Greenstone.
327}
328
329_t44_ {The Organizer}
330
331_t45_ {
332The Organizer is a Windows application useful for automatically generating
333many of the configuration files (metadata.xml, sub.txt etc.) required by
334complex Greenstone collections.
335}
336
337_t46_ {
338To install, simply download and double-click the self-extracting executable
339file.
340}
341
342
343#######################################################################
344
345package examples
346
347_t47_ {Examples of Greenstone in Action}
348
349_t48_ {New Zealand Digital Library Project}
350
351_t49_ {
352A demonstration site set up by the developers of Greenstone, the New
353Zealand Digital Library Project. This site contains many collections,
354ranging from humanitarian information to computer science technical reports
355to demonstration collections of Chinese and Arabic documents.
356}
357
358_t50_ {Russian Greenstone Library}
359
360_t51_ {
361A Greenstone site containing several collections in the Russian
362language. This site was set up by a regional government department in the
363Mari El Republic of the Russian Federation.
364}
365
366_t52_ {Project Gutenberg}
367
368_t53_ {
369An on-going project to produce and distribute free electronic editions of
370literature, Project Gutenberg now contains more than 3,700 titles from
371Shakespeare to Dickens to the Bronte sisters. This site, maintained by
372Ibiblio, one of the original Gutenberg mirror sites, uses Greenstone to
373make the entire Gutenberg collection available in a fully searchable form.
374}
375
376_t54_ {University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart}
377
378_t55_ {
379Hochschule der Medien - an "Information and Media" digital
380library created by the University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany.
381}
382
383_t56_ {Gresham College Archive}
384
385_t57_ {
386A digital library created at Gresham College, London, England.
387}
388
389_t58_ {Center for the Study of Digital Libraries}
390
391_t59_ {
392Texas A&M University - A digital libraries research site containing
393prototypical Greenstone collections with an emphasis on Digital Floras.
394}
395
396_t60_ {Peking University Digital Library}
397
398_t61_ {
399Two experimental collections created at Peking University.
400}
401
402_t62_ {Music Information Retrieval Research}
403
404_t63_ {
405Virtual home of music information retrieval research.
406}
407
408_t64_ {Photograph Album}
409
410_t65_ {
411A collection of photographs taken by <a
412href="mailto:[email protected]">Gordon Paynter</a>.
413}
414
415_t66_ {Washington Research Library Consortium Special Collections}
416
417_t67_ {
418Digital material from the special collections of the eight universities of
419WRLC in Washington, D.C., USA.
420}
421
422_t68_ {Archives of Indian Labour}
423
424_t69_ {
425A collaborative project between the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute and
426the Association of Indian Labour Historians. The Archives of Indian Labour
427are dedicated to preserving and making accessible the fast depleting
428documents on the Indian working class.
429}
430
431_t70_ {NCSI Demonstration Collections}
432
433_t71_ {
434Demonstration collections created by students and staff at the National
435Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
436India. Many of these collections include content in Kannada and Hindi.
437}
438
439_t72_ {New York Botanical Garden}
440
441_t73_ {
442The rare book digitization project of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the
443New York Botanical Garden.
444}
445
446_t74_ {Lehigh University Digital Bridges Collection}
447
448_t75_ {
449A collection containing thirty books about bridges, all of which were
450published between 1811 and 1899. The collection was created at Lehigh
451University, Pennsylvania and features a heavily customized user interface.
452}
453
454_t76_ {Chopin Early Editions}
455
456_t77_ {
457A collection of digital images of early printed editions of musical
458compositions by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin. This collection was created
459by the University of Chicago Library and, once completed, will include its
460entire collection of over 400 Chopin early editions. The greenstone
461collection configuration file for this collection has also been made
462available and can be downloaded <a
463href="http://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/collect/chopin/etc/collect.cfg">here</a>.
464}
465
466_t78_ {Slavonski Brod Public Library}
467
468_t79_ {
469The pilot project of digitization of local studies collection in Slavonski
470Brod Public Library, Croatia.
471}
472
473_ex1t_ {Mirabilia Vicomercati}
474
475_ex1d_ {
476Mirabilia Vicomercati is an on-going project managed by Vimercate Public Library (Milan, Italy), aimed at the digitization of local history primary sources. Several collections will be provided - photographs, postcards, maps, text, reference, multimedia - in order to make accessible, promote and preserve the historical memory of Vimercate and its territory.
477}
478
479_ex2t_ {Illinois Wesleyan University Argus Digital Collection}
480
481_ex2d_ {
482Illinois Wesleyan University's newspaper The Argus has been published under student supervision continuously since 1894. This digital collection is part of an on-going project to preserve and provide access to Argus volumes published from 1894-2000.
483}
484
485_ex3t_ {Human Rights in Argentina}
486
487_ex3d_ {
488This site contains documents, photos and books covering files of children kidnapped during the 1976-1983 dictatorship, leglislation on identity, jurisprudence-related information, and many other items. It was created by the Secretary of Human Rights of Argentina under the Comisi&oacute;n Nacional por el Derecho a la Identidad (CONADI), which is a National Commission that fights for the right that a person has for knowing his or her identity -- particularly when their parents have disappeared.
489}
490
491_ex4t_ {Auburn University Libraries Digital Library}
492
493_ex4d_ {
494This site contains two Greenstone collections. <a href="http://diglib.auburn.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=postcard">Alabama Postcards</a> has over 300 postcards depicting buildings, natural settings, events and other scenes in various Alabama cities and towns in the early 20th century. These images are categorized by place as well as by title. <a href="http://diglib.auburn.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=alauths">Alabama Authors</a> gives information about 20th Century Alabama Authors which is maintained and updated by the Alabama Library Association. This collection began life as a printed document created in WordPerfect 5.2 and has been through several iterations before becoming fully searchable under Greenstone.
495}
496
497_ex5t_ {State Library of Tasmania Sheet Music Collection}
498
499_ex5d_ {
500This site makes available about two hundred items from the rich holdings of printed music in the State Library of Tasmania's Heritage Collections. They range from the 1840s to the 1930s and include pieces for piano and other instruments, brass band arrangements and songs of all sorts - popular, sacred, patriotic, and even songs written to encourage tourists to come to Tasmania.
501}
502
503
504#######################################################################
505
506package docs
507
508_t80_ {Greenstone Documentation}
509
510_t81_ {Manuals}
511
512_t82_ {
513The following Greenstone manuals are available in PDF format for
514download. They're available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and
515Kazakh.
516}
517
518_installersguide_ {Installer's Guide}
519
520_t83_ {english}
521
522_t84_ {spanish}
523
524_t85_ {french}
525
526_t86_ {russian}
527
528_t87_ {kazakh}
529
530_t88_ {
531Describes in detail the Greenstone installation process. Note that the
532<i>Installer's Guide</i> assumes that Greenstone is being installed from a
533CD-ROM distribution. The instructions should be adapted in the obvious way
534when installing from a web download.
535}
536
537_usersguide_ {User's Guide}
538
539_t90_ {
540General details on using Greenstone collections, the Collector web
541interface for building new collections, and Greenstone's administrative
542facilities.
543}
544
545_t92_ {sorry, no kazakh}
546
547_developersguide_ {Developer's Guide}
548
549_t94_ {
550A more detailed description of Greenstone's collection building process,
551including building collections from the command line or DOS prompt. Also a
552description of the structure of the Greenstone runtime system.
553}
554
555_t95_ {From Paper to Collection}
556
557_t96_ {
558A document describing the entire process of creating a digital library
559collection from paper documents. This includes the scanning and OCR process
560and the use of the "Organizer".
561}
562
563_t97_ {Inside Greenstone Collections}
564
565_t98_ {english(HTML)}
566
567_t99_ {english(PDF)}
568
569_t100_ {
570One of the trickier parts of using Greenstone is coming up with a
571configuration file for your collection. To help learn how to do it, this
572document presents, and explains, the configuration files for a few actual
573Greenstone collections, and also gives an example of how Greenstone's
574appearance can be customized. (Note, this document is intended to be used
575with Greenstone version 2.40 and higher.)
576}
577
578_t101_ {MG/MG++}
579
580_t102_ {
581For information about the underlying indexing and retrieval systems used by
582Greenstone, please go <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/html/mg.html">here</a>
583for MG, or download the <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user
584guide</a>.
585}
586
587_t103_ {Mailing Lists}
588
589_t104_ {
590There are two mailing lists intended primarily for discussions about the
591Greenstone digital library software. Active users of Greenstone should
592consider joining one or both of these lists and contributing to the
593discussions.
594}
595
596_t105_ {Greenstone User's List}
597
598_t106_ {
599This list is for general Greenstone discussions. To send a message to this
600list, address it to <a
601href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. There
602is an archive of previous messages to this list at <a
603href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
604}
605
606_t107_ {Greenstone Developer's List}
607
608_t108_ {
609This list is for more technical discussions by people developing or
610modifying Greenstone. To send a message to this list, address it to <a
611href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
612}
613
614_t369_ {User Supplied Documentation}
615
616_t370_ {Customizing the Greenstone User Interface}
617
618_t371_ {
619An illustrated guide to customizing the Greenstone user interface. Written
620by Allison Zhang of the Washington Research Library Consortium
621}
622
623#######################################################################
624
625package support
626
627_t109_ {Greenstone Support}
628
629_t110_ {
630Before asking for help, please read the <a
631href="_httppagex_(faq)">frequently asked questions</a> list.
632}
633
634_t111_ {
635For Greenstone technical support please consider joining one of the <a
636href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">Greenstone mailing lists</a>.
637}
638
639_t112_ {
640Alternatively, fill in the form below and click the "submit"
641button to submit a query to the Greenstone support staff. Please fill in
642the form as fully as possible to aid our staff in giving the best possible
643service.
644}
645
646_t113_ {PERSONAL INFORMATION}
647
648_t114_ {Name}
649
650_t115_ {E-mail address}
651
652_t116_ {SYSTEM INFORMATION}
653
654_t117_ {Operating System}
655
656_t118_ {Windows 95}
657
658_t119_ {Windows 98}
659
660_t120_ {Windows ME}
661
662_t121_ {Windows NT 4}
663
664_t122_ {Windows 2000}
665
666_t123_ {Windows XP}
667
668_t124_ {Windows 3.11}
669
670_t125_ {Windows 3.1}
671
672_t126_ {Linux}
673
674_t127_ {Other (please specify below)}
675
676_t128_ {Other OS}
677
678_t129_ {CPU (type and speed)}
679
680_t130_ {Memory (RAM) in MB}
681
682_t131_ {Web browser}
683
684_t132_ {Netscape 4}
685
686_t133_ {Netscape 4.5}
687
688_t134_ {Netscape 6}
689
690_t135_ {Mozilla}
691
692_t136_ {Internet Explorer 4}
693
694_t137_ {Internet Explorer 5}
695
696_t138_ {Internet Explorer 6}
697
698_t139_ {Other web browser}
699
700_t140_ {Was your browser provided by your internet service provider?}
701
702_t141_ {no}
703
704_t142_ {yes}
705
706_t143_ {don't know}
707
708_t144_ {Is your browser configured to use a proxy?}
709
710_t145_ {Web server}
711
712_t146_ {not applicable}
713
714_t147_ {Apache 1.3}
715
716_t148_ {Apache 2.0}
717
718_t149_ {Microsoft IIS 4.0}
719
720_t150_ {Microsoft IIS 5.0}
721
722_t151_ {Microsoft PWS}
723
724_t152_ {Other server}
725
726_t153_ {GREENSTONE INFORMATION}
727
728_t154_ {Version}
729
730_t155_ {CD-ROM distribution}
731
732_t156_ {Installation type}
733
734_t157_ {local library}
735
736_t158_ {web library}
737
738_t159_ {PROBLEM DESCRIPTION}
739
740_t160_ {Problem type}
741
742_t161_ {question}
743
744_t162_ {problem/error}
745
746_t163_ {suggested enhancement}
747
748_t164_ {other}
749
750_t165_ {Can the problem be reproduced at will?}
751
752_t166_ {Short description}
753
754_t167_ {Long description}
755
756_t168_ {
757(If you are reporting a problem, please go into as much detail as possible.
758Make sure you describe all steps leading up to the problem and include any
759relevant URLs.)
760}
761
762
763#######################################################################
764
765package faq
766
767_greenstonefaq_ {Greenstone FAQ}
768
769_headinggeneral_ {General Information}
770
771_t171_ {What is Greenstone?}
772
773_t172_ {How is Greenstone licensed?}
774
775_t173_ {What platforms will Greenstone run on?}
776
777_t174_ {Are there any mailing lists concerned with Greenstone?}
778
779_t175_ {Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?}
780
781_t176_ {How do I contribute to Greenstone?}
782
783_headingobtaining_ {Obtaining Greenstone}
784
785_t178_ {Where do I get Greenstone from?}
786
787_t179_ {Are there binary distributions of Greenstone available?}
788
789_t180_ {Is Greenstone available on CD-ROM?}
790
791_t181_ {Is the Greenstone source code available via CVS?}
792
793_headinginstalling_ {Installing Greenstone}
794
795_t183_ {How do I compile Greenstone from a source or CVS distribution?}
796
797_t184_ {What is the difference between Greenstone's <i>local library</i> and <i>web library</i>?}
798
799_headingrunning_ {Running Greenstone}
800
801_t186_ {OK, I've installed Greenstone. Now how do I make it go?}
802
803_t187_ {What web browser do I need to view Greenstone collections?}
804
805_t188_ {When I start the Windows local library there are two buttons in the
806dialog box, "Enter Library" and "Restricted
807Version". They both seem to do the same thing, what's the difference?}
808
809_t189_ {So when should I use the "Restricted Version" of the local library?}
810
811_t190_ {When I start the Windows local library my computer asks me to dial
812up my Internet Service Provider. Do I really need to be online to run
813Greenstone?}
814
815_t191_ {I'm trying to use the Windows local library. My web browser is
816starting up as expected but the Greenstone home page never gets loaded or gives an error message. What's wrong?}
817
818_t192_ {Where can I get more Greenstone collections?}
819
820_t193_ {When I attempt to access certain parts of Greenstone I'm asked for
821a username and password. What do I enter?}
822
823_t194_ {When I use the <i>large query box</i> function I occassionally get
824a <i>Not Found</i> error.}
825
826_headingbuilding_ {Building Greenstone Collections}
827
828_t196_ {What is "the Collector"?}
829
830_t197_ {How do I build a collection from the command line or DOS prompt?}
831
832_t198_ {I built a new Greenstone collection on my Windows
833machine. Everything appeared to work fine while building, however when I
834tried to view the collection some of the documents contained no
835text. Sometimes Greenstone appeared to crash completely. What have I done
836wrong?}
837
838_t199_ {Why won't the Collector's "export to CD-ROM" function work?}
839
840_t200_ {I'm trying to use the Collector on Windows 2000 but it's running
841extremely slowly. Is this normal?}
842
843_t201_ {What is "the Organizer"?}
844
845_t202_ {Where do I get the Organizer?}
846
847_t203_ {I'm attempting to build a collection with the collector but it
848keeps failing with an error. What am I doing wrong?}
849
850_t204_ {Where can I find some example collect.cfg configuration files?}
851
852_t205_ {How can I build my collection using MGPP?}
853
854_tfaqbuild11title_ {I've added a new type of classification to my collection. How do I create and add the navigation bar images?}
855
856_tfaqbuildexpattitle_ {How do I fix XML::Parser errors during import.pl?}
857
858_headingplugins_ {More About Plugins}
859
860_tfaqplugins1title_ {What metadata is available for each plugin?}
861
862_tfaqplugins2title_ {I'm having problems with my PDF files! What's wrong?}
863
864_t207_ {FAQ Main Page}
865
866_t372_ {Show entire FAQ on a single page}
867
868_t373_ {Show FAQ on multiple pages}
869
870#######################################################################
871
872package faqgen
873
874_t208_ {
875Greenstone is a suite of software which has the ability to serve digital
876library collections and build new collections. It provides a new way of
877organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM.
878}
879
880_t209_ {
881Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the <a
882href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>.
883}
884
885_t210_ {
886Greenstone has been tested on Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/Me/NT/2000, most
887distributions of GNU/Linux, Darwin (Mac OS X), Solaris, and FreeBSD. It
888should in fact work on any Windows or Unix system. If you use a system
889other than those mentioned and you find Greenstone doesn't run, please <a
890href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.
891<p>Please note that the downloadable Windows distribution of Greenstone
892comes with an installer that will not work on 16 bit Windows. If you need
893to use Greenstone on Windows 3.1/3.11 please <a
894href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.</p>
895}
896
897_t211_ {
898There are two Greenstone mailing lists. You can subscribe to them from the
899<a href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">documentation</a> page.
900}
901
902_t212_ {
903The most popular mailing list ([email protected]) is
904archived as a Greenstone collection at <a
905href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
906Note that this collection is updated only sporadically so may not always be
907completely up to date.
908}
909
910_t213_ {
911We welcome contributions or improvements to the Greenstone software!
912<br />Before you send in any contribution, you first need to make sure that
913your changes are compatible with the latest snapshop of the Greenstone
914source code. To get the latest code you'll need to use CVS (see <a
915href="_httppagex_(cvs)">here</a> for details).
916<br />You should then send the modified files, along with details of the
917modifications you've made, to <a
918href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
919
920<p>Before beginning work, you should announce what you're doing on the <a
921href="mailto:[email protected]">greenstone developer's list</a>
922to tell us what you plan to do and get some feedback.</p>
923}
924
925
926#######################################################################
927
928package faqob
929
930_t215_ {
931From the greenstone.org <a href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
932}
933
934_t216_ {
935Yes. At present there are binary distributions for 32 bit Windows, PowerPC
936Mac OS X, and i386 linux. They can be downloaded from the <a
937href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
938}
939
940_t217_ {
941While some version 2.37 and 2.38 CD-ROMs have been produced they're not
942currently being made widely available. You are encouraged to download the
943latest release of Greenstone from the <a
944href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page. If your internet connection
945is such that downloading Greenstone isn't possible please <a
946href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us and we may be able to arrange
947for a CD-ROM to be sent out.
948}
949
950_t218_ {
951Yes, see our <a href="_httppagex_(cvs)">CVS page</a> for details.
952}
953
954
955#######################################################################
956
957package faqinst
958
959_t220_ {
960See our <a href="_httpdocsdir_/compiling.html">compiling page</a>.
961}
962
963_t221_ {
964Firstly, the <i>local library</i> is only available if you're running
965Greenstone under Windows. It's not yet available on Unix.
966
967<p>The major difference between the two is that the <i>local library</i>
968contains it's own built-in webserver. The <i>web library</i> however,
969requires an external webserver like Apache or Microsoft IIS. This makes the
970<i>local library</i> much easier to install and configure than the web
971library.</p>
972
973<p>For this reason, it's recommended that Windows users install the
974<i>local library</i> unless they're sure that they need the <i>web
975library</i>. Even if you think you might need the <i>web library</i>, try
976installing the <i>local library</i> first. You can always uninstall it
977later and install the <i>web library</i> if you then decide you need
978it.</p>
979
980<p>A situation where the <i>web library</i> may be preferable is if you
981plan to serve your Greenstone collections as a full-time service on the
982web. In this case you'll probably want the added stability that running the
983<i>web library</i> in conjunction with an external webserver can
984provide.</p>
985
986<p>Please note that the <i>local library</i> is quite capable of serving
987Greenstone collections over a local area network or the web (despite its
988rather misleading name).</p>
989}
990
991
992#######################################################################
993
994package faqrun
995
996_t223_ {
997If you're using the Windows <i>local library</i> you should be able to
998simply select "Greenstone Digital Library" from within the
999programs in your <i>start</i> menu.
1000
1001<p>If you're using the <i>web library</i> things are a little less obvious
1002however. First make sure your webserver is configured correctly and is
1003running (see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Installer's
1004Guide</a> and your webserver's documentation for details). You can then
1005simply open your web browser and point it at the URL of Greenstone's
1006library executable. This is dependant on the way you configured Greenstone
1007and your webserver. Typically it might be something like
1008http://localhost/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.exe.</p>
1009}
1010
1011_t224_ {
1012Greenstone relies on a web browser that supports tables, javascript, and in
1013some places, frames. Any reasonably modern browser will do. Examples are
1014Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, Netscape 4, and Mozilla. Newer releases of
1015all these browsers will also work.
1016
1017<p>If you find that your favourite web browser does not work with
1018Greenstone, please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a>.</p>
1019
1020<p>Note that there is an exception to the rule that any modern browser will
1021do when running Greenstone. That is when you're using the restricted
1022version of the Windows local library when you must use Netscape. See the
1023discussion below on the differences between the "Restricted
1024Version" and the standard "Enter Library" version of the
1025local library for details.</p>
1026}
1027
1028_t225_ {
1029The webserver built into the local library uses the networking software
1030built into your Windows operating system in order to function. If your
1031computer has never been connected to a network this networking software may
1032not be installed however. For this reason Greenstone comes with some
1033networking software of it's own that it will use if it can't find any
1034installed on your computer.
1035
1036<p>When you click the "Enter Library" button, Greenstone first
1037checks to see if your computer has it's own networking software. If it
1038does, it starts up using that, if not it starts up using it's own
1039networking software.</p>
1040
1041<p>When you click the "Restricted Version" button, Greenstone
1042doesn't bother checking your system for networking software, it just goes
1043ahead and uses it's own.</p>
1044
1045<p>The catch is that there are several limitations with using the
1046Greenstone supplied networking software. The most important limitations are
1047that the local library won't be accessible from the network if run in this
1048way (that is, it really will be "local" to the machine on which
1049it's running) and that it must use a Netscape web browser. Using your
1050computer's built-in networking software is therefore the prefered
1051option.</p>
1052}
1053
1054_t226_ {
1055Since Greenstone will automatically use it's own networking software if it
1056can't find any installed on your computer it should not normally be
1057necessary to run the "Restricted Version" explicitly.
1058
1059<p>Times when it may be necessary are.</p>
1060<ul>
1061<li>If your computer's networking software has been installed incorrectly.</li>
1062<li>If Windows keeps attempting to dial up your internet service provider
1063when you click the "Enter Library" button.</li>
1064</ul>
1065}
1066
1067_t227_ {
1068No you don't need to be online. This is caused by the webserver built into
1069Greenstone's local library sending a message to your computer's networking
1070software to make sure it's functioning correctly. On many Windows systems
1071this causes the familiar dial up dialog box to appear. In most situations
1072you can simply cancel the dialog box and (if required) press your browser's
1073<i>reload</i> button to continue.
1074
1075<p>If this does not solve the problem, try starting the local library by
1076clicking the "Restricted Version" button rather than the
1077"Enter Library" button. See the discussion above on the
1078differences between the standard and restricted versions of the local
1079library for further details.</p>
1080}
1081
1082_t228_ {
1083<ol>
1084<li>Check your web browser's internet proxy settings and turn proxies off (use
1085<i>Edit preferences</i> on Netscape or <i>Internet options</i> on
1086Explorer).</li>
1087
1088<li>If Internet Explorer gives a message saying "The page cannot be
1089displayed" and "Cannot find server or DNS error" at the bottom of the
1090page, check in your network settings that your computer's name is set
1091up correctly. For example, if there is a DNS suffix entered in your
1092TCP/IP properties (in the Control Panel), make sure that your host
1093name and suffix are correct for your computer. If the server is running
1094correctly, you should be able to connect by visiting
1095<a href="http://127.0.0.1/">http://127.0.0.1/</a> in a web browser on the
1096same machine that the local library is running on.</li>
1097
1098</ol>
1099}
1100
1101_t229_ {
1102Collections like those at <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a>
1103will soon be made available for download.
1104}
1105
1106_t230_ {
1107The initial username required here is <i>admin</i>.
1108
1109<p>If you installed Greenstone using the InstallShield installer on Windows
1110or the Install.sh script on Unix you should have been asked to set a
1111password during the installation procedure.</p>
1112
1113<p>If you didn't, don't worry, the password defaults to being
1114<i>admin</i>.</p>
1115
1116<p>So if you don't know what to enter you should try username =
1117<i>admin</i>, password = <i>admin</i>.<p>
1118}
1119
1120_t231_ {
1121This may be caused by the URL becoming too long for your web
1122browser. Because Greenstone currently stores all state information in the
1123URL, if you do a search for a long phrase the URL can become very
1124long. Different browser's on different platforms have different maximum URL
1125lengths but in general it seems that Netscape can handle longer URLs than
1126can Microsoft Internet Explorer.
1127
1128<p>There is very little you can do to avoid this problem with the way
1129Greenstone is currently implemented (aside from not searching for long
1130phrases). Future versions of Greenstone may store some state information on
1131the server rather than in the URL but this has yet to be implemented.</p>
1132}
1133
1134
1135#######################################################################
1136
1137package faqbuild
1138
1139_t233_ {
1140The Collector is a web interface for building new collections, altering or
1141deleting existing collections, and exporting existing collections to
1142stand-alone CD-ROMs. The Collector is a standard part of a Greenstone
1143installation. To begin using the Collector, click the "The
1144Collector" button on your Greenstone home page. For further details on
1145using the Collector see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone User's
1146Guide</a>.
1147}
1148
1149_t234_ {
1150It's occasionally preferable to build your Greenstone collections from the
1151command line rather than from the Collector. This allows you greater
1152control over how your new collection turns out. See the <a
1153href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Developer's Guide</a> for detailed step
1154by step instructions on building collections from the command line.
1155}
1156
1157_t235_ {
1158Are you running Norton Anti-Virus? There are some incompatibilities between
1159Norton and the Greenstone collection building process that cause
1160unpredictable things to happen if you build your collection while Norton is
1161running. Try disabling Norton and rebuilding the collection.
1162
1163<p>If you do not have Norton or disabling Norton does not solve the problem
1164please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a> for further help.</p>
1165}
1166
1167_t236_ {
1168If you downloaded Greenstone from the web you will not have all the
1169components required to make the "export to CD-ROM" function
1170work. These extra components have been made available in a separate
1171download which you can get from the <a
1172href="_httppagex_(download)#packages">download</a> page.
1173}
1174
1175_t237_ {
1176Are you using a Netscape web browser with the local library? If so, try
1177using Internet Explorer instead. There are some socket connection problems
1178that show up on Windows 2000 when using Netscape.
1179}
1180
1181_t238_ {
1182The Organizer (also called the "Collection Organizer") is a
1183Windows utility used for automatically generating some of the configuration
1184files (metadata.xml, sub.txt etc.) used by complex Greenstone collections.
1185}
1186
1187_t239_ {
1188From the <a href="_httppagex_(download)#utilities">download</a> page.
1189}
1190
1191_t240_ {
1192There are several reasons that the collector might fail to build a
1193collection and the error messages it produces are not always very helpful.
1194
1195<p>If you changed the default configuration during the <i>configure
1196collection</i> stage you'll need to make sure the changes were valid. For
1197example, if you added a new <i>classify</i> or <i>plugin</i> line you'll
1198need to make sure that the classifier and/or plugin names and arguments are
1199all correct. If they're not the collector will fail. A good test is to
1200build your collection without changing the configuration. If it builds ok
1201with the default configuration but fails after you change the configuration
1202you'll need to look closely at the changes you're making.</p>
1203
1204<p>Another good thing to do if having problems with the collector is to
1205build your collection from the command line instead. You'll get much more
1206feedback to help debug problems when building in this way. For details on
1207how to build a collection from the command line see the <a
1208href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone developer's guide</a>.</p>
1209}
1210
1211_t241_ {
1212The collect.cfg files for many of the collections at <a
1213href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a> have been made available <a
1214href="_httppagex_(colcfg)">here</a>.
1215}
1216
1217_t242_ {
1218The <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user manual</a> gives some
1219instructions.
1220}
1221
1222_tfaqbuild11body_ {
1223To create and add the new buttons for a new classifier, there are several macro files that need to be edited. This is an example for the Countries metadata. <i>Countries</i> is the metadata name (or buttonname), <i>count</i> is the short form used in image names, <i>countries</i> is the text that appears on the nav bar buttons and the green title.
1224<p>
1225These lines should all be put next to the other ones ones of the same type. Use Title as an example to search for the approriate place to insert.
1226<p>
1227<i>base.dm:</i>
1228<br>
1229<br>\_Countrieswidth\_ \{\_widthcountx\_ \}
1230
1231<br>\_imageCountries\_ \{\_gsimage\_(\_httpbrowseCountries\_,\_httpicontcountof\_,\_httpicontcounton\_,countries,\_textimageCountries\_)\}
1232<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_ \{&lt;img
1233src="\_httpicontcountgr\_" width=\_widthtcountx\_ border=0&gt;\}
1234<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_[v=1] \{\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \}
1235<p>
1236<i>document.dm:</i>
1237<br>
1238<br>\_textCountriespage\_ \{\_texticonhcount\_ \}
1239
1240<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ \{&lt;img src="\_httpiconhcount\_" width="\_widthhcount\_"
1241height="\_heighthcount\_"&gt;\}
1242<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ [v=1] \{&lt;h2&gt;\_texticonhcount\_&lt;/h2&gt;\}
1243
1244<p>
1245<i>english.dm:</i>
1246<br>
1247<br>\_textimageCountries\_ \{Browse by countries\}
1248<br>\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \{Countries\}
1249<br>\_texticonhcount\_ \{Countries\}
1250<br>\_textCountriesshort\_ \{access publications by country\}
1251<br>\_textCountrieslong\_ \{&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;i&gt;access publications by country&lt;/i&gt; by
1252pressing the &lt;i&gt;countries&lt;/i&gt; button. This brings up a list of countries. \}
1253<br>
1254<br>## "countries" ## nav\_bar\_button ## tcount ##
1255<br>\_httpicontcountgr\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountgr.gif\}
1256<br>\_httpicontcountof\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountof.gif\}
1257<br>\_httpicontcounton\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcounton.gif\}
1258<br>\_widthtcountx\_ \{87\}
1259
1260<br>## "countries" ## green_title ## h_count ##
1261<br>\_httpiconhcount\_ \{\_httpimg\_/h\_count.gif\}
1262<br>\_widthhcount\_ \{200\}
1263<br>\_heighthcount\_ \{57\}
1264
1265
1266<p>
1267The images that are needed are the nav bar images, and the title image with the green bar in the background. There are 3 nav bar images: <i>tcountgr.gif</i> is the green one and <i>tcounton.gif</i> and <i>tcountof.gif</i> are the two yellow ones for the rollover effect.
1268<i>h_count.gif</i> is the title image.
1269
1270<p>These images can be generated by copying the two ## blocks from above into a temp file and running translate.pl on it eg.
1271
1272<br>translate.pl -language_symbol en temp.dm
1273
1274<p>To add the images in other languages, you need to edit the appropriate language macro file, and add the same items as for english.dm. And run the translate script to generate the images.
1275<p>English versions of the images should be placed in the $GSDLHOME/images directory, while other language versions should be placed in the appropriate subdirectory of $GSDLHOME/images, for example $GSDLHOME/images/fr for french images.
1276}
1277
1278_tfaqbuildexpatbody_ {
1279Our prebuilt Linux and Mac OS X Greenstone distributions are built on machines using Perl 5.6, and these distributions contain a few binary perl modules. These cause problems if you are using a recent version of perl like 5.8 or 5.8.1 (you can type "perl -v" from the command line to see the version).
1280<p>
1281On the Mac, our distribution contains modules for both perl 5.6 and 5.8 and the correct one should (hopefully) be installed.
1282<p>
1283A typical error message during import.pl would be:
1284<p>
1285Uncaught exception from user code: Can't load '/home/httpd/gsdl/perllib/cpan/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so' for module XML::Parser::Expat: /home/httpd/gsdl/perllib/cpan/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so: undefined symbol: PL_sv_undef at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 229. at /home/httpd/gsdl/perllib/cpan/XML/Parser.pm line 14
1286<p>
1287To remedy this, you need to remove the "gsdl/perllib/cpan/XML" and "gsdl/perllib/cpan/auto" directories. Then you need to install the perl XML::Parser natively for your system, and get Greenstone to use this instead.
1288<p>
1289On redhat or mandrake, install the .rpm named "perl-XML-Parser", on debian, install the "libxml-parser-perl" package. For other Linuxes, use your distribution's package, or you can get it from <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/XML-Parser-2.34/">http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/XML-Parser-2.34/</a>.
1290<p>
1291You may also need to get Expat, available from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/</a>.
1292
1293}
1294#######################################################################
1295
1296package faqplugins
1297
1298
1299# base puts in surrounding <p> and </p>, so skip first and last ones
1300#
1301_metadata_ {
1302
1303"Default" means that the metadata fields will be automatically assigned (or
1304extracted if possible), while the "Available fields" lists other items
1305of metadata that the plugin may be able to assign based on any arguments
1306given to that plugin in the <tt>collect.cfg</tt> file.
1307All plugins are derived from BasPlug, and have following metadata fields:
1308
1309<table border="1">
1310<tr>
1311 <th> </th>
1312 <th> Default fields </th>
1313 <th> Available fields </th>
1314</tr>
1315<tr>
1316 <td> BasPlug </td>
1317 <td> Language, Encoding, Source </td>
1318 <td> FirstNNNN, kea, Acronym </td>
1319</tr>
1320</table>
1321</p>
1322
1323<p>
1324In addition, many plugins have additional fields available:
1325<table border="1">
1326
1327<tr>
1328 <th> Plugin name </th>
1329 <th> Default fields </th>
1330 <th> Available fields </th>
1331</tr>
1332
1333<tr>
1334 <td> BibTexPlug </td>
1335 <td> Title, Creator, Abstract, Author, Booktitle, Chapter, Copyright, Date,
1336 Edition, Editor, EntryType Journal, Keywords, Month, Note, Number,
1337 Pages, Publisher, PublisherAddress, Volume, Year </td>
1338 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1339</tr>
1340
1341<tr>
1342 <td> DBPlug </td>
1343 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1344 <td> (arbitrary metadata field names based on Database configuration file)
1345 </td>
1346</tr>
1347
1348<tr>
1349 <td> EMAILPlug </td>
1350 <td> Date, DateText, From, FromAddr, FromName, Headers, Subject,
1351 Title (based on subject, from, and date), To
1352 </td>
1353 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1354</tr>
1355
1356<tr>
1357 <td> ExcelPlug </td>
1358 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1359 <td> (all fields as in HTMLPlug) </td>
1360</tr>
1361
1362<tr>
1363 <td> HTMLPlug </td>
1364 <td> Title, URL </td>
1365 <td> Author, Creator, Email (others as found in the <tt>-metadata_fields</tt> option) </td>
1366</tr>
1367
1368<tr>
1369 <td> ImagePlug </td>
1370 <td> Image, ImageHeight, ImageSize, ImageType, ImageWidth, ScreenHeight,
1371 screenicon, ScreenSize, ScreenType, ScreenWidth, Source, srclink,
1372 srcicon, Thumb, ThumbHeight, ThumbType, ThumbWidth </td>
1373 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1374</tr>
1375
1376<tr>
1377 <td> IndexPlug </td>
1378 <td> as in the <tt>index.txt</tt> file </td>
1379 <td> (use metadata.xml files instead of using this plugin) </td>
1380</tr>
1381
1382<tr>
1383 <td> MARCPlug </td>
1384 <td> Creator, Description, MarcIdentifier, MarcSource, URL, Publisher,
1385 Relation, Rights, Subject, Title, Type </td>
1386 <td> (Metadata fields as in the <tt>marctodc.txt</tt> file) </td>
1387</tr>
1388
1389<tr>
1390 <td> OAIPlug </td>
1391 <td> URL, (all metadata in <tt>.oai</tt> markup file) </td>
1392 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1393</tr>
1394
1395<tr>
1396 <td> PDFPlug </td>
1397 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1398 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1399</tr>
1400
1401<tr>
1402 <td> PPTPlug </td>
1403 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1404 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1405</tr>
1406
1407<tr>
1408 <td> PSPlug </td>
1409 <td> Title </td>
1410 <td> Date, Pages, (all fields in TextPlug) </td>
1411</tr>
1412
1413<tr>
1414 <td> ReferPlug </td>
1415 <td> Abstract, BookConfOnly, Booktitle, Copyright, Creator, Date, Editor,
1416 Keywords, Journal, JournalsOnly, Number, Pages, Publisher,
1417 Publisheraddr, Report, Title, Volume </td>
1418 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1419</tr>
1420
1421<tr>
1422 <td> RTFPlug </td>
1423 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1424 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1425</tr>
1426
1427<tr>
1428 <td> SRCPlug </td>
1429 <td> Title, filename, includes, class, classdecl </td>
1430 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1431</tr>
1432
1433<tr>
1434 <td> TEXTPlug </td>
1435 <td> Title </td>
1436 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1437</tr>
1438
1439<tr>
1440 <td> UnknownPlug </td>
1441 <td> (as given in the <tt>-assoc_field</tt> plugin argument) </td>
1442 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1443</tr>
1444
1445<tr>
1446 <td> WordPlug </td>
1447 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1448 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1449</tr>
1450
1451</table>
1452</p>
1453
1454<p>See section two of the _docs:developersguide_ for information about
1455options to plugins, or run the <tt>pluginfo.pl</tt> command on the
1456plugin name after setting up your environment for Greenstone.
1457(For example, "<tt>perl&nbsp;-S&nbsp;pluginfo.pl&nbsp;BasPlug</tt>".)
1458</p>
1459
1460<p>
1461In addition, every document can be manually assigned arbitrary metadata
1462fields and values through use of <tt>metadata.xml</tt> files, as discussed
1463in the manual.
1464}
1465
1466# base puts in surrounding <p> and </p>, so skip first and last ones
1467#
1468_pdfproblems_ {
1469PDF is a "page description language". This means that the document contains
1470objects and commands such as "draw this text here" and "draw this
1471image here".
1472</p>
1473
1474<p>
1475Greenstone uses an external program called "<tt>pdftohtml</tt>" to
1476extract text out of PDF files. Sometimes, there is no text that can be
1477extracted. This often depends on how the PDF was created.
1478
1479<ol>
1480<li>Adobe Acrobat Writer can be used to create PDFs from paper
1481documents that are scanned in by a scanner. In this case, the PDF file
1482contains images of text, rather than computer-readable text. Therefore,
1483<tt>pdftohtml</tt> cannot find any text to extract.</li>
1484
1485<li>Some programs (such as older versions of <tt>GNU ghostscript</tt>,
1486which is used by <tt>ps2pdf</tt> on Unix computers) sometimes create
1487"bitmap fonts", which means that every character in the document is
1488really an image rather than a computer readable letter. The
1489<tt>LaTeX</tt> type-setting program sometimes does this when the
1490"Computer Modern Roman" font is used.</li>
1491
1492<li>Certain characters and character combinations may be extracted incorrectly,
1493depending on the program that generated the PDF file. For example, "ligatures"
1494such as "fi", "fl", "ff" and "ffl" are often rendered using a special glyph
1495rather than as individual characters, and this information may be lost in
1496the textual representation. Also, some PDF generating programs may not
1497correctly encode accented characters. For example, to draw a lowercase "u"
1498with an umlaut accent, LaTeX draws a "u" and then draws an umlaut accent over
1499it. This means that <tt>pdftohtml</tt> will extract two separate characters
1500('š' and 'u') rather than a single accented character (Ì).</li>
1501
1502<li>PDF contains pieces of text, and coordinates for where that text
1503should be displayed. This means that <tt>pdftohtml</tt> may
1504incorrectly guess the order that the text fragments are supposed to
1505occur in. For example, for text that is in two or more columns, the text
1506may be extracted as the first sentence of each column, then the second
1507sentence of each column, and so on. In this case, the extracted text
1508is still usable for indexing purposes, but should not be displayed.
1509
1510In this case, a format statement should be added to the <tt>collect.cfg</tt>
1511file to provide a link to the original PDF file but not to the extracted
1512text, such as:
1513<center>
1514<small><tt>format SearchVList "&lt;td valign=top&gt;[srclink][srcicon][/srclink]&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;[srclink][Title][/srclink]&lt;/td&gt;"</tt></small>
1515</center>
1516</li>
1517
1518<li>Because of the way that images are embedded in PDF files,
1519<tt>pdftohtml</tt> occasionally extracts an image upside-down, or mirrored.
1520This appears to be a bug in the program.</li>
1521
1522</ol>
1523}
1524
1525#######################################################################
1526
1527package cvs
1528
1529_cvstitle_ {CVS}
1530
1531_cvscheckout_ {
1532To check out the Greenstone source code from our server do the following:
1533}
1534
1535_cvsupdate_ {
1536Once you have the code you may update it at any time by changing to the
1537gsdl directory and typing:
1538}
1539
1540_notice_ {Note about versions}
1541
1542_recentversion_ {Make sure that your version of CVS is 1.11 or later. Some
1543operating systems (including Mac OS X and Solaris) have older versions
1544that can not connect to a non-default port. This causes an error such
1545the following:}
1546
1547_download_ {You can download pre-compiled packages of recent versions of CVS
1548from <a href="http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/">http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/</a>.}
1549#######################################################################
1550
1551package colcfg
1552
1553_t246_ {Collection Configuration File Samples}
1554
1555_t247_ {collect.cfg file}
1556
1557_t248_ {Acronym Extraction Demo}
1558
1559_t249_ {Agricultural Information Modules}
1560
1561_t250_ {Arabic Collection}
1562
1563_t251_ {Bibliotheque pour le Developpement}
1564
1565_t252_ {Chinese Demonstration collection}
1566
1567_t253_ {Collection on Critical Global Issues (2nd edition)}
1568
1569_t254_ {Colt Bibliography}
1570
1571_t255_ {Computer Science Bibliographies}
1572
1573_t256_ {The Computists' Weekly}
1574
1575_t257_ {Crystal}
1576
1577_t258_ {FAO document repository}
1578
1579_t259_ {FAO on the Internet (1998)}
1580
1581_t260_ {Food and Nutrition Library 1.1}
1582
1583_t261_ {Greenstone Archives}
1584
1585_t262_ {HCI Bibliography}
1586
1587_t263_ {Humanity Development Library}
1588
1589_t264_ {Indigenous Peoples}
1590
1591_t265_ {Kiwi Aircraft Images}
1592
1593_t266_ {Language Extraction Demo}
1594
1595_t267_ {Medical and Health Library}
1596
1597_t268_ {MSWord and PDF Demonstration}
1598
1599_t269_ {Music Videos}
1600
1601_t270_ {OAI Plugin demo}
1602
1603_t271_ {Poverty Alleviation}
1604
1605_t272_ {Project Gutenberg}
1606
1607_t273_ {TidBITS}
1608
1609_t274_ {Virtual Disaster Library}
1610
1611_t275_ {Women's History}
1612
1613_t276_ {World Environment Library}
1614
1615_t277_ {Youth Oral History}
1616
1617
1618#######################################################################
1619
1620package intn
1621
1622_t278_ {Internationalizing Greenstone}
1623
1624_t279_ {There are several different levels of Greenstone language support.}
1625
1626_t280_ {Core languages}
1627
1628_t281_ {
1629English, French, Spanish, and Russian are Greenstone core languages. For
1630these there is a full translation, including interface, documentation,
1631sample collections, installation instructions. They have been produced in
1632conjunction with UNESCO and are distributed with all versions of
1633Greenstone, including the CD-ROM version. They are updated whenever the
1634CD-ROM is re-issued (so far, approximately once a year).
1635}
1636
1637_t282_ {Full translation}
1638
1639_t283_ {
1640Full translations of Greenstone include the interface and all the
1641documentation. Translating the documentation is a big job, and so far,
1642apart from the UNESCO-supported CD-ROM project, there is only one example
1643-- Kazakh. We would like to encourage more people to do full translations.
1644}
1645
1646_t284_ {Maintained interface-only translation}
1647
1648_t285_ {
1649"Maintained" translations include the language interface and a
1650designated person who updates it. The Greenstone interface has been
1651translated into many languages. However, the system is growing and language
1652interfaces become out-dated as new features are added to the software. For
1653each language, we are hoping to find a volunteer who undertakes to
1654periodically maintain the interface for that language.
1655}
1656
1657_t286_ {Unmaintained interface-only translation}
1658
1659_t287_ {
1660The interface comes in two parts: a "core" part that contains the
1661basic digital library interface, and an "auxiliary" part that
1662concerns functionality that is generally only used by the library
1663maintainer (e.g. the Administration pages and the Collector). Many language
1664interfaces just contain the core part; since the core changes relatively
1665slowly these are mostly fairly complete. However, some unmaintained
1666translations are rather out of date.
1667}
1668
1669_t288_ {In progress}
1670
1671_t289_ {For some languages, the translation process is still in progress.}
1672
1673_t290_ {
1674When you download Greenstone, the core language interfaces (English,
1675French, Spanish and Russian) come automatically. The other languages are
1676provided in a separate package which can be <a
1677href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12123&release_id=173035">downloaded</a>
1678and installed as required. This makes the downloads smaller, and for those
1679who do not need all the languages Greenstone is slightly smaller and
1680faster.
1681}
1682
1683_tnzdl_ {NZDL Project}
1684
1685_tunesco_ {UNESCO}
1686
1687_t291_ {Here is a summary of the languages currently supported:}
1688
1689_t292_ {Language}
1690
1691_t293_ {Status}
1692
1693_t294_ {Maintainer}
1694
1695_t302_ {core}
1696
1697_t313_ {full}
1698
1699_t300_ {maintained}
1700
1701_t296_ {unmaintained}
1702
1703_t298_ {in progress}
1704
1705_t295_ {Arabic}
1706
1707_armenian_ {Armenian}
1708
1709_lng5_ {Bosnian}
1710
1711_t297_ {Chinese}
1712
1713_lng4_ {Croatian}
1714
1715_t299_ {Czech}
1716
1717_t301_ {English}
1718
1719_t303_ {Dutch}
1720
1721_farsi_ {Farsi}
1722
1723_t304_ {French}
1724
1725_lng1_ {Finnish}
1726
1727_t305_ {Galician}
1728
1729_t306_ {German}
1730
1731_t307_ {Greek}
1732
1733_t308_ {Hebrew}
1734
1735_lng2_ {Hindi}
1736
1737_t309_ {Indonesian}
1738
1739_t310_ {Italian}
1740
1741_t311_ {Japanese}
1742
1743_lng3_ {Kannada}
1744
1745_t312_ {Kazakh}
1746
1747_t314_ {Maori}
1748
1749_marathi_ {Marathi}
1750
1751_t315_ {Nepalese}
1752
1753_t316_ {Portuguese (Brazil)}
1754
1755_t317_ {Portuguese (Portugal)}
1756
1757_t318_ {Russian}
1758
1759_t319_ {Serbian}
1760
1761_t320_ {Spanish}
1762
1763_t321_ {Thai}
1764
1765_t322_ {Turkish}
1766
1767_t323_ {Ukrainian}
1768
1769_t324_ {Vietnamese}
1770
1771_t325_ {Information for language maintainers}
1772
1773_t326_ {
1774There are two methods for working with Greenstone language interface (apart
1775from editing the macro files directly, which is not recommended).
1776}
1777
1778_t327_ {Spreadsheet}
1779
1780_t328_ {
1781We send you an Excel spreadsheet that contains all the English text
1782strings, with empty cells for the translation. You fill it in and return
1783it, and we install it in Greenstone. This method is probably the best for
1784large-scale translation, but requires Microsoft software.
1785}
1786
1787_t329_ {Greenstone Translator's Interface}
1788
1789_t330_ {
1790The Greenstone translator's interface is a Web tool that presents the
1791English text strings needing translation, and provides boxes for entering
1792the translated text. Once submitted, translations are stored in the
1793appropriate language file. The system automatically determines which text
1794strings need translating or updating, and can easily be used to update a
1795language interface.
1796}
1797
1798_t331_ {
1799Generally it is best to use the spreadsheet to create the basic interface
1800and the translation interface to fine tune or update it in the future. In
1801either case you need a username and password, which we supply to designated
1802Greenstone language maintainers. If you are interested, you can play with
1803an open version of the system by logging into <a
1804href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a> with
1805username "guest" and no password, though if you do this you cannot save the
1806results.
1807}
1808
1809_t332_ {
1810To register as a designated Greenstone language maintainer, please send a
1811request to Michael Dewsnip (<a
1812href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>). As
1813soon as you receive your password please change it by going to <a
1814href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a>,
1815choosing the administration option, clicking the "change password" option
1816on the left hand side, and following the instructions.
1817}
1818
1819_t333_ {
1820As soon as you log in, the front page of the translator's interface is
1821presented to you. Read the instructions and start translating! You don't
1822have to translate all the strings in one session -- you can stop and
1823continue work later. There is a link at the bottom of each page under the
1824"submit" button that allows you to view a Greenstone site in the language
1825you have chosen, and see your translations take effect. (However, the
1826images are not yet created as you go.)
1827}
1828
1829_t334_ {Language-dependent text in Greenstone}
1830
1831_t335_ {
1832For your information and interest, the language-dependent text in
1833Greenstone comes in these places. We do not attempt to translate the
1834comments that appear in program code, scripts, or configuration files. Our
1835guideline is that non-programming users doing standard things with
1836Greenstone should be able to work entirely in their own language.
1837}
1838
1839_t336_ {User interface}
1840
1841_t337_ {Core}
1842
1843_t338_ {Text used in the basic digital library interface for Greenstone}
1844
1845_t339_ {On-line help for the basic digital library interface}
1846
1847_t340_ {Auxiliary}
1848
1849_t341_ {Text that is generally directed at the library maintainer (e.g. the
1850Administration pages and the Collector)}
1851
1852_t342_ {Text used in the Greenstone Librarian Interface}
1853
1854_t343_ {Text in scripts for running (and compiling) the GLI}
1855
1856_t344_ {The gli.txt help file}
1857
1858_t345_ {On-line help for the GLI}
1859
1860_t346_ {Collection building}
1861
1862_t347_ {Option descriptions and error messages in perl scripts, and plugins
1863and classifiers}
1864
1865_t348_ {Images}
1866
1867_t349_ {Text strings that appear in images that form part of the user
1868interface}
1869
1870_t350_ {Documentation}
1871
1872_t351_ {Manuals}
1873
1874_t352_ {Installer's guide (35 pp.)}
1875
1876_t353_ {User's guide (50 pp.)}
1877
1878_t354_ {Developer's guide (115 pp.)}
1879
1880_t355_ {From Paper to Collection (45 pp.)}
1881
1882_t356_ {Installation}
1883
1884_t357_ {Unix}
1885
1886_t358_ {Text in install.sh and setup.bash.}
1887
1888_t359_ {We do not translate text strings that appear during the
1889configuration process (./configure), because people installing programs on
1890Unix usually do so using English.}
1891
1892_t360_ {Windows}
1893
1894_t361_ {Text in the InstallShield installer used for Greenstone, and
1895setup.bat.}
1896
1897_t362_ {InstallShield comes with many different languages, and we are not
1898responsible for these translations.}
1899
1900_t363_ {Both}
1901
1902_t364_ {The install.txt file}
1903
1904_t365_ {Licence}
1905
1906_t366_ {
1907The GNU General Public Licence is written in English, and official
1908translations into other languages do not exist. However, an unofficial
1909translation is appended to the licence text that is presented during the
1910installation process.
1911}
1912
1913_t367_ {Sample Collections}
1914
1915_t368_ {Collection configuration files for sample collections supplied with
1916Greenstone.}
1917
1918
1919
1920######################################################################
1921# 'preferences' page
1922package preferences
1923######################################################################
1924
1925
1926#------------------------------------------------------------
1927# text macros
1928#------------------------------------------------------------
1929
1930_textpresentationprefs_ {Presentation preferences}
1931_textlanguage_ {Interface language:}
1932_textencoding_ {Encoding:}
1933_textformat_ {Interface format:}
1934_textgraphical_ {Graphical}
1935_texttextual_ {Textual}
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