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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
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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_ex6t_ {Indian Institute of Science Publications Database}
504
505_ex6d_ {
506Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, India is a premier institution of advanced research and teaching, with more than 2000 active researchers working in almost all frontier areas of science and technology. Started in 1909 by J.N.Tata, the Institute publishes about 2,000 publications including journal articles, conference publications, patents, reports, books, book chapters every year, according to this study. An effort is made here to compile these publications from several identified sources, remove duplicate records, standardise the metadata details. The database is web enabled using Greenstone.
507}
508
509
510#######################################################################
511
512package docs
513
514_t80_ {Greenstone Documentation}
515
516_t81_ {Manuals}
517
518_t82_ {
519The following Greenstone manuals are available in PDF format for
520download. They're available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and
521Kazakh.
522}
523
524_installersguide_ {Installer's Guide}
525
526_t83_ {english}
527
528_t84_ {spanish}
529
530_t85_ {french}
531
532_t86_ {russian}
533
534_t87_ {kazakh}
535
536_t88_ {
537Describes in detail the Greenstone installation process. Note that the
538<i>Installer's Guide</i> assumes that Greenstone is being installed from a
539CD-ROM distribution. The instructions should be adapted in the obvious way
540when installing from a web download.
541}
542
543_usersguide_ {User's Guide}
544
545_t90_ {
546General details on using Greenstone collections, the Collector web
547interface for building new collections, and Greenstone's administrative
548facilities.
549}
550
551_t92_ {sorry, no kazakh}
552
553_developersguide_ {Developer's Guide}
554
555_t94_ {
556A more detailed description of Greenstone's collection building process,
557including building collections from the command line or DOS prompt. Also a
558description of the structure of the Greenstone runtime system.
559}
560
561_t95_ {From Paper to Collection}
562
563_t96_ {
564A document describing the entire process of creating a digital library
565collection from paper documents. This includes the scanning and OCR process
566and the use of the "Organizer".
567}
568
569_t97_ {Inside Greenstone Collections}
570
571_t98_ {english(HTML)}
572
573_t99_ {english(PDF)}
574
575_t100_ {
576One of the trickier parts of using Greenstone is coming up with a
577configuration file for your collection. To help learn how to do it, this
578document presents, and explains, the configuration files for a few actual
579Greenstone collections, and also gives an example of how Greenstone's
580appearance can be customized. (Note, this document is intended to be used
581with Greenstone version 2.40 and higher.)
582}
583
584_t101_ {MG/MG++}
585
586_t102_ {
587For information about the underlying indexing and retrieval systems used by
588Greenstone, please go <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/html/mg.html">here</a>
589for MG, or download the <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user
590guide</a>.
591}
592
593_t103_ {Mailing Lists}
594
595_t104_ {
596There are two mailing lists intended primarily for discussions about the
597Greenstone digital library software. Active users of Greenstone should
598consider joining one or both of these lists and contributing to the
599discussions.
600}
601
602_t105_ {Greenstone User's List}
603
604_t106_ {
605This list is for general Greenstone discussions. To send a message to this
606list, address it to <a
607href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. There
608is an archive of previous messages to this list at <a
609href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
610}
611
612_t107_ {Greenstone Developer's List}
613
614_t108_ {
615This list is for more technical discussions by people developing or
616modifying Greenstone. To send a message to this list, address it to <a
617href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
618}
619
620_t369_ {User Supplied Documentation}
621
622_t370_ {Customizing the Greenstone User Interface}
623
624_t371_ {
625An illustrated guide to customizing the Greenstone user interface. Written
626by Allison Zhang of the Washington Research Library Consortium
627}
628
629#######################################################################
630
631package support
632
633_t109_ {Greenstone Support}
634
635_t110_ {
636Before asking for help, please read the <a
637href="_httppagex_(faq)">frequently asked questions</a> list.
638}
639
640_t111_ {
641For Greenstone technical support please consider joining one of the <a
642href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">Greenstone mailing lists</a>.
643}
644
645_t112_ {
646Alternatively, fill in the form below and click the "submit"
647button to submit a query to the Greenstone support staff. Please fill in
648the form as fully as possible to aid our staff in giving the best possible
649service.
650}
651
652_t113_ {PERSONAL INFORMATION}
653
654_t114_ {Name}
655
656_t115_ {E-mail address}
657
658_t116_ {SYSTEM INFORMATION}
659
660_t117_ {Operating System}
661
662_t118_ {Windows 95}
663
664_t119_ {Windows 98}
665
666_t120_ {Windows ME}
667
668_t121_ {Windows NT 4}
669
670_t122_ {Windows 2000}
671
672_t123_ {Windows XP}
673
674_t124_ {Windows 3.11}
675
676_t125_ {Windows 3.1}
677
678_t126_ {Linux}
679
680_t127_ {Other (please specify below)}
681
682_t128_ {Other OS}
683
684_t129_ {CPU (type and speed)}
685
686_t130_ {Memory (RAM) in MB}
687
688_t131_ {Web browser}
689
690_t132_ {Netscape 4}
691
692_t133_ {Netscape 4.5}
693
694_t134_ {Netscape 6}
695
696_t135_ {Mozilla}
697
698_t136_ {Internet Explorer 4}
699
700_t137_ {Internet Explorer 5}
701
702_t138_ {Internet Explorer 6}
703
704_t139_ {Other web browser}
705
706_t140_ {Was your browser provided by your internet service provider?}
707
708_t141_ {no}
709
710_t142_ {yes}
711
712_t143_ {don't know}
713
714_t144_ {Is your browser configured to use a proxy?}
715
716_t145_ {Web server}
717
718_t146_ {not applicable}
719
720_t147_ {Apache 1.3}
721
722_t148_ {Apache 2.0}
723
724_t149_ {Microsoft IIS 4.0}
725
726_t150_ {Microsoft IIS 5.0}
727
728_t151_ {Microsoft PWS}
729
730_t152_ {Other server}
731
732_t153_ {GREENSTONE INFORMATION}
733
734_t154_ {Version}
735
736_t155_ {CD-ROM distribution}
737
738_t156_ {Installation type}
739
740_t157_ {local library}
741
742_t158_ {web library}
743
744_t159_ {PROBLEM DESCRIPTION}
745
746_t160_ {Problem type}
747
748_t161_ {question}
749
750_t162_ {problem/error}
751
752_t163_ {suggested enhancement}
753
754_t164_ {other}
755
756_t165_ {Can the problem be reproduced at will?}
757
758_t166_ {Short description}
759
760_t167_ {Long description}
761
762_t168_ {
763(If you are reporting a problem, please go into as much detail as possible.
764Make sure you describe all steps leading up to the problem and include any
765relevant URLs.)
766}
767
768
769#######################################################################
770
771package faq
772
773_greenstonefaq_ {Greenstone FAQ}
774
775_headinggeneral_ {General Information}
776
777_t171_ {What is Greenstone?}
778
779_t172_ {How is Greenstone licensed?}
780
781_t173_ {What platforms will Greenstone run on?}
782
783_t174_ {Are there any mailing lists concerned with Greenstone?}
784
785_t175_ {Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?}
786
787_t176_ {How do I contribute to Greenstone?}
788
789_headingobtaining_ {Obtaining Greenstone}
790
791_t178_ {Where do I get Greenstone from?}
792
793_t179_ {Are there binary distributions of Greenstone available?}
794
795_t180_ {Is Greenstone available on CD-ROM?}
796
797_t181_ {Is the Greenstone source code available via CVS?}
798
799_headinginstalling_ {Installing Greenstone}
800
801_t183_ {How do I compile Greenstone from a source or CVS distribution?}
802
803_t184_ {What is the difference between Greenstone's <i>local library</i> and <i>web library</i>?}
804
805_headingrunning_ {Running Greenstone}
806
807_t186_ {OK, I've installed Greenstone. Now how do I make it go?}
808
809_t187_ {What web browser do I need to view Greenstone collections?}
810
811_t188_ {When I start the Windows local library there are two buttons in the
812dialog box, "Enter Library" and "Restricted
813Version". They both seem to do the same thing, what's the difference?}
814
815_t189_ {So when should I use the "Restricted Version" of the local library?}
816
817_t190_ {When I start the Windows local library my computer asks me to dial
818up my Internet Service Provider. Do I really need to be online to run
819Greenstone?}
820
821_t191_ {I'm trying to use the Windows local library. My web browser is
822starting up as expected but the Greenstone home page never gets loaded or gives an error message. What's wrong?}
823
824_t192_ {Where can I get more Greenstone collections?}
825
826_t193_ {When I attempt to access certain parts of Greenstone I'm asked for
827a username and password. What do I enter?}
828
829_t194_ {When I use the <i>large query box</i> function I occassionally get
830a <i>Not Found</i> error.}
831
832_headingbuilding_ {Building Greenstone Collections}
833
834_t196_ {What is "the Collector"?}
835
836_t197_ {How do I build a collection from the command line or DOS prompt?}
837
838_t198_ {I built a new Greenstone collection on my Windows
839machine. Everything appeared to work fine while building, however when I
840tried to view the collection some of the documents contained no
841text. Sometimes Greenstone appeared to crash completely. What have I done
842wrong?}
843
844_t199_ {Why won't the Collector's "export to CD-ROM" function work?}
845
846_t200_ {I'm trying to use the Collector on Windows 2000 but it's running
847extremely slowly. Is this normal?}
848
849_t201_ {What is "the Organizer"?}
850
851_t202_ {Where do I get the Organizer?}
852
853_t203_ {I'm attempting to build a collection with the collector but it
854keeps failing with an error. What am I doing wrong?}
855
856_t204_ {Where can I find some example collect.cfg configuration files?}
857
858_t205_ {How can I build my collection using MGPP?}
859
860_tfaqbuild11title_ {I've added a new type of classification to my collection. How do I create and add the navigation bar images?}
861
862_tfaqbuildexpattitle_ {How do I fix XML::Parser errors during import.pl?}
863
864_headingplugins_ {More About Plugins}
865
866_tfaqplugins1title_ {What metadata is available for each plugin?}
867
868_tfaqplugins2title_ {I'm having problems with my PDF files! What's wrong?}
869
870_t207_ {FAQ Main Page}
871
872_t372_ {Show entire FAQ on a single page}
873
874_t373_ {Show FAQ on multiple pages}
875
876#######################################################################
877
878package faqgen
879
880_t208_ {
881Greenstone is a suite of software which has the ability to serve digital
882library collections and build new collections. It provides a new way of
883organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM.
884}
885
886_t209_ {
887Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the <a
888href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>.
889}
890
891_t210_ {
892Greenstone has been tested on Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/Me/NT/2000, most
893distributions of GNU/Linux, Darwin (Mac OS X), Solaris, and FreeBSD. It
894should in fact work on any Windows or Unix system. If you use a system
895other than those mentioned and you find Greenstone doesn't run, please <a
896href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.
897<p>Please note that the downloadable Windows distribution of Greenstone
898comes with an installer that will not work on 16 bit Windows. If you need
899to use Greenstone on Windows 3.1/3.11 please <a
900href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.</p>
901}
902
903_t211_ {
904There are two Greenstone mailing lists. You can subscribe to them from the
905<a href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">documentation</a> page.
906}
907
908_t212_ {
909The most popular mailing list ([email protected]) is
910archived as a Greenstone collection at <a
911href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
912Note that this collection is updated only sporadically so may not always be
913completely up to date.
914}
915
916_t213_ {
917We welcome contributions or improvements to the Greenstone software!
918<br />Before you send in any contribution, you first need to make sure that
919your changes are compatible with the latest snapshop of the Greenstone
920source code. To get the latest code you'll need to use CVS (see <a
921href="_httppagex_(cvs)">here</a> for details).
922<br />You should then send the modified files, along with details of the
923modifications you've made, to <a
924href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
925
926<p>Before beginning work, you should announce what you're doing on the <a
927href="mailto:[email protected]">greenstone developer's list</a>
928to tell us what you plan to do and get some feedback.</p>
929}
930
931
932#######################################################################
933
934package faqob
935
936_t215_ {
937From the greenstone.org <a href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
938}
939
940_t216_ {
941Yes. At present there are binary distributions for 32 bit Windows, PowerPC
942Mac OS X, and i386 linux. They can be downloaded from the <a
943href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
944}
945
946_t217_ {
947While some version 2.37 and 2.38 CD-ROMs have been produced they're not
948currently being made widely available. You are encouraged to download the
949latest release of Greenstone from the <a
950href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page. If your internet connection
951is such that downloading Greenstone isn't possible please <a
952href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us and we may be able to arrange
953for a CD-ROM to be sent out.
954}
955
956_t218_ {
957Yes, see our <a href="_httppagex_(cvs)">CVS page</a> for details.
958}
959
960
961#######################################################################
962
963package faqinst
964
965_t220_ {
966See our <a href="_httpdocsdir_/compiling.html">compiling page</a>.
967}
968
969_t221_ {
970Firstly, the <i>local library</i> is only available if you're running
971Greenstone under Windows. It's not yet available on Unix.
972
973<p>The major difference between the two is that the <i>local library</i>
974contains it's own built-in webserver. The <i>web library</i> however,
975requires an external webserver like Apache or Microsoft IIS. This makes the
976<i>local library</i> much easier to install and configure than the web
977library.</p>
978
979<p>For this reason, it's recommended that Windows users install the
980<i>local library</i> unless they're sure that they need the <i>web
981library</i>. Even if you think you might need the <i>web library</i>, try
982installing the <i>local library</i> first. You can always uninstall it
983later and install the <i>web library</i> if you then decide you need
984it.</p>
985
986<p>A situation where the <i>web library</i> may be preferable is if you
987plan to serve your Greenstone collections as a full-time service on the
988web. In this case you'll probably want the added stability that running the
989<i>web library</i> in conjunction with an external webserver can
990provide.</p>
991
992<p>Please note that the <i>local library</i> is quite capable of serving
993Greenstone collections over a local area network or the web (despite its
994rather misleading name).</p>
995}
996
997
998#######################################################################
999
1000package faqrun
1001
1002_t223_ {
1003If you're using the Windows <i>local library</i> you should be able to
1004simply select "Greenstone Digital Library" from within the
1005programs in your <i>start</i> menu.
1006
1007<p>If you're using the <i>web library</i> things are a little less obvious
1008however. First make sure your webserver is configured correctly and is
1009running (see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Installer's
1010Guide</a> and your webserver's documentation for details). You can then
1011simply open your web browser and point it at the URL of Greenstone's
1012library executable. This is dependant on the way you configured Greenstone
1013and your webserver. Typically it might be something like
1014http://localhost/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.exe.</p>
1015}
1016
1017_t224_ {
1018Greenstone relies on a web browser that supports tables, javascript, and in
1019some places, frames. Any reasonably modern browser will do. Examples are
1020Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, Netscape 4, and Mozilla. Newer releases of
1021all these browsers will also work.
1022
1023<p>If you find that your favourite web browser does not work with
1024Greenstone, please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a>.</p>
1025
1026<p>Note that there is an exception to the rule that any modern browser will
1027do when running Greenstone. That is when you're using the restricted
1028version of the Windows local library when you must use Netscape. See the
1029discussion below on the differences between the "Restricted
1030Version" and the standard "Enter Library" version of the
1031local library for details.</p>
1032}
1033
1034_t225_ {
1035The webserver built into the local library uses the networking software
1036built into your Windows operating system in order to function. If your
1037computer has never been connected to a network this networking software may
1038not be installed however. For this reason Greenstone comes with some
1039networking software of it's own that it will use if it can't find any
1040installed on your computer.
1041
1042<p>When you click the "Enter Library" button, Greenstone first
1043checks to see if your computer has it's own networking software. If it
1044does, it starts up using that, if not it starts up using it's own
1045networking software.</p>
1046
1047<p>When you click the "Restricted Version" button, Greenstone
1048doesn't bother checking your system for networking software, it just goes
1049ahead and uses it's own.</p>
1050
1051<p>The catch is that there are several limitations with using the
1052Greenstone supplied networking software. The most important limitations are
1053that the local library won't be accessible from the network if run in this
1054way (that is, it really will be "local" to the machine on which
1055it's running) and that it must use a Netscape web browser. Using your
1056computer's built-in networking software is therefore the prefered
1057option.</p>
1058}
1059
1060_t226_ {
1061Since Greenstone will automatically use it's own networking software if it
1062can't find any installed on your computer it should not normally be
1063necessary to run the "Restricted Version" explicitly.
1064
1065<p>Times when it may be necessary are.</p>
1066<ul>
1067<li>If your computer's networking software has been installed incorrectly.</li>
1068<li>If Windows keeps attempting to dial up your internet service provider
1069when you click the "Enter Library" button.</li>
1070</ul>
1071}
1072
1073_t227_ {
1074No you don't need to be online. This is caused by the webserver built into
1075Greenstone's local library sending a message to your computer's networking
1076software to make sure it's functioning correctly. On many Windows systems
1077this causes the familiar dial up dialog box to appear. In most situations
1078you can simply cancel the dialog box and (if required) press your browser's
1079<i>reload</i> button to continue.
1080
1081<p>If this does not solve the problem, try starting the local library by
1082clicking the "Restricted Version" button rather than the
1083"Enter Library" button. See the discussion above on the
1084differences between the standard and restricted versions of the local
1085library for further details.</p>
1086}
1087
1088_t228_ {
1089<ol>
1090<li>Check your web browser's internet proxy settings and turn proxies off (use
1091<i>Edit preferences</i> on Netscape or <i>Internet options</i> on
1092Explorer).</li>
1093
1094<li>If Internet Explorer gives a message saying "The page cannot be
1095displayed" and "Cannot find server or DNS error" at the bottom of the
1096page, check in your network settings that your computer's name is set
1097up correctly. For example, if there is a DNS suffix entered in your
1098TCP/IP properties (in the Control Panel), make sure that your host
1099name and suffix are correct for your computer. If the server is running
1100correctly, you should be able to connect by visiting
1101<a href="http://127.0.0.1/">http://127.0.0.1/</a> in a web browser on the
1102same machine that the local library is running on.</li>
1103
1104</ol>
1105}
1106
1107_t229_ {
1108Collections like those at <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a>
1109will soon be made available for download.
1110}
1111
1112_t230_ {
1113The initial username required here is <i>admin</i>.
1114
1115<p>If you installed Greenstone using the InstallShield installer on Windows
1116or the Install.sh script on Unix you should have been asked to set a
1117password during the installation procedure.</p>
1118
1119<p>If you didn't, don't worry, the password defaults to being
1120<i>admin</i>.</p>
1121
1122<p>So if you don't know what to enter you should try username =
1123<i>admin</i>, password = <i>admin</i>.<p>
1124}
1125
1126_t231_ {
1127This may be caused by the URL becoming too long for your web
1128browser. Because Greenstone currently stores all state information in the
1129URL, if you do a search for a long phrase the URL can become very
1130long. Different browser's on different platforms have different maximum URL
1131lengths but in general it seems that Netscape can handle longer URLs than
1132can Microsoft Internet Explorer.
1133
1134<p>There is very little you can do to avoid this problem with the way
1135Greenstone is currently implemented (aside from not searching for long
1136phrases). Future versions of Greenstone may store some state information on
1137the server rather than in the URL but this has yet to be implemented.</p>
1138}
1139
1140
1141#######################################################################
1142
1143package faqbuild
1144
1145_t233_ {
1146The Collector is a web interface for building new collections, altering or
1147deleting existing collections, and exporting existing collections to
1148stand-alone CD-ROMs. The Collector is a standard part of a Greenstone
1149installation. To begin using the Collector, click the "The
1150Collector" button on your Greenstone home page. For further details on
1151using the Collector see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone User's
1152Guide</a>.
1153}
1154
1155_t234_ {
1156It's occasionally preferable to build your Greenstone collections from the
1157command line rather than from the Collector. This allows you greater
1158control over how your new collection turns out. See the <a
1159href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Developer's Guide</a> for detailed step
1160by step instructions on building collections from the command line.
1161}
1162
1163_t235_ {
1164Are you running Norton Anti-Virus? There are some incompatibilities between
1165Norton and the Greenstone collection building process that cause
1166unpredictable things to happen if you build your collection while Norton is
1167running. Try disabling Norton and rebuilding the collection.
1168
1169<p>If you do not have Norton or disabling Norton does not solve the problem
1170please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a> for further help.</p>
1171}
1172
1173_t236_ {
1174If you downloaded Greenstone from the web you will not have all the
1175components required to make the "export to CD-ROM" function
1176work. These extra components have been made available in a separate
1177download which you can get from the <a
1178href="_httppagex_(download)#packages">download</a> page.
1179}
1180
1181_t237_ {
1182Are you using a Netscape web browser with the local library? If so, try
1183using Internet Explorer instead. There are some socket connection problems
1184that show up on Windows 2000 when using Netscape.
1185}
1186
1187_t238_ {
1188The Organizer (also called the "Collection Organizer") is a
1189Windows utility used for automatically generating some of the configuration
1190files (metadata.xml, sub.txt etc.) used by complex Greenstone collections.
1191}
1192
1193_t239_ {
1194From the <a href="_httppagex_(download)#utilities">download</a> page.
1195}
1196
1197_t240_ {
1198There are several reasons that the collector might fail to build a
1199collection and the error messages it produces are not always very helpful.
1200
1201<p>If you changed the default configuration during the <i>configure
1202collection</i> stage you'll need to make sure the changes were valid. For
1203example, if you added a new <i>classify</i> or <i>plugin</i> line you'll
1204need to make sure that the classifier and/or plugin names and arguments are
1205all correct. If they're not the collector will fail. A good test is to
1206build your collection without changing the configuration. If it builds ok
1207with the default configuration but fails after you change the configuration
1208you'll need to look closely at the changes you're making.</p>
1209
1210<p>Another good thing to do if having problems with the collector is to
1211build your collection from the command line instead. You'll get much more
1212feedback to help debug problems when building in this way. For details on
1213how to build a collection from the command line see the <a
1214href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone developer's guide</a>.</p>
1215}
1216
1217_t241_ {
1218The collect.cfg files for many of the collections at <a
1219href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a> have been made available <a
1220href="_httppagex_(colcfg)">here</a>.
1221}
1222
1223_t242_ {
1224The <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user manual</a> gives some
1225instructions.
1226}
1227
1228_tfaqbuild11body_ {
1229To 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.
1230<p>
1231These 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.
1232<p>
1233<i>base.dm:</i>
1234<br>
1235<br>\_Countrieswidth\_ \{\_widthcountx\_ \}
1236
1237<br>\_imageCountries\_ \{\_gsimage\_(\_httpbrowseCountries\_,\_httpicontcountof\_,\_httpicontcounton\_,countries,\_textimageCountries\_)\}
1238<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_ \{&lt;img
1239src="\_httpicontcountgr\_" width=\_widthtcountx\_ border=0&gt;\}
1240<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_[v=1] \{\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \}
1241<p>
1242<i>document.dm:</i>
1243<br>
1244<br>\_textCountriespage\_ \{\_texticonhcount\_ \}
1245
1246<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ \{&lt;img src="\_httpiconhcount\_" width="\_widthhcount\_"
1247height="\_heighthcount\_"&gt;\}
1248<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ [v=1] \{&lt;h2&gt;\_texticonhcount\_&lt;/h2&gt;\}
1249
1250<p>
1251<i>english.dm:</i>
1252<br>
1253<br>\_textimageCountries\_ \{Browse by countries\}
1254<br>\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \{Countries\}
1255<br>\_texticonhcount\_ \{Countries\}
1256<br>\_textCountriesshort\_ \{access publications by country\}
1257<br>\_textCountrieslong\_ \{&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;i&gt;access publications by country&lt;/i&gt; by
1258pressing the &lt;i&gt;countries&lt;/i&gt; button. This brings up a list of countries. \}
1259<br>
1260<br>## "countries" ## nav\_bar\_button ## tcount ##
1261<br>\_httpicontcountgr\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountgr.gif\}
1262<br>\_httpicontcountof\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountof.gif\}
1263<br>\_httpicontcounton\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcounton.gif\}
1264<br>\_widthtcountx\_ \{87\}
1265
1266<br>## "countries" ## green_title ## h_count ##
1267<br>\_httpiconhcount\_ \{\_httpimg\_/h\_count.gif\}
1268<br>\_widthhcount\_ \{200\}
1269<br>\_heighthcount\_ \{57\}
1270
1271
1272<p>
1273The 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.
1274<i>h_count.gif</i> is the title image.
1275
1276<p>These images can be generated by copying the two ## blocks from above into a temp file and running translate.pl on it eg.
1277
1278<br>translate.pl -language_symbol en temp.dm
1279
1280<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.
1281<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.
1282}
1283
1284_tfaqbuildexpatbody_ {
1285Our 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).
1286<p>
1287On the Mac, our distribution contains modules for both perl 5.6 and 5.8 and the correct one should (hopefully) be installed.
1288<p>
1289A typical error message during import.pl would be:
1290<p>
1291Uncaught 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
1292<p>
1293To 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.
1294<p>
1295On 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>.
1296<p>
1297You may also need to get Expat, available from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/</a>.
1298
1299}
1300#######################################################################
1301
1302package faqplugins
1303
1304
1305# base puts in surrounding <p> and </p>, so skip first and last ones
1306#
1307_metadata_ {
1308
1309"Default" means that the metadata fields will be automatically assigned (or
1310extracted if possible), while the "Available fields" lists other items
1311of metadata that the plugin may be able to assign based on any arguments
1312given to that plugin in the <tt>collect.cfg</tt> file.
1313All plugins are derived from BasPlug, and have following metadata fields:
1314
1315<table border="1">
1316<tr>
1317 <th> </th>
1318 <th> Default fields </th>
1319 <th> Available fields </th>
1320</tr>
1321<tr>
1322 <td> BasPlug </td>
1323 <td> Language, Encoding, Source </td>
1324 <td> FirstNNNN, kea, Acronym </td>
1325</tr>
1326</table>
1327</p>
1328
1329<p>
1330In addition, many plugins have additional fields available:
1331<table border="1">
1332
1333<tr>
1334 <th> Plugin name </th>
1335 <th> Default fields </th>
1336 <th> Available fields </th>
1337</tr>
1338
1339<tr>
1340 <td> BibTexPlug </td>
1341 <td> Title, Creator, Abstract, Author, Booktitle, Chapter, Copyright, Date,
1342 Edition, Editor, EntryType Journal, Keywords, Month, Note, Number,
1343 Pages, Publisher, PublisherAddress, Volume, Year </td>
1344 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1345</tr>
1346
1347<tr>
1348 <td> DBPlug </td>
1349 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1350 <td> (arbitrary metadata field names based on Database configuration file)
1351 </td>
1352</tr>
1353
1354<tr>
1355 <td> EMAILPlug </td>
1356 <td> Date, DateText, From, FromAddr, FromName, Headers, Subject,
1357 Title (based on subject, from, and date), To
1358 </td>
1359 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1360</tr>
1361
1362<tr>
1363 <td> ExcelPlug </td>
1364 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1365 <td> (all fields as in HTMLPlug) </td>
1366</tr>
1367
1368<tr>
1369 <td> HTMLPlug </td>
1370 <td> Title, URL </td>
1371 <td> Author, Creator, Email (others as found in the <tt>-metadata_fields</tt> option) </td>
1372</tr>
1373
1374<tr>
1375 <td> ImagePlug </td>
1376 <td> Image, ImageHeight, ImageSize, ImageType, ImageWidth, ScreenHeight,
1377 screenicon, ScreenSize, ScreenType, ScreenWidth, Source, srclink,
1378 srcicon, Thumb, ThumbHeight, ThumbType, ThumbWidth </td>
1379 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1380</tr>
1381
1382<tr>
1383 <td> IndexPlug </td>
1384 <td> as in the <tt>index.txt</tt> file </td>
1385 <td> (use metadata.xml files instead of using this plugin) </td>
1386</tr>
1387
1388<tr>
1389 <td> MARCPlug </td>
1390 <td> Creator, Description, MarcIdentifier, MarcSource, URL, Publisher,
1391 Relation, Rights, Subject, Title, Type </td>
1392 <td> (Metadata fields as in the <tt>marctodc.txt</tt> file) </td>
1393</tr>
1394
1395<tr>
1396 <td> OAIPlug </td>
1397 <td> URL, (all metadata in <tt>.oai</tt> markup file) </td>
1398 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1399</tr>
1400
1401<tr>
1402 <td> PDFPlug </td>
1403 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1404 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1405</tr>
1406
1407<tr>
1408 <td> PPTPlug </td>
1409 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1410 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1411</tr>
1412
1413<tr>
1414 <td> PSPlug </td>
1415 <td> Title </td>
1416 <td> Date, Pages, (all fields in TextPlug) </td>
1417</tr>
1418
1419<tr>
1420 <td> ReferPlug </td>
1421 <td> Abstract, BookConfOnly, Booktitle, Copyright, Creator, Date, Editor,
1422 Keywords, Journal, JournalsOnly, Number, Pages, Publisher,
1423 Publisheraddr, Report, Title, Volume </td>
1424 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1425</tr>
1426
1427<tr>
1428 <td> RTFPlug </td>
1429 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1430 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1431</tr>
1432
1433<tr>
1434 <td> SRCPlug </td>
1435 <td> Title, filename, includes, class, classdecl </td>
1436 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1437</tr>
1438
1439<tr>
1440 <td> TEXTPlug </td>
1441 <td> Title </td>
1442 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1443</tr>
1444
1445<tr>
1446 <td> UnknownPlug </td>
1447 <td> (as given in the <tt>-assoc_field</tt> plugin argument) </td>
1448 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1449</tr>
1450
1451<tr>
1452 <td> WordPlug </td>
1453 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1454 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1455</tr>
1456
1457</table>
1458</p>
1459
1460<p>See section two of the _docs:developersguide_ for information about
1461options to plugins, or run the <tt>pluginfo.pl</tt> command on the
1462plugin name after setting up your environment for Greenstone.
1463(For example, "<tt>perl&nbsp;-S&nbsp;pluginfo.pl&nbsp;BasPlug</tt>".)
1464</p>
1465
1466<p>
1467In addition, every document can be manually assigned arbitrary metadata
1468fields and values through use of <tt>metadata.xml</tt> files, as discussed
1469in the manual.
1470}
1471
1472# base puts in surrounding <p> and </p>, so skip first and last ones
1473#
1474_pdfproblems_ {
1475PDF is a "page description language". This means that the document contains
1476objects and commands such as "draw this text here" and "draw this
1477image here".
1478</p>
1479
1480<p>
1481Greenstone uses an external program called "<tt>pdftohtml</tt>" to
1482extract text out of PDF files. Sometimes, there is no text that can be
1483extracted. This often depends on how the PDF was created.
1484
1485<ol>
1486<li>Adobe Acrobat Writer can be used to create PDFs from paper
1487documents that are scanned in by a scanner. In this case, the PDF file
1488contains images of text, rather than computer-readable text. Therefore,
1489<tt>pdftohtml</tt> cannot find any text to extract.</li>
1490
1491<li>Some programs (such as older versions of <tt>GNU ghostscript</tt>,
1492which is used by <tt>ps2pdf</tt> on Unix computers) sometimes create
1493"bitmap fonts", which means that every character in the document is
1494really an image rather than a computer readable letter. The
1495<tt>LaTeX</tt> type-setting program sometimes does this when the
1496"Computer Modern Roman" font is used.</li>
1497
1498<li>Certain characters and character combinations may be extracted incorrectly,
1499depending on the program that generated the PDF file. For example, "ligatures"
1500such as "fi", "fl", "ff" and "ffl" are often rendered using a special glyph
1501rather than as individual characters, and this information may be lost in
1502the textual representation. Also, some PDF generating programs may not
1503correctly encode accented characters. For example, to draw a lowercase "u"
1504with an umlaut accent, LaTeX draws a "u" and then draws an umlaut accent over
1505it. This means that <tt>pdftohtml</tt> will extract two separate characters
1506('š' and 'u') rather than a single accented character (Ì).</li>
1507
1508<li>PDF contains pieces of text, and coordinates for where that text
1509should be displayed. This means that <tt>pdftohtml</tt> may
1510incorrectly guess the order that the text fragments are supposed to
1511occur in. For example, for text that is in two or more columns, the text
1512may be extracted as the first sentence of each column, then the second
1513sentence of each column, and so on. In this case, the extracted text
1514is still usable for indexing purposes, but should not be displayed.
1515
1516In this case, a format statement should be added to the <tt>collect.cfg</tt>
1517file to provide a link to the original PDF file but not to the extracted
1518text, such as:
1519<center>
1520<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>
1521</center>
1522</li>
1523
1524<li>Because of the way that images are embedded in PDF files,
1525<tt>pdftohtml</tt> occasionally extracts an image upside-down, or mirrored.
1526This appears to be a bug in the program.</li>
1527
1528</ol>
1529}
1530
1531#######################################################################
1532
1533package cvs
1534
1535_cvstitle_ {CVS}
1536
1537_cvscheckout_ {
1538To check out the Greenstone source code from our server do the following:
1539}
1540
1541_cvsupdate_ {
1542Once you have the code you may update it at any time by changing to the
1543gsdl directory and typing:
1544}
1545
1546_notice_ {Note about versions}
1547
1548_recentversion_ {Make sure that your version of CVS is 1.11 or later. Some
1549operating systems (including Mac OS X and Solaris) have older versions
1550that can not connect to a non-default port. This causes an error such
1551the following:}
1552
1553_download_ {You can download pre-compiled packages of recent versions of CVS
1554from <a href="http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/">http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/</a>.}
1555#######################################################################
1556
1557package colcfg
1558
1559_t246_ {Collection Configuration File Samples}
1560
1561_t247_ {collect.cfg file}
1562
1563_t248_ {Acronym Extraction Demo}
1564
1565_t249_ {Agricultural Information Modules}
1566
1567_t250_ {Arabic Collection}
1568
1569_t251_ {Bibliotheque pour le Developpement}
1570
1571_t252_ {Chinese Demonstration collection}
1572
1573_t253_ {Collection on Critical Global Issues (2nd edition)}
1574
1575_t254_ {Colt Bibliography}
1576
1577_t255_ {Computer Science Bibliographies}
1578
1579_t256_ {The Computists' Weekly}
1580
1581_t257_ {Crystal}
1582
1583_t258_ {FAO document repository}
1584
1585_t259_ {FAO on the Internet (1998)}
1586
1587_t260_ {Food and Nutrition Library 1.1}
1588
1589_t261_ {Greenstone Archives}
1590
1591_t262_ {HCI Bibliography}
1592
1593_t263_ {Humanity Development Library}
1594
1595_t264_ {Indigenous Peoples}
1596
1597_t265_ {Kiwi Aircraft Images}
1598
1599_t266_ {Language Extraction Demo}
1600
1601_t267_ {Medical and Health Library}
1602
1603_t268_ {MSWord and PDF Demonstration}
1604
1605_t269_ {Music Videos}
1606
1607_t270_ {OAI Plugin demo}
1608
1609_t271_ {Poverty Alleviation}
1610
1611_t272_ {Project Gutenberg}
1612
1613_t273_ {TidBITS}
1614
1615_t274_ {Virtual Disaster Library}
1616
1617_t275_ {Women's History}
1618
1619_t276_ {World Environment Library}
1620
1621_t277_ {Youth Oral History}
1622
1623
1624#######################################################################
1625
1626package intn
1627
1628_t278_ {Internationalizing Greenstone}
1629
1630_t279_ {There are several different levels of Greenstone language support.}
1631
1632_t280_ {Core languages}
1633
1634_t281_ {
1635English, French, Spanish, and Russian are Greenstone core languages. For
1636these there is a full translation, including interface, documentation,
1637sample collections, installation instructions. They have been produced in
1638conjunction with UNESCO and are distributed with all versions of
1639Greenstone, including the CD-ROM version. They are updated whenever the
1640CD-ROM is re-issued (so far, approximately once a year).
1641}
1642
1643_t282_ {Full translation}
1644
1645_t283_ {
1646Full translations of Greenstone include the interface and all the
1647documentation. Translating the documentation is a big job, and so far,
1648apart from the UNESCO-supported CD-ROM project, there is only one example
1649-- Kazakh. We would like to encourage more people to do full translations.
1650}
1651
1652_t284_ {Maintained interface-only translation}
1653
1654_t285_ {
1655"Maintained" translations include the language interface and a
1656designated person who updates it. The Greenstone interface has been
1657translated into many languages. However, the system is growing and language
1658interfaces become out-dated as new features are added to the software. For
1659each language, we are hoping to find a volunteer who undertakes to
1660periodically maintain the interface for that language.
1661}
1662
1663_t286_ {Unmaintained interface-only translation}
1664
1665_t287_ {
1666The interface comes in two parts: a "core" part that contains the
1667basic digital library interface, and an "auxiliary" part that
1668concerns functionality that is generally only used by the library
1669maintainer (e.g. the Administration pages and the Collector). Many language
1670interfaces just contain the core part; since the core changes relatively
1671slowly these are mostly fairly complete. However, some unmaintained
1672translations are rather out of date.
1673}
1674
1675_t288_ {In progress}
1676
1677_t289_ {For some languages, the translation process is still in progress.}
1678
1679_t290_ {
1680When you download Greenstone, the core language interfaces (English,
1681French, Spanish and Russian) come automatically. The other languages are
1682provided in a separate package which can be <a
1683href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12123&release_id=173035">downloaded</a>
1684and installed as required. This makes the downloads smaller, and for those
1685who do not need all the languages Greenstone is slightly smaller and
1686faster.
1687}
1688
1689_tnzdl_ {NZDL Project}
1690
1691_tunesco_ {UNESCO}
1692
1693_t291_ {Here is a summary of the languages currently supported:}
1694
1695_t292_ {Language}
1696
1697_t293_ {Status}
1698
1699_t294_ {Maintainer}
1700
1701_t302_ {core}
1702
1703_t313_ {full}
1704
1705_t300_ {maintained}
1706
1707_t296_ {unmaintained}
1708
1709_t298_ {in progress}
1710
1711_t295_ {Arabic}
1712
1713_armenian_ {Armenian}
1714
1715_lng5_ {Bosnian}
1716
1717_t297_ {Chinese}
1718
1719_lng4_ {Croatian}
1720
1721_t299_ {Czech}
1722
1723_t301_ {English}
1724
1725_t303_ {Dutch}
1726
1727_farsi_ {Farsi}
1728
1729_t304_ {French}
1730
1731_lng1_ {Finnish}
1732
1733_t305_ {Galician}
1734
1735_t306_ {German}
1736
1737_t307_ {Greek}
1738
1739_t308_ {Hebrew}
1740
1741_lng2_ {Hindi}
1742
1743_t309_ {Indonesian}
1744
1745_t310_ {Italian}
1746
1747_t311_ {Japanese}
1748
1749_lng3_ {Kannada}
1750
1751_t312_ {Kazakh}
1752
1753_t314_ {Maori}
1754
1755_marathi_ {Marathi}
1756
1757_t315_ {Nepalese}
1758
1759_t316_ {Portuguese (Brazil)}
1760
1761_t317_ {Portuguese (Portugal)}
1762
1763_t318_ {Russian}
1764
1765_t319_ {Serbian}
1766
1767_t320_ {Spanish}
1768
1769_t321_ {Thai}
1770
1771_t322_ {Turkish}
1772
1773_t323_ {Ukrainian}
1774
1775_t324_ {Vietnamese}
1776
1777_t325_ {Information for language maintainers}
1778
1779_t326_ {
1780There are two methods for working with Greenstone language interface (apart
1781from editing the macro files directly, which is not recommended).
1782}
1783
1784_t327_ {Spreadsheet}
1785
1786_t328_ {
1787We send you an Excel spreadsheet that contains all the English text
1788strings, with empty cells for the translation. You fill it in and return
1789it, and we install it in Greenstone. This method is probably the best for
1790large-scale translation, but requires Microsoft software.
1791}
1792
1793_t329_ {Greenstone Translator's Interface}
1794
1795_t330_ {
1796The Greenstone translator's interface is a Web tool that presents the
1797English text strings needing translation, and provides boxes for entering
1798the translated text. Once submitted, translations are stored in the
1799appropriate language file. The system automatically determines which text
1800strings need translating or updating, and can easily be used to update a
1801language interface.
1802}
1803
1804_t331_ {
1805Generally it is best to use the spreadsheet to create the basic interface
1806and the translation interface to fine tune or update it in the future. In
1807either case you need a username and password, which we supply to designated
1808Greenstone language maintainers. If you are interested, you can play with
1809an open version of the system by logging into <a
1810href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a> with
1811username "guest" and no password, though if you do this you cannot save the
1812results.
1813}
1814
1815_t332_ {
1816To register as a designated Greenstone language maintainer, please send a
1817request to Michael Dewsnip (<a
1818href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>). As
1819soon as you receive your password please change it by going to <a
1820href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a>,
1821choosing the administration option, clicking the "change password" option
1822on the left hand side, and following the instructions.
1823}
1824
1825_t333_ {
1826As soon as you log in, the front page of the translator's interface is
1827presented to you. Read the instructions and start translating! You don't
1828have to translate all the strings in one session -- you can stop and
1829continue work later. There is a link at the bottom of each page under the
1830"submit" button that allows you to view a Greenstone site in the language
1831you have chosen, and see your translations take effect. (However, the
1832images are not yet created as you go.)
1833}
1834
1835_t334_ {Language-dependent text in Greenstone}
1836
1837_t335_ {
1838For your information and interest, the language-dependent text in
1839Greenstone comes in these places. We do not attempt to translate the
1840comments that appear in program code, scripts, or configuration files. Our
1841guideline is that non-programming users doing standard things with
1842Greenstone should be able to work entirely in their own language.
1843}
1844
1845_t336_ {User interface}
1846
1847_t337_ {Core}
1848
1849_t338_ {Text used in the basic digital library interface for Greenstone}
1850
1851_t339_ {On-line help for the basic digital library interface}
1852
1853_t340_ {Auxiliary}
1854
1855_t341_ {Text that is generally directed at the library maintainer (e.g. the
1856Administration pages and the Collector)}
1857
1858_t342_ {Text used in the Greenstone Librarian Interface}
1859
1860_t343_ {Text in scripts for running (and compiling) the GLI}
1861
1862_t344_ {The gli.txt help file}
1863
1864_t345_ {On-line help for the GLI}
1865
1866_t346_ {Collection building}
1867
1868_t347_ {Option descriptions and error messages in perl scripts, and plugins
1869and classifiers}
1870
1871_t348_ {Images}
1872
1873_t349_ {Text strings that appear in images that form part of the user
1874interface}
1875
1876_t350_ {Documentation}
1877
1878_t351_ {Manuals}
1879
1880_t352_ {Installer's guide (35 pp.)}
1881
1882_t353_ {User's guide (50 pp.)}
1883
1884_t354_ {Developer's guide (115 pp.)}
1885
1886_t355_ {From Paper to Collection (45 pp.)}
1887
1888_t356_ {Installation}
1889
1890_t357_ {Unix}
1891
1892_t358_ {Text in install.sh and setup.bash.}
1893
1894_t359_ {We do not translate text strings that appear during the
1895configuration process (./configure), because people installing programs on
1896Unix usually do so using English.}
1897
1898_t360_ {Windows}
1899
1900_t361_ {Text in the InstallShield installer used for Greenstone, and
1901setup.bat.}
1902
1903_t362_ {InstallShield comes with many different languages, and we are not
1904responsible for these translations.}
1905
1906_t363_ {Both}
1907
1908_t364_ {The install.txt file}
1909
1910_t365_ {Licence}
1911
1912_t366_ {
1913The GNU General Public Licence is written in English, and official
1914translations into other languages do not exist. However, an unofficial
1915translation is appended to the licence text that is presented during the
1916installation process.
1917}
1918
1919_t367_ {Sample Collections}
1920
1921_t368_ {Collection configuration files for sample collections supplied with
1922Greenstone.}
1923
1924
1925
1926######################################################################
1927# 'preferences' page
1928package preferences
1929######################################################################
1930
1931
1932#------------------------------------------------------------
1933# text macros
1934#------------------------------------------------------------
1935
1936_textpresentationprefs_ {Presentation preferences}
1937_textlanguage_ {Interface language:}
1938_textencoding_ {Encoding:}
1939_textformat_ {Interface format:}
1940_textgraphical_ {Graphical}
1941_texttextual_ {Textual}
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