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Timestamp:
2001-02-13T11:16:15+13:00 (23 years ago)
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sjboddie
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Updated the default homepage and supporting gsdl page

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trunk/gsdl/macros
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  • trunk/gsdl/macros/english2.dm

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    2424
    2525_textpagetitle_ {Greenstone Digital Library}
    26 _textfb_ {Feedback}
    27 _textinfosheet_ {Info Sheet}
    28 
    29 _textprojhead_ {The Greenstone software and <br>The New Zealand Digital Library Project}
    30 _textprojinfo_ {
    31 <p>
    32 The Greenstone Digital Library software provides a new way of
    33 organizing information and making it available over the Internet or on
    34 CD-ROM. It is open-source software, available under the terms of the
    35 GNU General Public License.
    36 <p>
    37 A digital library is made up of a set of collections. Each collection of
    38 information comprises several (typically several thousand, or even
    39 several million) documents, which share a uniform searching and
    40 browsing interface. Collections can be organized in many different
    41 ways while retaining a strong family resemblance.
    42 <p>
    43 The
    44 <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">New Zealand Digital Library Project</a>
    45 is a research programme at The University of Waikato whose aim is to
    46 develop the underlying technology for digital libraries and make it
    47 available publicly so that others can use it to create their own
    48 collections.
    49 Greenstone was created to further this objective.
    50 Further details are available from 
    51 <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">http://www.nzdl.org</a>
    52 }
    5326
    5427_textpoem_ {
    … …  
    6538
    6639_textgreenstone_ {
    67 <p>Greenstone is a semi-precious stone that (like this software) is sourced in New Zealand.  In traditional Maori society it was the most highly prized and sought after of all substances.  It can absorb and hold <i>wairua</i>, which is a spirit or life force, and is endowed with traditional virtues that make it an appropriate emblem for a
    68 public-domain digital library project.  Its lustre shows charity; its
    69 translucence, honesty; its toughness, courage; and the sharp edge it can
    70 take, justice.  The carved piece used in the Greenstone Digital Library
    71 Software logo is a <i>patu</i> or fighting club, and is a family heirloom
    72 of one of our project members.  In hand-to-hand combat its delivery is very
    73 quick, very accurate, and very complete.  We like to think these qualities
    74 also apply to our software, the razor sharp edge of the <i>patu</i>
    75 symbolizing the leading edge of technology.
    76 
     40<p>Greenstone is a semi-precious stone that (like this software) is sourced
     41in New Zealand.  In traditional Maori society it was the most highly prized
     42and sought after of all substances.  It can absorb and hold <i>wairua</i>,
     43which is a spirit or life force, and is endowed with traditional virtues
     44that make it an appropriate emblem for a public-domain digital library
     45project.  Its lustre shows charity; its translucence, honesty; its
     46toughness, courage; and the sharp edge it can take, justice.  The carved
     47piece used in the Greenstone Digital Library Software logo is a <i>patu</i>
     48or fighting club, and is a family heirloom of one of our project members.
     49In hand-to-hand combat its delivery is very quick, very accurate, and very
     50complete.  We like to think these qualities also apply to our software, the
     51razor sharp edge of the <i>patu</i> symbolizing the leading edge of
     52technology.
    7753}
    7854

  • trunk/gsdl/macros/gsdl.dm

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    1818#######################################################################
    1919
    20 _httpgsdlmanual_ {_httppublications_/gsdl_manual.pdf}
    21 
    2220_pagetitle_ {Greenstone Digital Library Software}
    23 
    24 _imagethispage_ {_imagegreenstone_}
     21#_imagethispage_ {_imagegreenstone_}
    2522
    2623_content_ {
    2724_iconblankbar_
    28 <h2>Greenstone Digital Library Software</h2>
    2925
    3026<p>
    31 The Greenstone Digital Library software provides a new way of
    32 organizing information and making it available over the Internet or on
    33 CD-ROM.
    34 <p>
    35 A digital library is made up of a set of collections.
    36 Each collection of information comprises several
    37 (typically several thousand, or even several million) documents,
    38 which share a uniform searching and browsing interface.
    39 Collections can be organized in many different ways while
    40 retaining a strong family resemblance.
    41 Numerous examples are hosted at the New Zealand Digital Library Project
    42 web site (<a href="http://www.nzdl.org">http://www.nzdl.org</a>).
    43 <p>
    44 Although primarily designed for access over the Web,
    45 Greenstone collections can be made available,
    46 in precisely the same form, on CD-ROM for standalone PCs. 
    47 Greenstone CDs work with any version of Microsoft Windows.
    48 <p>
    49 Greenstone is open-source software,
    50 available under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
    51 The latest version can always be
    52 <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/html/DOWNLOAD.html">downloaded</a>
    53 from
    54 <a href="ftp://nzdl.org/pub/gsdl/">ftp://nzdl.org/pub/gsdl/</a>.
    55 Documentation is available in the form of
    56 the Greenstone Digital Library Software manual.
    57 <p>
    5827
    59 <center><table><tr align=center valign=center>
    60 <td>_home:iconpdf_</td>
    61 <td><a href=_httpgsdlmanual_>Manual</a></td>
    62 <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
    63 <td>_home:iconpdf_</td>
    64 <td><a href="_httppublications_/NZDLtext.pdf">_home:textinfosheet_</a></td>
    65 <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
    66 <td>_home:iconpdf_</td>
    67 <td><a href="_httppublications_/NZDLpictures.pdf">Screenshots</a></td>
    68 </tr></table></center>
    6928
    70 <p>
    71 _iconblankbar_
    72 <p>
    73 <h2>Mailing list</h2>
    74 <p>
    75 There is now a mailing list for Greenstone, intended primarily for
    76 discussions about the digital library software developed by the New Zealand
    77 Digital Library project.  If you are, or plan to be, an active user of
    78 Greenstone, you should consider joining the mailing list and contributing
    79 to the discussions.
    80 <p>
    81 This mailing list is hosted by the Pathfinder Library System in beautiful
    82 Grand Junction, Colorado (John Campbell, [email protected]).  To subscribe,
    83 send email to <a
    84 href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> with the text
    85 <blockquote>
    86 subscribe greenstone
    87 </blockquote>
    88 (no subject, no name, nothing else).  To send a message to the list,
    89 address it to <a
    90 href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
     29<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
     30 <tr>
     31  <td valign=top align=center>_imagegreenstone_</td>
     32  <td valign=top>
     33  Greenstone is a suite of software which has the ability to serve digital
     34  library collections and build new collections.  It provides a new way of
     35  organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM.
     36  Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
     37  University of Waikato, and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the
     38  Humanities Library Project. It is open-source software, available from
     39  <i>http://nzdl.org</i> under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
     40  <br><br>
     41  </td>
     42 </tr>
     43 <tr>
     44  <td valign=top align=center>
     45  <h2><a href="http://nzdl.org">nzdl.org</a></h2>
     46  </td>
     47  <td valign=top>
     48  The New Zealand Digital Library website (<a href="http://nzdl.org">http://nzdl.org</a>) contains
     49  numerous example collections, all created with the Greenstone software, which
     50  are publicly availabel for you to peruse. They exemplify various searching and
     51  browsing options, and include collections in Arabic, Chinese, French, Maori,
     52  and Spanish, as well as English. There are also some music
     53  collections.
     54  <br><br>
     55  </td>
     56 </tr>
     57 <tr>
     58  <td valign=top align=center>
     59  <h2>platform</h2>
     60  </td>
     61  <td valign=top>
     62  Greenstone runs on Windows and Unix. The distribution includes ready-to-use
     63  binaries for all versions of Windows, and for Linux. It also includes complete
     64  source code for the system, which can be compiled using Microsoft C++ or gcc
     65  Greenstone works with associated software that is freely available: the Apache
     66  Webserver and PERL. The user interface uses a Web browser: typically Netscape
     67  Navigator or Internet Explorer.
     68  <br><br>
     69  </td>
     70 </tr>
     71 <tr>
     72  <td valign=top align=center>
     73    <a href="http://nzdl.org/hdl"><img border=0 width=101 height=100 src="_httpimg_/hdlimg.jpg"></a>
     74  </td>
     75  <td valign=top>
     76  Many document collections are distributed on CD-ROM using the Greenstone
     77  software. For example, the <i>Humanity Development Library</i> contains 1,230
     78  publications ranging from accounting to water sanitation. It runs on minimal
     79  computing facilities such as those typically found in developing countries. The
     80  information can be accessed by searching, browsing by subject, browsing by
     81  titles, browsing by organization, browsing a list of how-tos, and by randomly
     82  viewing the book covers.
     83  <br><br>
     84  </td>
     85 </tr>
     86 <tr>
     87  <td valign=top align=center>
     88  <h2>customisation</h2>
     89  </td>
     90  <td valign=top>
     91  Greenstone is specifically designed to be highly extensible and
     92  customisable. New document and metadata formats are accommodated by writing
     93  "plugins" (in Perl). Analogously, new metadata browsing structures can be
     94  implemented by writing "classifiers." The user interface look-and-feel can be
     95  altered using "macros" written in a simple macro language. A Corba protocol
     96  allows agents (e.g. in Java) to use all the facilities associated with document
     97  collections. Finally, the source code, in C++ and Perl, is available and
     98  accessible for modification.
     99  <br><br>
     100  </td>
     101 </tr>
     102 <tr>
     103  <td valign=top align=center>
     104  <h2>documentation</h2>
     105  </td>
     106  <td valign=top>
     107  There are three documents that explain the Greenstone system:
     108<ul>
     109<li> The Greenstone Digital Library Software Installer's Guide
     110<li> The Greenstone Digital Library Software User's Guide
     111<li> The Greenstone Digital Library Software Developer's Guide
     112</ul><br>
     113</tr>
     114 <tr>
     115  <td valign=top align=center>
     116  <h2>mailing list</h2>
     117  </td>
     118  <td valign=top>
     119  There is a mailing list intended primarily for discussions about the Greenstone
     120  digital library software.  Active users of Greenstone should consider joining
     121  the mailing list and contributing to the discussions.  The mailing list is
     122  hosted by the Pathfinder Library System in beautiful Grand Junction, Colorado
     123  (John Campbell, [email protected]). To subscribe, send email to <a
     124  href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> with the text
     125  <ul>subscribe greenstone </ul> (no subject, no name, nothing else). To send a
     126  message to the list, address it to <a
     127  href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
     128  <br><br>
     129 </tr>
     130 <tr>
     131  <td valign=top align=center>
     132   <h2>bugs</h2>
     133  </td>
     134  <td valign=top>
     135  We want to ensure that this software works well for you.  Please report any
     136  bugs to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
     137  <br><br>
     138  </td>
     139 </tr>
     140 <tr>
     141  <td valign=top align=center>
     142   <h2>credits</h2>
     143  </td>
     144  <td valign=top>
     145  The Greenstone software is a collaborative effort between many people. Rodger
     146  McNab and Stefan Boddie are the principal architects and implementors.
     147  Contributions have been made by David Bainbridge, George Buchanan, Hong Chen,
     148  Elke Duncker, Carl Gutwin, Geoff Holmes, John McPherson, Craig Nevill-Manning,
     149  Gordon Paynter, Bernhard Pfahringer, Todd Reed, Bill Rogers, and Stuart
     150  Yeates. Other members of the New Zealand Digital Library project provided
     151  advice and inspiration in the design of the system: Mark Apperley, Sally Jo
     152  Cunningham, Steve Jones, Te Taka Keegan, Michel Loots, Malika Mahoui and Lloyd
     153  Smith. We would also like to acknowledge all those who have contributed to the
     154  GNU-licensed packages included in this distribution: MG, GDBM, WGET, WVWARE,
     155  PDFTOHTML.
     156  </td>
     157 </tr>
     158</table>
    91159
    92 <p>
    93 _iconblankbar_
    94 <p>
    95 <h2>Credits</h2>
    96 <p>
    97 Greenstone Digital Library Software is produced by the New Zealand Digital
    98 Library project.  The current software was designed and implemented by
    99 Rodger McNab, Stefan Boddie, Bill Rogers, Hong Chen and Stuart Inglis, and
    100 has benefited greatly from previous versions constructed by Craig
    101 Nevill-Manning and Todd Reed and previous interface designs by Che
    102 Tamahere.
    103 <p>
    104 The New Zealand Digital Library project is directed by Ian Witten and
    105 involves Mark Apperley, David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, Steve Jones,
    106 Te Taka Keegan, Malika Mahoui and Lloyd Smith as principal investigators.
    107 Other researchers who have contributed to the project include Carl Gutwin,
    108 Rob Holte, Gordon Paynter and Bill Teahan.
    109 <p>
    110 Greenstone Digital Library Software uses the MG search engine produced
    111 principally by Alistair Moffat at the University of Melbourne and described
    112 in the book <i>Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and indexing documents and
    113 images</i> by Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, and Tim C. Bell (Van Nostrand
    114 Reinhold, 1994).
    115 <p>
    116 _iconblankbar_
     160<p>_iconblankbar_
    117161<p>
    118162<table>

  • trunk/gsdl/macros/home.dm

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    1616#######################################################################
    1717
    18 _iconnzdl_ {<img src="_httpiconnzdl_" width=_widthnzdl_ height=_heightnzdl_ alt="The New Zealand Digital Library">}
    19 _icongbull_ {<img src="_httpicongbull_">}
    20 _iconpdf_ {<img src="_httpiconpdf_">}
    21 _iconselectcollection_ {<img src="_httpiconselcolgr_" width=_widthselcolgr_ height=_heightselcolgr_ alt=_altselcolgr_>}
    22 _iconmusiclibrary_ {<img src="_httpicontmusic_" border=1 alt="meldex music library">}
     18_iconselectcollection_ {<img align=texttop src="_httpiconselcolgr_" width=_widthselcolgr_ height=_heightselcolgr_ alt=_altselcolgr_>}
     19_iconmusiclibrary_ {<img align=texttop src="_httpicontmusic_" border=1 alt="meldex music library">}
    2320
    2421#######################################################################
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    6764<p>_iconblankbar_
    6865</center>)
    69 
    70 <p><center><h2>_textprojhead_</h2></center>
    71 
    72 <table border=0 cellpadding=5>
    73 <tr valign=top>
    74 <td>
    75 <table><tr valign=middle><td>_icongbull_</td><td><a href="mailto:_mailaddr_">_textfb_</a></td></tr></table>
    76 <table><tr valign=middle><td>_icongbull_</td><td><a href="http://www.nzdl.org">NZDL</a></td></tr></table>
    77 <table><tr valign=middle><td>_icongbull_</td><td><a href="_httppagex_(gsdl)">Greenstone</a></td></tr></table>
    78 <table><tr valign=middle><td>_iconpdf_</td><td><a href="_gsdl:httpgsdlmanual_">Manual</a></i></td></tr></table>
    79 <table><tr valign=middle><td>_iconpdf_</td><td><a href="_httppublications_/NZDLtext.pdf">_textinfosheet_</a></td></tr></table>
    80 </td>
    81 <td>_textprojinfo_</td>
    82 </tr></table>
    83 
    84 <p>_iconblankbar_
    85 <table>
    86 <tr valign=top>
    87 <td>_textpoem_</td>
    88 <td>_imagegreenstone_</td>
    89 </tr></table>
    90 <p>_textgreenstone_
    91 <p>_iconblankbar_
    92 <p>Greenstone software by <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">The New Zealand Digital Library Project</a>,
    93 <br><a href="http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cs">Department of Computer Science</a>,
    94 <a href="http://www.waikato.ac.nz">University of Waikato</a>,
    95 New Zealand
     66<h3><a href="_httppagex_(gsdl)">About the Greenstone software</a></h3>
     67<center>_iconblankbar_</center>
    9668}
    97 
    9869
    9970# the _textgocollector_ and _textgoadmin_ macros may be overridden
    … …  
    10172# facilities are disabled
    10273_textgocollector_ {
    103 <tr valign=middle>
    104 <td>_imagecollector_</td>
     74<tr valign=top>
     75<td valign=top>_imagecollector_</td>
    10576<td>Helps you create new collections, modify or add to existing ones, or
    10677delete collections</td>
    … …  
    10980
    11081_textgoadmin_ {
    111 <tr valign=middle>
    112 <td>_imageadmin_</td>
     82<tr valign=top>
     83<td valign=top>_imageadmin_</td>
    11384<td>Allows you to add new users, summarizes the collections in the system,
    11485gives technical information on the Greenstone installation</td>
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