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10<td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td><td width="*" align="center"><a name="editingmetadatasets"><font size="5" face="Verdana"><strong>11.1: Editing Metadata Sets</strong></font></a></td><td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td>
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14This section describes how to edit metadata sets and previously assigned values.
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27<td colspan="3"><a href="#simple">Simple Instructions:</a></td>
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32 Editing sets
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38 Editing elements
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50<img width="20" src="gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="simple"> Simple Instructions:</a>
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52On the left of the "Edit Metadata Sets" dialog is a list showing what metadata
53sets and profiles can be edited. Click one of these and its details will
54appear on the right in one or more tables. Beneath are buttons for adding,
55editing or removing the various parts; alongside them is the "Close" button.
56Many buttons are greyed out initially, and are activated by selections in the
57tables. Now we describe how to edit sets and elements.
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59To define a new metadata set, beside "Set" click "Add", fill out the
60information requested, and click "OK". "Namespace" is a short identifier for
61the new set (e.g. "dc" for Dublin Core; "dls" for the Development Library
62Subset).
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64To remove a metadata set, select it in the list on the left and click "Remove".
65A confirmation prompt will appear; confirming it permanently
66removes the set and all associated metadata.
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68Some information is associated with each metadata set, such as its creator and
69creation date. We call these "attributes" of the metadata set, and you can
70alter them.
71Beside "Attribute", click "Add" to add an attribute to the selected metadata
72set, fill in the requested information -- name, language and values -- and
73click "OK". Each metadata set is considered unique, so for a new metadata set
74the pull-down list for the name and value are initially empty. Beside
75"Attribute", "Edit" becomes active when an attribute is selected in the table
76and leads to the same dialog as "Add" (except that the current value is already
77filled out). Beside "Attribute", "Remove" becomes active when the attribute is
78selected; when clicked the attribute is removed.
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80Double clicking on a set in the list on the left will display a list of metadata elements in that set. You can add an element, remove it, and remove values from
81it. To add an element, beside "Element" click "Add" and specify the new
82element's name.
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84To remove a metadata element, select it and beside "Element" click "Remove".
85This permanently removes the element and all metadata
86associated with it.
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88Just as information is associated with each metadata set, information can also
89be associated with each metadata element -- metadata about metadata! Again we
90call these "attributes"; Examples are a language-specific name for the element,
91its definition, or perhaps a general comment.
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93You edit the attributes of an element in the same way that you edit the
94attributes of a metadata set, explained above. In this case the pull-down
95lists in the add and edit prompts may contain values from the same attribute of
96other elements within the set.
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98You can also alter the "value tree" for an element, which
99contains all the values that have been assigned to it. You
100can "Add" a value whenever an element is selected. Choose a parent folder
101(if any), enter the value and click "OK" to put the
102new value in the tree. You can "Edit" a value that you have selected in the
103value tree; click "OK" to commit the changes. Note that changing the parent
104subject will cause the value to be moved to that subject. You can "Remove" a
105value that you have selected in the tree -- but note that this does
106not remove all metadata referring to this value, and if the
107value is still in use it will be restored the next time you save.
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109Once you have finished changing the metadata set, click "Close".
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