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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#######################################################################
10
11package home
12
13_t1_ {About Greenstone}
14
15_t2_ {
16Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital
17library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and
18publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the
19<b>New Zealand Digital Library Project</b> at the <b>University of
20Waikato</b>, and developed and distributed in cooperation with
21<b>UNESCO</b> and the <b>Human Info NGO</b>. It is <b>open-source,
22multilingual</b> software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public
23License.
24}
25
26_t3_ {
27UNESCO is running regional training workshops on the use of Greenstone.<br>
28<a href="_httppagex_(report)">Here</a> is a report of one held in
29Bangalore, India, in August 2003. Another will be conducted in Dakar,
30Senegal in September 2003, and a third in Suva, Fiji, in November 2003.
31}
32
33_t4_ {
34Greenstone v2.40a has now been released! Download it from <a
35href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/greenstone/">here</a>. This release
36is the same as Greenstone v2.40, except it features better integration of
37the Librarian Interface tool.
38}
39
40_t5_ {
41One of the trickier parts of using Greenstone is coming up with a
42configuration file for your collection. To help learn how to do it, <a
43href="http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~ihw/greenstone/inside.htm">here</a> is a
44new document that presents, and explains, the configuration files for a few
45actual Greenstone collections, and also gives an example of how
46Greenstone's appearance can be customized.
47}
48
49_t6_ {
50The complete Greenstone interface, and all documentation, is available in
51<b>English</b>, <b>French</b>, <b>Spanish</b>, <b>Russian</b> and
52<b>Kazakh</b>. Greenstone also has interfaces in many <a
53href="_httppagex_(intn)">other languages</a>. We are looking for <a
54href="_httppagex_(intn)#maintainers">volunteers</a> to add new language
55interfaces and help maintain existing ones.
56}
57
58_t7_ {
59The aim of the software is to empower users, particularly in universities,
60libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own
61digital libraries. Digital libraries are radically reforming how
62information is disseminated and acquired in UNESCO's partner communities
63and institutions in the fields of education, science and culture around the
64world, and particularly in developing countries. We hope that this
65software will encourage the effective deployment of digital libraries to
66share information and place it in the public domain. Further information
67can be found in the book <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/howto">How to build a
68digital library</a>, authored by two of the the group's project members.
69}
70
71_t8_ {
72The collect.cfg files for many of the collections at <a
73href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a> have been made available <a
74href="_httppagex_(colcfg)">here</a>.
75}
76
77_t9_ {
78This software is developed and distributed as an international cooperative
79effort established in August 2000 among three parties.
80}
81
82_t10_ {
83New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato
84}
85
86_t11_ {
87Greenstone software grew out of this project, and this initiative has been
88endorsed by the Communication Sub-Commission of the New Zealand National
89Commission for UNESCO as part of New Zealand's contribution to UNESCO's
90programme.
91}
92
93_t12_ {
94United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
95}
96
97_t13_ {
98The dissemination of educational, scientific and cultural information
99throughout the world, and particularly its availability in developing
100countries, is central to UNESCO's goals as pursued within its
101intergovernmental Information for All Programme, and appropriate,
102accessible information and communication technology is seen as an important
103tool in this context.
104}
105
106_t14_ {
107The Human Info NGO, based in Antwerp, Belgium
108}
109
110_t15_ {
111This project works with UN agencies and other NGOs, and has established a
112worldwide reputation for digitizing documentation of interest to human
113development and making it widely available, free of charge to developing
114nations and on a cost-recovery basis to others.
115}
116
117_t16_ {
118If you download Greenstone and install it with standard demonstration
119collections, or if you install it from the Greenstone CD-ROM, it will look
120exactly like <a
121href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/democols/library">this</a>.
122}
123
124
125#######################################################################
126
127package download
128
129_t18_ {Download Greenstone}
130
131_t19_ {
132Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the <a
133href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
134License</a>. It runs on Windows and Unix, and both source code and binaries
135are available for download. It is fully documented in English, French,
136Spanish and Russian.
137}
138
139_t20_ {
140Select the Greenstone distribution you require from the list below. Each
141distribution provides a complete interface in English, French, Spanish and
142Russian.
143}
144
145_t21_ {
146Each distribution also includes the &quot;Greenstone Librarian
147Interface&quot;, a graphical tool for building digital libraries. It gives
148you access to Greenstone's functionality from an easy-to-use 'point and
149click' interface. To use this tool you will need a suitable Java Run-time
150Environment, which you can download from <a
151href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html">here</a> (choose the
152JRE, not the SDK).
153}
154
155_t22_ {Windows distribution}
156
157_t23_ {
158This is the distribution you want if you're going to run Greenstone under
159any 32 bit Windows environment (that is, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP etc.).
160}
161
162_t24_ {
163Note that Greenstone will also run on 16 bit Windows (that is, Windows
1643.1/3.11). The installer program used by this distribution will not work on
165these versions of Windows however. Please <a
166href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a> if you need a version of
167Greenstone for 16 bit Windows.
168}
169
170_t25_ {
171Using this distribution you may either install the &quot;local
172library&quot;, the &quot;web library&quot;, or install and compile the
173source code (click <a href="_httppagex_(faq-installing)#1">here</a> for a
174description of the differences between the &quot;local library&quot; and
175the &quot;web library&quot;). You will be asked which form of Greenstone
176you want during the installation process.
177}
178
179_t26_ {
180This distribution includes everything you need to run Greenstone (including
181a pre-built demonstration collection) and to build new Greenstone
182collections. Some functionality is not included however, mostly in an
183attempt to keep the distribution as small as possible. See <a
184href="#packages">below</a> for details on how to get this missing
185functionality.
186}
187
188_t27_ {
189This distribution uses a standard Windows installer program, simply
190download the file and double-click it to install (see the <a
191href="_httpguide_(Install,en)">Installer's Guide</a> for more detailed
192installation instructions).
193}
194
195_t28_ {Unix distribution}
196
197_t29_ {
198This is the recommended distribution if you're installing Greenstone on any
199form of Unix.
200}
201
202_t30_ {
203This distribution comes with statically linked linux binaries. However, it
204also contains the Greenstone source code for compiling on other forms of
205Unix (or on linux if you prefer not to use the provided binaries).
206}
207
208_t31_ {
209This distribution includes everything you need to run Greenstone (including
210a pre-built demonstration collection) and to build new Greenstone
211collections. Some functionality is not included however, mostly in an
212attempt to keep the distribution as small as possible. See <a
213href="#packages">below</a> for details on how to get this missing
214functionality.
215}
216
217_t32_ {
218To install this distribution, extract the gzipped tar archive and run the
219<i>Install.sh</i> shell script from within the <i>gsdl-X.XX-unix/Unix</i>
220directory (see the <a href="_httpguide_(Install,en)">Installer's Guide</a> for
221more detailed installation instructions).
222}
223
224_t33_ {Mac OS X distribution}
225
226_t34_ {
227This distribution contains dynamically linked binaries for Mac OS X running
228on PowerPC platforms.
229}
230
231_t35_ {
232This distribution has been tested on Mac OS X 10.2.6. It includes the
233pre-built binaries and also includes the demonstration collection,
234unbuilt. This is the first distribution for the Mac that includes the
235Greenstone Librarian Interface for building collections.
236}
237
238_t36_ {Source only distribution}
239
240_t37_ {
241This distribution contains the Greenstone source code along with the same
242demonstration collection as the distributions above (although the
243collection is not pre-built in this distribution).
244}
245
246_t38_ {
247This distribution does not have an automated installation proceedure
248(running <i>Install.sh</i> will not work). Unless you're sure you know what
249you're doing you probably want one of the distributions above, both of
250which also contain the Greenstone source. Note that you can obtain an
251up-to-date version of the Greenstone source code at any time by using <a
252href="_httppagex_(cvs)">cvs</a>.
253}
254
255_t39_ {
256The following extra packages may be downloaded and installed along with an
257existing Greenstone installation to add functionality that was left out of
258the distributions above.
259}
260
261_t40_ {Export to CD-ROM package}
262
263_t41_ {
264This package enables the &quot;export to CD-ROM&quot; function from within
265Greenstone's Collector.
266}
267
268_t42_ {
269To install, simply download the file (it will work on both Windows and Unix
270and any version of Greenstone above 2.34) and extract the zip archive into
271the gsdl\\bin\\windows directory of your existing Greenstone installation.
272}
273
274_t43_ {
275The following utilities have been developed to be used along with
276Greenstone.
277}
278
279_t44_ {The Organizer}
280
281_t45_ {
282The Organizer is a Windows application useful for automatically generating
283many of the configuration files (metadata.xml, sub.txt etc.) required by
284complex Greenstone collections.
285}
286
287_t46_ {
288To install, simply download and double-click the self-extracting executable
289file.
290}
291
292
293#######################################################################
294
295package examples
296
297_t47_ {Examples of Greenstone in Action}
298
299_t48_ {New Zealand Digital Library Project}
300
301_t49_ {
302A demonstration site set up by the developers of Greenstone, the New
303Zealand Digital Library Project. This site contains many collections,
304ranging from humanitarian information to computer science technical reports
305to demonstration collections of Chinese and Arabic documents.
306}
307
308_t50_ {Russian Greenstone Library}
309
310_t51_ {
311A Greenstone site containing several collections in the Russian
312language. This site was set up by a regional government department in the
313Mari El Republic of the Russian Federation.
314}
315
316_t52_ {Project Gutenberg}
317
318_t53_ {
319An on-going project to produce and distribute free electronic editions of
320literature, Project Gutenberg now contains more than 3,700 titles from
321Shakespeare to Dickens to the Bronte sisters. This site, maintained by
322Ibiblio, one of the original Gutenberg mirror sites, uses Greenstone to
323make the entire Gutenberg collection available in a fully searchable form.
324}
325
326_t54_ {University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart}
327
328_t55_ {
329Hochschule der Medien - an &quot;Information and Media&quot; digital
330library created by the University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany.
331}
332
333_t56_ {Gresham College Archive}
334
335_t57_ {
336A digital library created at Gresham College, London, England.
337}
338
339_t58_ {Center for the Study of Digital Libraries}
340
341_t59_ {
342Texas A&M University - A digital libraries research site containing
343prototypical Greenstone collections with an emphasis on Digital Floras.
344}
345
346_t60_ {Peking University Digital Library}
347
348_t61_ {
349Two experimental collections created at Peking University.
350}
351
352_t62_ {Music Information Retrieval Research}
353
354_t63_ {
355Virtual home of music information retrieval research.
356}
357
358_t64_ {Photograph Album}
359
360_t65_ {
361A collection of photographs taken by <a
362href="mailto:[email protected]">Gordon Paynter</a>.
363}
364
365_t66_ {Washington Research Library Consortium Special Collections}
366
367_t67_ {
368Digital material from the special collections of the eight universities of
369WRLC in Washington, D.C., USA.
370}
371
372_t68_ {Archives of Indian Labour}
373
374_t69_ {
375A collaborative project between the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute and
376the Association of Indian Labour Historians. The Archives of Indian Labour
377are dedicated to preserving and making accessible the fast depleting
378documents on the Indian working class.
379}
380
381_t70_ {NCSI Demonstration Collections}
382
383_t71_ {
384Demonstration collections created by students and staff at the National
385Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
386India. Many of these collections include content in Kannada and Hindi.
387}
388
389_t72_ {New York Botanical Garden}
390
391_t73_ {
392The rare book digitization project of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the
393New York Botanical Garden.
394}
395
396_t74_ {Lehigh University Digital Bridges Collection}
397
398_t75_ {
399A collection containing thirty books about bridges, all of which were
400published between 1811 and 1899. The collection was created at Lehigh
401University, Pennsylvania and features a heavily customized user interface.
402}
403
404_t76_ {Chopin Early Editions}
405
406_t77_ {
407A collection of digital images of early printed editions of musical
408compositions by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin. This collection was created
409by the University of Chicago Library and, once completed, will include its
410entire collection of over 400 Chopin early editions. The greenstone
411collection configuration file for this collection has also been made
412available and can be downloaded <a
413href="http://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/collect/chopin/etc/collect.cfg">here</a>.
414}
415
416_t78_ {Slavonski Brod Public Library}
417
418_t79_ {
419The pilot project of digitization of local studies collection in Slavonski
420Brod Public Library, Croatia.
421}
422
423_ex1t_ {Mirabilia Vicomercati}
424
425_ex1d_ {
426Mirabilia 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.
427}
428
429_ex2t_ {Illinois Wesleyan University Argus Digital Collection}
430
431_ex2d_ {
432<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ex_d">
433<td>
434Illinois 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.
435</td>
436<td><img src="../images/new.gif"/></td>
437</table>
438}
439
440_ex3t_ {Human Rights in Argentina}
441
442_ex3d_ {
443<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ex_d">
444<td>
445This 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.
446</td>
447<td><img src="../images/new.gif"/></td>
448</table>
449}
450
451_ex4t_ {Auburn University Libraries Digital Library}
452
453_ex4d_ {
454<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ex_d">
455<td>
456This 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.
457</td>
458<td><img src="../images/new.gif"/></td>
459</table>
460}
461
462
463#######################################################################
464
465package docs
466
467_t80_ {Greenstone Documentation}
468
469_t81_ {Manuals}
470
471_t82_ {
472The following Greenstone manuals are available in PDF format for
473download. They're available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and
474Kazakh.
475}
476
477_t91_ {Installer's Guide}
478
479_t83_ {english}
480
481_t84_ {spanish}
482
483_t85_ {french}
484
485_t86_ {russian}
486
487_t87_ {kazakh}
488
489_t88_ {
490Describes in detail the Greenstone installation process. Note that the
491<i>Installer's Guide</i> assumes that Greenstone is being installed from a
492CD-ROM distribution. The instructions should be adapted in the obvious way
493when installing from a web download.
494}
495
496_t89_ {User's Guide}
497
498_t90_ {
499General details on using Greenstone collections, the Collector web
500interface for building new collections, and Greenstone's administrative
501facilities.
502}
503
504_t92_ {sorry, no kazakh}
505
506_t93_ {Developer's Guide}
507
508_t94_ {
509A more detailed description of Greenstone's collection building process,
510including building collections from the command line or DOS prompt. Also a
511description of the structure of the Greenstone runtime system.
512}
513
514_t95_ {From Paper to Collection}
515
516_t96_ {
517A document describing the entire process of creating a digital library
518collection from paper documents. This includes the scanning and OCR process
519and the use of the &quot;Organizer&quot;.
520}
521
522_t97_ {Inside Greenstone Collections}
523
524_t98_ {english(HTML)}
525
526_t99_ {english(PDF)}
527
528_t100_ {
529One of the trickier parts of using Greenstone is coming up with a
530configuration file for your collection. To help learn how to do it, this
531document presents, and explains, the configuration files for a few actual
532Greenstone collections, and also gives an example of how Greenstone's
533appearance can be customized. (Note, this document is intended to be used
534with Greenstone version 2.40 and higher.)
535}
536
537_t101_ {MG/MG++}
538
539_t102_ {
540For information about the underlying indexing and retrieval systems used by
541Greenstone, please go <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/html/mg.html">here</a>
542for MG, or download the <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user
543guide</a>.
544}
545
546_t103_ {Mailing Lists}
547
548_t104_ {
549There are two mailing lists intended primarily for discussions about the
550Greenstone digital library software. Active users of Greenstone should
551consider joining one or both of these lists and contributing to the
552discussions.
553}
554
555_t105_ {Greenstone User's List}
556
557_t106_ {
558This list is for general Greenstone discussions. To send a message to this
559list, address it to <a
560href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. There
561is an archive of previous messages to this list at <a
562href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
563}
564
565_t107_ {Greenstone Developer's List}
566
567_t108_ {
568This list is for more technical discussions by people developing or
569modifying Greenstone. To send a message to this list, address it to <a
570href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
571}
572
573_t369_ {User Supplied Documentation}
574
575_t370_ {Customizing the Greenstone User Interface}
576
577_t371_ {
578An illustrated guide to customizing the Greenstone user interface. Written
579by Allison Zhang of the Washington Research Library Consortium
580}
581
582#######################################################################
583
584package support
585
586_t109_ {Greenstone Support}
587
588_t110_ {
589Before asking for help, please read the <a
590href="_httppagex_(faq)">frequently asked questions</a> list.
591}
592
593_t111_ {
594For Greenstone technical support please consider joining one of the <a
595href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">Greenstone mailing lists</a>.
596}
597
598_t112_ {
599Alternatively, fill in the form below and click the &quot;submit&quot;
600button to submit a query to the Greenstone support staff. Please fill in
601the form as fully as possible to aid our staff in giving the best possible
602service.
603}
604
605_t113_ {PERSONAL INFORMATION}
606
607_t114_ {Name}
608
609_t115_ {E-mail address}
610
611_t116_ {SYSTEM INFORMATION}
612
613_t117_ {Operating System}
614
615_t118_ {Windows 95}
616
617_t119_ {Windows 98}
618
619_t120_ {Windows ME}
620
621_t121_ {Windows NT 4}
622
623_t122_ {Windows 2000}
624
625_t123_ {Windows XP}
626
627_t124_ {Windows 3.11}
628
629_t125_ {Windows 3.1}
630
631_t126_ {Linux}
632
633_t127_ {Other (please specify below)}
634
635_t128_ {Other OS}
636
637_t129_ {CPU (type and speed)}
638
639_t130_ {Memory (RAM) in MB}
640
641_t131_ {Web browser}
642
643_t132_ {Netscape 4}
644
645_t133_ {Netscape 4.5}
646
647_t134_ {Netscape 6}
648
649_t135_ {Mozilla}
650
651_t136_ {Internet Explorer 4}
652
653_t137_ {Internet Explorer 5}
654
655_t138_ {Internet Explorer 6}
656
657_t139_ {Other web browser}
658
659_t140_ {Was your browser provided by your internet service provider?}
660
661_t141_ {no}
662
663_t142_ {yes}
664
665_t143_ {don't know}
666
667_t144_ {Is your browser configured to use a proxy?}
668
669_t145_ {Web server}
670
671_t146_ {not applicable}
672
673_t147_ {Apache 1.3}
674
675_t148_ {Apache 2.0}
676
677_t149_ {Microsoft IIS 4.0}
678
679_t150_ {Microsoft IIS 5.0}
680
681_t151_ {Microsoft PWS}
682
683_t152_ {Other server}
684
685_t153_ {GREENSTONE INFORMATION}
686
687_t154_ {Version}
688
689_t155_ {CD-ROM distribution}
690
691_t156_ {Installation type}
692
693_t157_ {local library}
694
695_t158_ {web library}
696
697_t159_ {PROBLEM DESCRIPTION}
698
699_t160_ {Problem type}
700
701_t161_ {question}
702
703_t162_ {problem/error}
704
705_t163_ {suggested enhancement}
706
707_t164_ {other}
708
709_t165_ {Can the problem be reproduced at will?}
710
711_t166_ {Short description}
712
713_t167_ {Long description}
714
715_t168_ {
716(If you are reporting a problem, please go into as much detail as possible.
717Make sure you describe all steps leading up to the problem and include any
718relevant URLs.)
719}
720
721
722#######################################################################
723
724package faq
725
726_t169_ {Greenstone FAQ}
727
728_t170_ {General Information}
729
730_t171_ {What is Greenstone?}
731
732_t172_ {How is Greenstone licensed?}
733
734_t173_ {What platforms will Greenstone run on?}
735
736_t174_ {Are there any mailing lists concerned with Greenstone?}
737
738_t175_ {Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?}
739
740_t176_ {How do I contribute to Greenstone?}
741
742_t177_ {Obtaining Greenstone}
743
744_t178_ {Where do I get Greenstone from?}
745
746_t179_ {Are there binary distributions of Greenstone available?}
747
748_t180_ {Is Greenstone available on CD-ROM?}
749
750_t181_ {Is the Greenstone source code available via CVS?}
751
752_t182_ {Installing Greenstone}
753
754_t183_ {How do I compile Greenstone from a source or CVS distribution?}
755
756_t184_ {What is the difference between Greenstone's <i>local library</i> and <i>web library</i>?}
757
758_t185_ {Running Greenstone}
759
760_t186_ {OK, I've installed Greenstone. Now how do I make it go?}
761
762_t187_ {What web browser do I need to view Greenstone collections?}
763
764_t188_ {When I start the Windows local library there are two buttons in the
765dialog box, &quot;Enter Library&quot; and &quot;Restricted
766Version&quot;. They both seem to do the same thing, what's the difference?}
767
768_t189_ {So when should I use the &quot;Restricted Version&quot; of the local library?}
769
770_t190_ {When I start the Windows local library my computer asks me to dial
771up my Internet Service Provider. Do I really need to be online to run
772Greenstone?}
773
774_t191_ {I'm trying to use the Windows local library. My web browser is
775starting up as expected but the Greenstone home page never gets loaded or gives an error message. What's wrong?}
776
777_t192_ {Where can I get more Greenstone collections?}
778
779_t193_ {When I attempt to access certain parts of Greenstone I'm asked for
780a username and password. What do I enter?}
781
782_t194_ {When I use the <i>large query box</i> function I occassionally get
783a <i>Not Found</i> error.}
784
785_t195_ {Building Greenstone Collections}
786
787_t196_ {What is &quot;the Collector&quot;?}
788
789_t197_ {How do I build a collection from the command line or DOS prompt?}
790
791_t198_ {I built a new Greenstone collection on my Windows
792machine. Everything appeared to work fine while building, however when I
793tried to view the collection some of the documents contained no
794text. Sometimes Greenstone appeared to crash completely. What have I done
795wrong?}
796
797_t199_ {Why won't the Collector's &quot;export to CD-ROM&quot; function work?}
798
799_t200_ {I'm trying to use the Collector on Windows 2000 but it's running
800extremely slowly. Is this normal?}
801
802_t201_ {What is &quot;the Organizer&quot;?}
803
804_t202_ {Where do I get the Organizer?}
805
806_t203_ {I'm attempting to build a collection with the collector but it
807keeps failing with an error. What am I doing wrong?}
808
809_t204_ {Where can I find some example collect.cfg configuration files?}
810
811_t205_ {How can I build my collection using MGPP?}
812
813_tfaqbuild11title_ {I've added a new type of classification to my collection. How do I create and add the navigation bar images?}
814
815_t207_ {FAQ Main Page}
816
817_t372_ {Show entire FAQ on a single page}
818
819_t373_ {Show FAQ on multiple pages}
820
821#######################################################################
822
823package faqgen
824
825_t206_ {Greenstone FAQ - General Information}
826
827_t208_ {
828Greenstone is a suite of software which has the ability to serve digital
829library collections and build new collections. It provides a new way of
830organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM.
831}
832
833_t209_ {
834Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the <a
835href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>.
836}
837
838_t210_ {
839Greenstone has been tested on Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/Me/NT/2000, most
840distributions of GNU/Linux, Darwin (Mac OS X), Solaris, and FreeBSD. It
841should in fact work on any Windows or Unix system. If you use a system
842other than those mentioned and you find Greenstone doesn't run, please <a
843href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.
844<p>Please note that the downloadable Windows distribution of Greenstone
845comes with an installer that will not work on 16 bit Windows. If you need
846to use Greenstone on Windows 3.1/3.11 please <a
847href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.</p>
848}
849
850_t211_ {
851There are two Greenstone mailing lists. You can subscribe to them from the
852<a href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">documentation</a> page.
853}
854
855_t212_ {
856The most popular mailing list ([email protected]) is
857archived as a Greenstone collection at <a
858href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
859Note that this collection is updated only sporadically so may not always be
860completely up to date.
861}
862
863_t213_ {
864We welcome contributions or improvements to the Greenstone software!
865<br />Before you send in any contribution, you first need to make sure that
866your changes are compatible with the latest snapshop of the Greenstone
867source code. To get the latest code you'll need to use CVS (see <a
868href="_httppagex_(cvs)">here</a> for details).
869<br />You should then send the modified files, along with details of the
870modifications you've made, to <a
871href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
872
873<p>Before beginning work, you should announce what you're doing on the <a
874href="mailto:[email protected]">greenstone developer's list</a>
875to tell us what you plan to do and get some feedback.</p>
876}
877
878
879#######################################################################
880
881package faqob
882
883_t214_ {Greenstone FAQ - Obtaining Greenstone}
884
885_t215_ {
886From the greenstone.org <a href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
887}
888
889_t216_ {
890Yes. At present there are binary distributions for 32 bit Windows, PowerPC
891Mac OS X, and i386 linux. They can be downloaded from the <a
892href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
893}
894
895_t217_ {
896While some version 2.37 and 2.38 CD-ROMs have been produced they're not
897currently being made widely available. You are encouraged to download the
898latest release of Greenstone from the <a
899href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page. If your internet connection
900is such that downloading Greenstone isn't possible please <a
901href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us and we may be able to arrange
902for a CD-ROM to be sent out.
903}
904
905_t218_ {
906Yes, see our <a href="_httppagex_(cvs)">CVS page</a> for details.
907}
908
909
910#######################################################################
911
912package faqinst
913
914_t219_ {Greenstone FAQ - Installing Greenstone}
915
916_t220_ {
917See our <a href="_httpdocsdir_/compiling.html">compiling page</a>.
918}
919
920_t221_ {
921Firstly, the <i>local library</i> is only available if you're running
922Greenstone under Windows. It's not yet available on Unix.
923
924<p>The major difference between the two is that the <i>local library</i>
925contains it's own built-in webserver. The <i>web library</i> however,
926requires an external webserver like Apache or Microsoft IIS. This makes the
927<i>local library</i> much easier to install and configure than the web
928library.</p>
929
930<p>For this reason, it's recommended that Windows users install the
931<i>local library</i> unless they're sure that they need the <i>web
932library</i>. Even if you think you might need the <i>web library</i>, try
933installing the <i>local library</i> first. You can always uninstall it
934later and install the <i>web library</i> if you then decide you need
935it.</p>
936
937<p>A situation where the <i>web library</i> may be preferable is if you
938plan to serve your Greenstone collections as a full-time service on the
939web. In this case you'll probably want the added stability that running the
940<i>web library</i> in conjunction with an external webserver can
941provide.</p>
942
943<p>Please note that the <i>local library</i> is quite capable of serving
944Greenstone collections over a local area network or the web (despite its
945rather misleading name).</p>
946}
947
948
949#######################################################################
950
951package faqrun
952
953_t222_ {Greenstone FAQ - Running Greenstone}
954
955_t223_ {
956If you're using the Windows <i>local library</i> you should be able to
957simply select &quot;Greenstone Digital Library&quot; from within the
958programs in your <i>start</i> menu.
959
960<p>If you're using the <i>web library</i> things are a little less obvious
961however. First make sure your webserver is configured correctly and is
962running (see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Installer's
963Guide</a> and your webserver's documentation for details). You can then
964simply open your web browser and point it at the URL of Greenstone's
965library executable. This is dependant on the way you configured Greenstone
966and your webserver. Typically it might be something like
967http://localhost/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.exe.</p>
968}
969
970_t224_ {
971Greenstone relies on a web browser that supports tables, javascript, and in
972some places, frames. Any reasonably modern browser will do. Examples are
973Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, Netscape 4, and Mozilla. Newer releases of
974all these browsers will also work.
975
976<p>If you find that your favourite web browser does not work with
977Greenstone, please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a>.</p>
978
979<p>Note that there is an exception to the rule that any modern browser will
980do when running Greenstone. That is when you're using the restricted
981version of the Windows local library when you must use Netscape. See the
982discussion below on the differences between the &quot;Restricted
983Version&quot; and the standard &quot;Enter Library&quot; version of the
984local library for details.</p>
985}
986
987_t225_ {
988The webserver built into the local library uses the networking software
989built into your Windows operating system in order to function. If your
990computer has never been connected to a network this networking software may
991not be installed however. For this reason Greenstone comes with some
992networking software of it's own that it will use if it can't find any
993installed on your computer.
994
995<p>When you click the &quot;Enter Library&quot; button, Greenstone first
996checks to see if your computer has it's own networking software. If it
997does, it starts up using that, if not it starts up using it's own
998networking software.</p>
999
1000<p>When you click the &quot;Restricted Version&quot; button, Greenstone
1001doesn't bother checking your system for networking software, it just goes
1002ahead and uses it's own.</p>
1003
1004<p>The catch is that there are several limitations with using the
1005Greenstone supplied networking software. The most important limitations are
1006that the local library won't be accessible from the network if run in this
1007way (that is, it really will be &quot;local&quot; to the machine on which
1008it's running) and that it must use a Netscape web browser. Using your
1009computer's built-in networking software is therefore the prefered
1010option.</p>
1011}
1012
1013_t226_ {
1014Since Greenstone will automatically use it's own networking software if it
1015can't find any installed on your computer it should not normally be
1016necessary to run the &quot;Restricted Version&quot; explicitly.
1017
1018<p>Times when it may be necessary are.</p>
1019<ul>
1020<li>If your computer's networking software has been installed incorrectly.</li>
1021<li>If Windows keeps attempting to dial up your internet service provider
1022when you click the &quot;Enter Library&quot; button.</li>
1023</ul>
1024}
1025
1026_t227_ {
1027No you don't need to be online. This is caused by the webserver built into
1028Greenstone's local library sending a message to your computer's networking
1029software to make sure it's functioning correctly. On many Windows systems
1030this causes the familiar dial up dialog box to appear. In most situations
1031you can simply cancel the dialog box and (if required) press your browser's
1032<i>reload</i> button to continue.
1033
1034<p>If this does not solve the problem, try starting the local library by
1035clicking the &quot;Restricted Version&quot; button rather than the
1036&quot;Enter Library&quot; button. See the discussion above on the
1037differences between the standard and restricted versions of the local
1038library for further details.</p>
1039}
1040
1041_t228_ {
1042<ol>
1043<li>Check your web browser's internet proxy settings and turn proxies off (use
1044<i>Edit preferences</i> on Netscape or <i>Internet options</i> on
1045Explorer).</li>
1046
1047<li>If Internet Explorer gives a message saying "The page cannot be
1048displayed" and "Cannot find server or DNS error" at the bottom of the
1049page, check in your network settings that your computer's name is set
1050up correctly. For example, if there is a DNS suffix entered in your
1051TCP/IP properties (in the Control Panel), make sure that your host
1052name and suffix are correct for your computer.</li>
1053
1054</ol>
1055}
1056
1057_t229_ {
1058Collections like those at <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a>
1059will soon be made available for download.
1060}
1061
1062_t230_ {
1063The initial username required here is <i>admin</i>.
1064
1065<p>If you installed Greenstone using the InstallShield installer on Windows
1066or the Install.sh script on Unix you should have been asked to set a
1067password during the installation procedure.</p>
1068
1069<p>If you didn't, don't worry, the password defaults to being
1070<i>admin</i>.</p>
1071
1072<p>So if you don't know what to enter you should try username =
1073<i>admin</i>, password = <i>admin</i>.<p>
1074}
1075
1076_t231_ {
1077This may be caused by the URL becoming too long for your web
1078browser. Because Greenstone currently stores all state information in the
1079URL, if you do a search for a long phrase the URL can become very
1080long. Different browser's on different platforms have different maximum URL
1081lengths but in general it seems that Netscape can handle longer URLs than
1082can Microsoft Internet Explorer.
1083
1084<p>There is very little you can do to avoid this problem with the way
1085Greenstone is currently implemented (aside from not searching for long
1086phrases). Future versions of Greenstone may store some state information on
1087the server rather than in the URL but this has yet to be implemented.</p>
1088}
1089
1090
1091#######################################################################
1092
1093package faqbuild
1094
1095_t232_ {Greenstone FAQ - Building Greenstone Collections}
1096
1097_t233_ {
1098The Collector is a web interface for building new collections, altering or
1099deleting existing collections, and exporting existing collections to
1100stand-alone CD-ROMs. The Collector is a standard part of a Greenstone
1101installation. To begin using the Collector, click the &quot;The
1102Collector&quot; button on your Greenstone home page. For further details on
1103using the Collector see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone User's
1104Guide</a>.
1105}
1106
1107_t234_ {
1108It's occasionally preferable to build your Greenstone collections from the
1109command line rather than from the Collector. This allows you greater
1110control over how your new collection turns out. See the <a
1111href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Developer's Guide</a> for detailed step
1112by step instructions on building collections from the command line.
1113}
1114
1115_t235_ {
1116Are you running Norton Anti-Virus? There are some incompatibilities between
1117Norton and the Greenstone collection building process that cause
1118unpredictable things to happen if you build your collection while Norton is
1119running. Try disabling Norton and rebuilding the collection.
1120
1121<p>If you do not have Norton or disabling Norton does not solve the problem
1122please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a> for further help.</p>
1123}
1124
1125_t236_ {
1126If you downloaded Greenstone from the web you will not have all the
1127components required to make the &quot;export to CD-ROM&quot; function
1128work. These extra components have been made available in a separate
1129download which you can get from the <a
1130href="_httppagex_(download)#packages">download</a> page.
1131}
1132
1133_t237_ {
1134Are you using a Netscape web browser with the local library? If so, try
1135using Internet Explorer instead. There are some socket connection problems
1136that show up on Windows 2000 when using Netscape.
1137}
1138
1139_t238_ {
1140The Organizer (also called the &quot;Collection Organizer&quot;) is a
1141Windows utility used for automatically generating some of the configuration
1142files (metadata.xml, sub.txt etc.) used by complex Greenstone collections.
1143}
1144
1145_t239_ {
1146From the <a href="_httppagex_(download)#utilities">download</a> page.
1147}
1148
1149_t240_ {
1150There are several reasons that the collector might fail to build a
1151collection and the error messages it produces are not always very helpful.
1152
1153<p>If you changed the default configuration during the <i>configure
1154collection</i> stage you'll need to make sure the changes were valid. For
1155example, if you added a new <i>classify</i> or <i>plugin</i> line you'll
1156need to make sure that the classifier and/or plugin names and arguments are
1157all correct. If they're not the collector will fail. A good test is to
1158build your collection without changing the configuration. If it builds ok
1159with the default configuration but fails after you change the configuration
1160you'll need to look closely at the changes you're making.</p>
1161
1162<p>Another good thing to do if having problems with the collector is to
1163build your collection from the command line instead. You'll get much more
1164feedback to help debug problems when building in this way. For details on
1165how to build a collection from the command line see the <a
1166href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone developer's guide</a>.</p>
1167}
1168
1169_t241_ {
1170The collect.cfg files for many of the collections at <a
1171href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a> have been made available <a
1172href="_httppagex_(colcfg)">here</a>.
1173}
1174
1175_t242_ {
1176The <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user manual</a> gives some
1177instructions.
1178}
1179
1180_tfaqbuild11body_ {
1181To 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.
1182<p>
1183These 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.
1184<p>
1185<i>base.dm:</i>
1186<br>
1187<br>\_Countrieswidth\_ \{\_widthcountx\_ \}
1188
1189<br>\_imageCountries\_ \{\_gsimage\_(\_httpbrowseCountries\_,\_httpicontcountof\_,\_httpicontcounton\_,countries,\_textimageCountries\_)\}
1190<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_ \{&lt;img
1191src="\_httpicontcountgr\_" width=\_widthtcountx\_ border=0&gt;\}
1192<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_[v=1] \{\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \}
1193<p>
1194<i>document.dm:</i>
1195<br>
1196<br>\_textCountriespage\_ \{\_texticonhcount\_ \}
1197
1198<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ \{&lt;img src="\_httpiconhcount\_" width="\_widthhcount\_"
1199height="\_heighthcount\_"&gt;\}
1200<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ [v=1] \{&lt;h2&gt;\_texticonhcount\_&lt;/h2&gt;\}
1201
1202<p>
1203<i>english.dm:</i>
1204<br>
1205<br>\_textimageCountries\_ \{Browse by countries\}
1206<br>\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \{Countries\}
1207<br>\_texticonhcount\_ \{Countries\}
1208<br>\_textCountriesshort\_ \{access publications by country\}
1209<br>\_textCountrieslong\_ \{&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;i&gt;access publications by country&lt;/i&gt; by
1210pressing the &lt;i&gt;countries&lt;/i&gt; button. This brings up a list of countries. \}
1211<br>
1212<br>## "countries" ## nav\_bar\_button ## tcount ##
1213<br>\_httpicontcountgr\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountgr.gif\}
1214<br>\_httpicontcountof\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountof.gif\}
1215<br>\_httpicontcounton\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcounton.gif\}
1216<br>\_widthtcountx\_ \{87\}
1217
1218<br>## "countries" ## green_title ## h_count ##
1219<br>\_httpiconhcount\_ \{\_httpimg\_/h\_count.gif\}
1220<br>\_widthhcount\_ \{200\}
1221<br>\_heighthcount\_ \{57\}
1222
1223
1224<p>
1225The 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.
1226<i>h_count.gif</i> is the title image.
1227
1228<p>These images can be generated by copying the two ## blocks from above into a temp file and running translate.pl on it eg.
1229
1230<br>translate.pl -language_symbol en temp.dm
1231
1232<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.
1233<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.
1234}
1235
1236
1237#######################################################################
1238
1239package cvs
1240
1241_cvstitle_ {CVS}
1242
1243_cvscheckout_ {
1244To check out the Greenstone source code from our server do the following:
1245}
1246
1247_cvsupdate_ {
1248Once you have the code you may update it at any time by changing to the
1249gsdl directory and typing:
1250}
1251
1252_notice_ {Note about versions}
1253
1254_recentversion_ {Make sure that your version of CVS is 1.11 or later. Some
1255operating systems (including Mac OS X and Solaris) have older versions
1256that can not connect to a non-default port. This causes an error such
1257the following:}
1258
1259_download_ {You can download pre-compiled packages of recent versions of CVS
1260from <a href="http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/">http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/</a>.}
1261#######################################################################
1262
1263package colcfg
1264
1265_t246_ {Collection Configuration File Samples}
1266
1267_t247_ {collect.cfg file}
1268
1269_t248_ {Acronym Extraction Demo}
1270
1271_t249_ {Agricultural Information Modules}
1272
1273_t250_ {Arabic Collection}
1274
1275_t251_ {Bibliotheque pour le Developpement}
1276
1277_t252_ {Chinese Demonstration collection}
1278
1279_t253_ {Collection on Critical Global Issues (2nd edition)}
1280
1281_t254_ {Colt Bibliography}
1282
1283_t255_ {Computer Science Bibliographies}
1284
1285_t256_ {The Computists' Weekly}
1286
1287_t257_ {Crystal}
1288
1289_t258_ {FAO document repository}
1290
1291_t259_ {FAO on the Internet (1998)}
1292
1293_t260_ {Food and Nutrition Library 1.1}
1294
1295_t261_ {Greenstone Archives}
1296
1297_t262_ {HCI Bibliography}
1298
1299_t263_ {Humanity Development Library}
1300
1301_t264_ {Indigenous Peoples}
1302
1303_t265_ {Kiwi Aircraft Images}
1304
1305_t266_ {Language Extraction Demo}
1306
1307_t267_ {Medical and Health Library}
1308
1309_t268_ {MSWord and PDF Demonstration}
1310
1311_t269_ {Music Videos}
1312
1313_t270_ {OAI Plugin demo}
1314
1315_t271_ {Poverty Alleviation}
1316
1317_t272_ {Project Gutenberg}
1318
1319_t273_ {TidBITS}
1320
1321_t274_ {Virtual Disaster Library}
1322
1323_t275_ {Women's History}
1324
1325_t276_ {World Environment Library}
1326
1327_t277_ {Youth Oral History}
1328
1329
1330#######################################################################
1331
1332package intn
1333
1334_t278_ {Internationalizing Greenstone}
1335
1336_t279_ {There are several different levels of Greenstone language support.}
1337
1338_t280_ {Core languages}
1339
1340_t281_ {
1341English, French, Spanish, and Russian are Greenstone core languages. For
1342these there is a full translation, including interface, documentation,
1343sample collections, installation instructions. They have been produced in
1344conjunction with UNESCO and are distributed with all versions of
1345Greenstone, including the CD-ROM version. They are updated whenever the
1346CD-ROM is re-issued (so far, approximately once a year).
1347}
1348
1349_t282_ {Full translation}
1350
1351_t283_ {
1352Full translations of Greenstone include the interface and all the
1353documentation. Translating the documentation is a big job, and so far,
1354apart from the UNESCO-supported CD-ROM project, there is only one example
1355-- Kazakh. We would like to encourage more people to do full translations.
1356}
1357
1358_t284_ {Maintained interface-only translation}
1359
1360_t285_ {
1361&quot;Maintained&quot; translations include the language interface and a
1362designated person who updates it. The Greenstone interface has been
1363translated into many languages. However, the system is growing and language
1364interfaces become out-dated as new features are added to the software. For
1365each language, we are hoping to find a volunteer who undertakes to
1366periodically maintain the interface for that language.
1367}
1368
1369_t286_ {Unmaintained interface-only translation}
1370
1371_t287_ {
1372The interface comes in two parts: a &quot;core&quot; part that contains the
1373basic digital library interface, and an &quot;auxiliary&quot; part that
1374that concerns functionality that is generally only used by the library
1375maintainer (e.g. the Administration pages and the Collector). Many language
1376interfaces just contain the core part; since the core changes relatively
1377slowly these are mostly fairly complete. However, some unmaintained
1378translations are rather out of date.
1379}
1380
1381_t288_ {In progress}
1382
1383_t289_ {For some languages, the translation process is still in progress.}
1384
1385_t290_ {
1386When you download Greenstone, the core language interfaces (English,
1387French, Spanish and Russian) come automatically. The other languages are
1388provided in a separate package which can be <a
1389href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12123&release_id=173035">downloaded</a>
1390and installed as required. This makes the downloads smaller, and for those
1391who do not need all the languages Greenstone is slightly smaller and
1392faster.
1393}
1394
1395_tnzdl_ {NZDL Project}
1396
1397_tunesco_ {UNESCO}
1398
1399_t291_ {Here is a summary of the languages currently supported:}
1400
1401_t292_ {Language}
1402
1403_t293_ {Status}
1404
1405_t294_ {Maintainer}
1406
1407_t295_ {Arabic}
1408
1409_t296_ {unmaintained}
1410
1411_t297_ {Chinese}
1412
1413_t298_ {in progress}
1414
1415_t299_ {Czech}
1416
1417_t300_ {maintained}
1418
1419_t301_ {English}
1420
1421_t302_ {core}
1422
1423_t303_ {Dutch}
1424
1425_t304_ {French}
1426
1427_lng1_ {Finnish}
1428
1429_t305_ {Galician}
1430
1431_t306_ {German}
1432
1433_t307_ {Greek}
1434
1435_t308_ {Hebrew}
1436
1437_lng2_ {Hindi}
1438
1439_t309_ {Indonesian}
1440
1441_t310_ {Italian}
1442
1443_t311_ {Japanese}
1444
1445_lng3_ {Kannada}
1446
1447_t312_ {Kazakh}
1448
1449_t313_ {full}
1450
1451_t314_ {Maori}
1452
1453_t315_ {Nepalese}
1454
1455_t316_ {Portuguese (Brazil)}
1456
1457_t317_ {Portuguese (Portugal)}
1458
1459_t318_ {Russian}
1460
1461_t319_ {Serbian}
1462
1463_t320_ {Spanish}
1464
1465_t321_ {Thai}
1466
1467_t322_ {Turkish}
1468
1469_t323_ {Ukrainian}
1470
1471_t324_ {Vietnamese}
1472
1473_t325_ {Information for language maintainers}
1474
1475_t326_ {
1476There are two methods for working with Greenstone language interface (apart
1477from editing the macro files directly, which is not recommended).
1478}
1479
1480_t327_ {Spreadsheet}
1481
1482_t328_ {
1483We send you an Excel spreadsheet that contains all the English text
1484strings, with empty cells for the translation. You fill it in and return
1485it, and we install it in Greenstone. This method is probably the best for
1486large-scale translation, but requires Microsoft software.
1487}
1488
1489_t329_ {Greenstone Translator's Interface}
1490
1491_t330_ {
1492The Greenstone translator's interface is a Web tool that presents the
1493English text strings needing translation, and provides boxes for entering
1494the translated text. Once submitted, translations are stored in the
1495appropriate language file. The system automatically determines which text
1496strings need translating or updating, and can easily be used to update a
1497language interface.
1498}
1499
1500_t331_ {
1501Generally it is best to use the spreadsheet to create the basic interface
1502and the translation interface to fine tune or update it in the future. In
1503either case you need a username and password, which we supply to designated
1504Greenstone language maintainers. If you are interested, you can play with
1505an open version of the system by logging into <a
1506href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a> with
1507username "guest" and no password, though if you do this you cannot save the
1508results.
1509}
1510
1511_t332_ {
1512To register as a designated Greenstone language maintainer, please send a
1513request to Michael Dewsnip (<a
1514href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>). As
1515soon as you receive your password please change it by going to <a
1516href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a>,
1517choosing the administration option, clicking the "change password" option
1518on the left hand side, and following the instructions.
1519}
1520
1521_t333_ {
1522As soon as you log in, the front page of the translator's interface is
1523presented to you. Read the instructions and start translating! You don't
1524have to translate all the strings in one session -- you can stop and
1525continue work later. There is a link at the bottom of each page under the
1526"submit" button that allows you to view a Greenstone site in the language
1527you have chosen, and see your translations take effect. (However, the
1528images are not yet created as you go.)
1529}
1530
1531_t334_ {Language-dependent text in Greenstone}
1532
1533_t335_ {
1534For your information and interest, the language-dependent text in
1535Greenstone comes in these places. We do not attempt to translate the
1536comments that appear in program code, scripts, or configuration files. Our
1537guideline is that non-programming users doing standard things with
1538Greenstone should be able to work entirely in their own language.
1539}
1540
1541_t336_ {User interface}
1542
1543_t337_ {Core}
1544
1545_t338_ {Text used in the basic digital library interface for Greenstone}
1546
1547_t339_ {On-line help for the basic digital library interface}
1548
1549_t340_ {Auxiliary}
1550
1551_t341_ {Text that is generally directed at the library maintainer (e.g. the
1552Administration pages and the Collector)}
1553
1554_t342_ {Text used in the Greenstone Librarian Interface}
1555
1556_t343_ {Text in scripts for running (and compiling) the GLI}
1557
1558_t344_ {The gli.txt help file}
1559
1560_t345_ {On-line help for the GLI}
1561
1562_t346_ {Collection building}
1563
1564_t347_ {Option descriptions and error messages in perl scripts, and plugins
1565and classifiers}
1566
1567_t348_ {Images}
1568
1569_t349_ {Text strings that appear in images that form part of the user
1570interface}
1571
1572_t350_ {Documentation}
1573
1574_t351_ {Manuals}
1575
1576_t352_ {Installer's guide (35 pp.)}
1577
1578_t353_ {User's guide (50 pp.)}
1579
1580_t354_ {Developer's guide (115 pp.)}
1581
1582_t355_ {From Paper to Collection (45 pp.)}
1583
1584_t356_ {Installation}
1585
1586_t357_ {Unix}
1587
1588_t358_ {Text in install.sh and setup.bash.}
1589
1590_t359_ {We do not translate text strings that appear during the
1591configuration process (./configure), because people installing programs on
1592Unix usually do so using English.}
1593
1594_t360_ {Windows}
1595
1596_t361_ {Text in the InstallShield installer used for Greenstone, and
1597setup.bat.}
1598
1599_t362_ {InstallShield comes with many different languages, and we are not
1600responsible for these translations.}
1601
1602_t363_ {Both}
1603
1604_t364_ {The install.txt file}
1605
1606_t365_ {Licence}
1607
1608_t366_ {
1609The GNU General Public Licence is written in English, and official
1610translations into other languages do not exist. However, an unofficial
1611translation is appended to the licence text that is presented during the
1612installation process.
1613}
1614
1615_t367_ {Sample Collections}
1616
1617_t368_ {Collection configuration files for sample collections supplied with
1618Greenstone.}
1619
1620
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