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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
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17_textimagesupport_ {Support}
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52#######################################################################
53
54package home
55
56_t1_ {About Greenstone}
57
58_t2_ {
59Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital
60library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and
61publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the
62<b>New Zealand Digital Library Project</b> at the <b>University of
63Waikato</b>, and developed and distributed in cooperation with
64<b>UNESCO</b> and the <b>Human Info NGO</b>. It is <b>open-source,
65multilingual</b> software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public
66License.
67}
68
69_namur_{
70The Greenstone project is the seventh recipient of the biennial
71<a href="http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/IFIP/award.html">Namur award</a>, which
72recognizes recipients for raising awareness internationally of the social
73implications of information and communication technologies.
74}
75
76_t3_ {
77UNESCO is running regional training workshops on the use of Greenstone.
78In 2003 they were in
79<a href="_httppagex_(report)">Bangalore, India</a> in August; Dakar,
80Senegal in September, and <a href="_httppagex_(reportSuva)">Suva, Fiji</a> in November.
81}
82_t3.save_ {<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.
83Please feel free to use it for learning -- or teaching! -- Greenstone.
84}
85_t4_ {
86<a
87href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/greenstone/">Download</a> Greenstone v2.50.
88The Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI),
89an easy-to-use frontend to Greenstone's collection-building
90functionality, has been extensively user tested and debugged.
91If you haven't already tried it, now is a great
92time to do so (and if you ran into problems before, please try this new version).
93Greenstone 2.50 also includes the new (and already very popular) PagedImgPlug plugin for
94processing sequences of page images, a new classifier that displays a
95collage of the images in a collection, provision for incremental updates
96of Greenstone in the future, and many other bug fixes and improvements.
97}
98
99_t5_ {
100One of the trickier parts of using Greenstone is coming up with a
101configuration file for your collection. To help learn how to do it,
102several fully-documented example collections have been placed at <a
103href="http://nzdl.org">nzdl.org</a> which explain, on the collection home page, just how they have been put together.
104}
105
106_t6_ {
107The complete Greenstone interface, and all documentation, is available in
108<b>English</b>, <b>French</b>, <b>Spanish</b>, <b>Russian</b> and
109<b>Kazakh</b>. Greenstone also has interfaces in many <a
110href="_httppagex_(intn)">other languages</a>. We are looking for <a
111href="_httppagex_(intn)#maintainers">volunteers</a> to add new language
112interfaces and help maintain existing ones.
113}
114
115_t7_ {
116The aim of the software is to empower users, particularly in universities,
117libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own
118digital libraries. Digital libraries are radically reforming how
119information is disseminated and acquired in UNESCO's partner communities
120and institutions in the fields of education, science and culture around the
121world, and particularly in developing countries. We hope that this
122software will encourage the effective deployment of digital libraries to
123share information and place it in the public domain. Further information
124can be found in the book <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/howto">How to build a
125digital library</a>, authored by two of the group's project members.
126}
127
128_t8_ {
129Also, the collect.cfg files for many of the collections at <a
130href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a> have been made available <a
131href="_httppagex_(colcfg)">here</a>.
132}
133
134_t9_ {
135This software is developed and distributed as an international cooperative
136effort established in August 2000 among three parties.
137}
138
139_t10_ {
140New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato
141}
142
143_t11_ {
144Greenstone software grew out of this project, and this initiative has been
145endorsed by the Communication Sub-Commission of the New Zealand National
146Commission for UNESCO as part of New Zealand's contribution to UNESCO's
147programme.
148}
149
150_t12_ {
151United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
152}
153
154_t13_ {
155The dissemination of educational, scientific and cultural information
156throughout the world, and particularly its availability in developing
157countries, is central to UNESCO's goals as pursued within its
158intergovernmental Information for All Programme, and appropriate,
159accessible information and communication technology is seen as an important
160tool in this context.
161}
162
163_t14_ {
164The Human Info NGO, based in Antwerp, Belgium
165}
166
167_t15_ {
168This project works with UN agencies and other NGOs, and has established a
169worldwide reputation for digitizing documentation of interest to human
170development and making it widely available, free of charge to developing
171nations and on a cost-recovery basis to others.
172}
173
174_t16_ {
175If you download Greenstone and install it with standard demonstration
176collections, or if you install it from the Greenstone CD-ROM, it will look
177exactly like <a
178href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/democols/library">this</a>.
179}
180
181
182#######################################################################
183
184package download
185
186_t18_ {Download Greenstone}
187
188_t19_ {
189Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the <a
190href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
191License</a>. It runs on Windows and Unix, and both source code and binaries
192are available for download. It is fully documented in English, French,
193Spanish and Russian.
194}
195
196_t20_ {
197Select the Greenstone distribution you require from the list below. Each
198distribution provides a complete interface in English, French, Spanish and
199Russian.
200}
201
202_t21_ {
203Each distribution also includes the "Greenstone Librarian
204Interface", a graphical tool for building digital libraries. It gives
205you access to Greenstone's functionality from an easy-to-use 'point and
206click' interface. To use this tool you will need a suitable Java Run-time
207Environment, which you can download via <a
208href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/">here</a> -- the latest version is currently 1.4.2 (then choose the JRE, not the SDK).
209}
210
211_t22_ {Windows distribution}
212
213_t23_ {
214This is the distribution you want if you're going to run Greenstone under
215any 32 bit Windows environment (that is, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP etc.).
216}
217
218_t24_ {
219Note that Greenstone will also run on 16 bit Windows (that is, Windows
2203.1/3.11). The installer program used by this distribution will not work on
221these versions of Windows however. Please <a
222href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a> if you need a version of
223Greenstone for 16 bit Windows.
224}
225
226_t25_ {
227Using this distribution you may either install the "local
228library", the "web library", or install and compile the
229source code (click <a href="_httppagex_(faq-installing)#1">here</a> for a
230description of the differences between the "local library" and
231the "web library"). You will be asked which form of Greenstone
232you want during the installation process.
233}
234
235_t26_ {
236This distribution includes everything you need to run Greenstone (including
237a pre-built demonstration collection) and to build new Greenstone
238collections. Some functionality is not included however, mostly in an
239attempt to keep the distribution as small as possible. See <a
240href="#packages">below</a> for details on how to get this missing
241functionality.
242}
243
244_t27_ {
245This distribution uses a standard Windows installer program, simply
246download the file and double-click it to install (see the <a
247href="_httpguide_(Install,en)">Installer's Guide</a> for more detailed
248installation instructions).
249}
250
251_t28_ {Unix distribution}
252
253_t29_ {
254This is the recommended distribution if you're installing Greenstone on any
255form of Unix.
256}
257
258_t30_ {
259This distribution comes with statically linked linux binaries. However, it
260also contains the Greenstone source code for compiling on other forms of
261Unix (or on linux if you prefer not to use the provided binaries).
262}
263
264_t31_ {
265This distribution includes everything you need to run Greenstone (including
266a pre-built demonstration collection) and to build new Greenstone
267collections. Some functionality is not included however, mostly in an
268attempt to keep the distribution as small as possible. See <a
269href="#packages">below</a> for details on how to get this missing
270functionality.
271}
272
273_t32_ {
274To install this distribution, extract the gzipped tar archive and run the
275<i>Install.sh</i> shell script from within the <i>gsdl-X.XX-unix/Unix</i>
276directory (see the <a href="_httpguide_(Install,en)">Installer's Guide</a> for
277more detailed installation instructions).
278}
279
280_t33_ {Mac OS X distribution}
281
282_t34_ {
283This distribution contains dynamically linked binaries for Mac OS X running
284on PowerPC platforms.
285}
286
287_t35_ {
288This distribution has been tested on Mac OS X 10.2.6 and 10.3.2. It
289includes the pre-built binaries and also includes the demonstration
290collection, pre-built. This distribution also includes the Greenstone
291Librarian Interface for building collections.
292}
293
294_t36_ {Source only distribution}
295
296_t37_ {
297This distribution contains the Greenstone source code along with the same
298demonstration collection as the distributions above (although the
299collection is not pre-built in this distribution).
300}
301
302_t38_ {
303This distribution does not have an automated installation procedure
304(running <i>Install.sh</i> will not work). Unless you're sure you know what
305you're doing you probably want one of the distributions above, both of
306which also contain the Greenstone source. Note that you can obtain an
307up-to-date version of the Greenstone source code at any time by using <a
308href="_httppagex_(cvs)">cvs</a>.
309}
310
311_t39_ {
312The following extra packages may be downloaded and installed along with an
313existing Greenstone installation to add functionality that was left out of
314the distributions above.
315}
316
317_langpack_ {Greenstone Language Pack}
318
319_langpackdesc_ {
320This package contains the interface to Greenstone in various different language versions; see <a href="_httppagex_(intn)">here</a> for details.
321}
322
323_t40_ {Export to CD-ROM package}
324
325_t41_ {
326This package enables the "export to CD-ROM" function from within
327Greenstone's Collector.
328}
329
330_t42_ {
331To install, simply download the file (it will work on both Windows and Unix
332and any version of Greenstone above 2.34) and extract the zip archive into
333the gsdl\\bin\\windows directory of your existing Greenstone installation.
334}
335
336_t43_ {
337The following utilities have been developed to be used along with
338Greenstone.
339}
340
341_dlteachingmaterial_ {A package of all material prepared for various Greenstone workshops.}
342
343_dlteachingmaterialdesc_ {See <a href="_httppagex_(docs)#teachingmaterial">here</a> for details.}
344
345_t44_ {The Organizer}
346
347_t45_ {
348The Organizer is a Windows application useful for automatically generating
349many of the configuration files (metadata.xml, sub.txt etc.) required by
350complex Greenstone collections.
351}
352
353_t46_ {
354To install, simply download and double-click the self-extracting executable
355file.
356}
357
358
359#######################################################################
360
361package examples
362
363_t47_ {Examples of Greenstone in Action}
364
365_t48_ {New Zealand Digital Library Project}
366
367_t49_ {
368A demonstration site set up by the developers of Greenstone, the New
369Zealand Digital Library Project. This site contains many collections,
370ranging from humanitarian information to computer science technical reports
371to demonstration collections of Chinese and Arabic documents.
372}
373
374_t50_ {Russian Greenstone Library}
375
376_t51_ {
377A Greenstone site containing several collections in the Russian
378language. This site was set up by a regional government department in the
379Mari El Republic of the Russian Federation.
380}
381
382_t52_ {Project Gutenberg}
383
384_t53_ {
385An on-going project to produce and distribute free electronic editions of
386literature, Project Gutenberg now contains more than 3,700 titles from
387Shakespeare to Dickens to the Bronte sisters. This site, maintained by
388Ibiblio, one of the original Gutenberg mirror sites, uses Greenstone to
389make the entire Gutenberg collection available in a fully searchable form.
390}
391
392_t54_ {University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart}
393
394_t55_ {
395Hochschule der Medien - an "Information and Media" digital
396library created by the University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany.
397}
398
399_t56_ {Gresham College Archive}
400
401_t57_ {
402A digital library created at Gresham College, London, England.
403}
404
405_t58_ {Center for the Study of Digital Libraries}
406
407_t59_ {
408Texas A&M University - A digital libraries research site containing
409prototypical Greenstone collections with an emphasis on Digital Floras.
410}
411
412_t60_ {Peking University Digital Library}
413
414_t61_ {
415Two experimental collections created at Peking University.
416}
417
418_t62_ {Music Information Retrieval Research}
419
420_t63_ {
421Virtual home of music information retrieval research.
422}
423
424_t64_ {Photograph Album}
425
426_t65_ {
427A collection of photographs taken by <a
428href="mailto:[email protected]">Gordon Paynter</a>.
429}
430
431_t66_ {Washington Research Library Consortium Special Collections}
432
433_t67_ {
434Digital material from the special collections of the eight universities of
435WRLC in Washington, D.C., USA.
436}
437
438_t68_ {Archives of Indian Labour}
439
440_t69_ {
441A collaborative project between the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute and
442the Association of Indian Labour Historians. The Archives of Indian Labour
443are dedicated to preserving and making accessible the fast depleting
444documents on the Indian working class.
445}
446
447_t70_ {NCSI Demonstration Collections}
448
449_t71_ {
450Demonstration collections created by students and staff at the National
451Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
452India. Many of these collections include content in Kannada and Hindi.
453}
454
455_t72_ {New York Botanical Garden}
456
457_t73_ {
458The rare book digitization project of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the
459New York Botanical Garden.
460}
461
462_t74_ {Lehigh University Digital Bridges Collection}
463
464_t75_ {
465A collection containing thirty books about bridges, all of which were
466published between 1811 and 1899. The collection was created at Lehigh
467University, Pennsylvania and features a heavily customized user interface.
468}
469
470_t76_ {Chopin Early Editions}
471
472_t77_ {
473A collection of digital images of early printed editions of musical
474compositions by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin. This collection was created
475by the University of Chicago Library and, once completed, will include its
476entire collection of over 400 Chopin early editions. The greenstone
477collection configuration file for this collection has also been made
478available and can be downloaded <a
479href="http://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/collect/chopin/etc/collect.cfg">here</a>.
480}
481
482_t78_ {Slavonski Brod Public Library}
483
484_t79_ {
485The pilot project of digitization of local studies collection in Slavonski
486Brod Public Library, Croatia.
487}
488
489_ex1t_ {Mirabilia Vicomercati}
490
491_ex1d_ {
492Mirabilia 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.
493}
494
495_ex2t_ {Illinois Wesleyan University Argus Digital Collection}
496
497_ex2d_ {
498Illinois 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.
499}
500
501_ex3t_ {Human Rights in Argentina}
502
503_ex3d_ {
504This 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.
505}
506
507_ex4t_ {Auburn University Libraries Digital Library}
508
509_ex4d_ {
510This 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.
511}
512
513_ex5t_ {State Library of Tasmania Sheet Music Collection}
514
515_ex5d_ {
516This 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.
517}
518
519_ex6t_ {Indian Institute of Science Publications Database}
520
521_ex6d_ {
522Indian 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.
523}
524
525
526#######################################################################
527
528package docs
529
530_t80_ {Greenstone Documentation}
531
532_t81_ {Manuals}
533
534_t82_ {
535The following Greenstone manuals are available in PDF format for
536download. They're available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and
537Kazakh.
538}
539
540_installersguide_ {Installer's Guide}
541
542_t83_ {english}
543
544_t84_ {spanish}
545
546_t85_ {french}
547
548_t86_ {russian}
549
550_t87_ {kazakh}
551
552_t88_ {
553Describes in detail the Greenstone installation process. Note that the
554<i>Installer's Guide</i> assumes that Greenstone is being installed from a
555CD-ROM distribution. The instructions should be adapted in the obvious way
556when installing from a web download.
557}
558
559_usersguide_ {User's Guide}
560
561_t90_ {
562General details on using Greenstone collections, the Collector web
563interface for building new collections, and Greenstone's administrative
564facilities.
565}
566
567_t92_ {sorry, no kazakh}
568
569_developersguide_ {Developer's Guide}
570
571_t94_ {
572A more detailed description of Greenstone's collection building process,
573including building collections from the command line or DOS prompt. Also a
574description of the structure of the Greenstone runtime system.
575}
576
577_t95_ {From Paper to Collection}
578
579_t96_ {
580A document describing the entire process of creating a digital library
581collection from paper documents. This includes the scanning and OCR process
582and the use of the "Organizer".
583}
584
585_t97_ {Inside Greenstone Collections}
586
587_t98_ {english(HTML)}
588
589_t99_ {english(PDF)}
590
591_t100_ {
592One of the trickier parts of using Greenstone is coming up with a
593configuration file for your collection. To help learn how to do it, this
594document presents, and explains, the configuration files for a few actual
595Greenstone collections, and also gives an example of how Greenstone's
596appearance can be customized. (Note, this document is intended to be used
597with Greenstone version 2.40 and higher.)
598}
599
600_t101_ {MG/MG++}
601
602_t102_ {
603For information about the underlying indexing and retrieval systems used by
604Greenstone, please go <a href="http://www.nzdl.org/html/mg.html">here</a>
605for MG, or download the <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user
606guide</a>.
607}
608
609_teachingmaterial_ {Teaching material}
610
611_teachingmaterialdesc_ {
612
613A package of all material prepared for various Greenstone workshops (<a href="_httpteachingmaterialdistro_">download</a>). These workshops focus on installing Greenstone and building collections with the Librarian Interface. Includes:
614<ul>
615<li>Introduction to the workshop (.html or .pdf)
616<li>Presentations (.pdf)
617<li>Lab instructions (.pdf)
618<li>Lab screenshots (.pdf)
619<li>Test files for several collections (including Word, PDF, HTML, JPG and GIF files)
620</ul>
621
622Please feel free to use these materials for learning -- or teaching! -- about Greenstone.
623<p>
624<b><i>One day course.</i></b>
625Given at Waikato in April 2004. The workshop CD-ROM was the UNESCO Greenstone 2.50 CD-ROM plus test files.
626<p>
627<b><i>Three day course.</i></b>
628Given at Suva, Fiji in November 2003. The workshop CD-ROM contained Greenstone 2.41 along with all teaching material.
629The package contains a .txt file giving the contents of the CD-ROM.
630
631}
632
633_t103_ {Mailing Lists}
634
635_t104_ {
636There are two mailing lists intended primarily for discussions about the
637Greenstone digital library software. Active users of Greenstone should
638consider joining one or both of these lists and contributing to the
639discussions.
640}
641
642_t105_ {Greenstone User's List}
643
644_t106_ {
645This list is for general Greenstone discussions. To send a message to this
646list, address it to <a
647href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. There
648is an archive of previous messages to this list at <a
649href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
650}
651
652_t107_ {Greenstone Developer's List}
653
654_t108_ {
655This list is for more technical discussions by people developing or
656modifying Greenstone. To send a message to this list, address it to <a
657href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
658}
659
660_t369_ {User Supplied Documentation}
661
662_t370_ {Customizing the Greenstone User Interface}
663
664_t371_ {
665An illustrated guide to customizing the Greenstone user interface. Written
666by Allison Zhang of the Washington Research Library Consortium
667}
668
669#######################################################################
670
671package support
672
673_t109_ {Greenstone Support}
674
675_t110_ {
676Before asking for help, please read the <a
677href="_httppagex_(faq)">frequently asked questions</a> list.
678}
679
680_t111_ {
681For Greenstone technical support please consider joining one of the <a
682href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">Greenstone mailing lists</a>.
683}
684
685_t112_ {
686Alternatively, fill in the form below and click the "submit"
687button to submit a query to the Greenstone support staff. Please fill in
688the form as fully as possible to aid our staff in giving the best possible
689service.
690}
691
692_t113_ {PERSONAL INFORMATION}
693
694_t114_ {Name}
695
696_t115_ {E-mail address}
697
698_t116_ {SYSTEM INFORMATION}
699
700_t117_ {Operating System}
701
702_t118_ {Windows 95}
703
704_t119_ {Windows 98}
705
706_t120_ {Windows ME}
707
708_t121_ {Windows NT 4}
709
710_t122_ {Windows 2000}
711
712_t123_ {Windows XP}
713
714_t124_ {Windows 3.11}
715
716_t125_ {Windows 3.1}
717
718_t126_ {Linux}
719
720_t127_ {Other (please specify below)}
721
722_t128_ {Other OS}
723
724_t129_ {CPU (type and speed)}
725
726_t130_ {Memory (RAM) in MB}
727
728_t131_ {Web browser}
729
730_t132_ {Netscape 4}
731
732_t133_ {Netscape 4.5}
733
734_t134_ {Netscape 6}
735
736_t135_ {Mozilla}
737
738_t136_ {Internet Explorer 4}
739
740_t137_ {Internet Explorer 5}
741
742_t138_ {Internet Explorer 6}
743
744_t139_ {Other web browser}
745
746_t140_ {Was your browser provided by your internet service provider?}
747
748_t141_ {no}
749
750_t142_ {yes}
751
752_t143_ {don't know}
753
754_t144_ {Is your browser configured to use a proxy?}
755
756_t145_ {Web server}
757
758_t146_ {not applicable}
759
760_t147_ {Apache 1.3}
761
762_t148_ {Apache 2.0}
763
764_t149_ {Microsoft IIS 4.0}
765
766_t150_ {Microsoft IIS 5.0}
767
768_t151_ {Microsoft PWS}
769
770_t152_ {Other server}
771
772_t153_ {GREENSTONE INFORMATION}
773
774_t154_ {Version}
775
776_t155_ {CD-ROM distribution}
777
778_t156_ {Installation type}
779
780_t157_ {local library}
781
782_t158_ {web library}
783
784_t159_ {PROBLEM DESCRIPTION}
785
786_t160_ {Problem type}
787
788_t161_ {question}
789
790_t162_ {problem/error}
791
792_t163_ {suggested enhancement}
793
794_t164_ {other}
795
796_t165_ {Can the problem be reproduced at will?}
797
798_t166_ {Short description}
799
800_t167_ {Long description}
801
802_t168_ {
803(If you are reporting a problem, please go into as much detail as possible.
804Make sure you describe all steps leading up to the problem and include any
805relevant URLs.)
806}
807
808
809#######################################################################
810
811package faq
812
813_greenstonefaq_ {Greenstone FAQ}
814
815_headinggeneral_ {General Information}
816
817_t171_ {What is Greenstone?}
818
819_t172_ {How is Greenstone licensed?}
820
821_t173_ {What platforms will Greenstone run on?}
822
823_t174_ {Are there any mailing lists concerned with Greenstone?}
824
825_t175_ {Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?}
826
827_t176_ {How do I contribute to Greenstone?}
828
829_headingobtaining_ {Obtaining Greenstone}
830
831_t178_ {Where do I get Greenstone from?}
832
833_t179_ {Are there binary distributions of Greenstone available?}
834
835_t180_ {Is Greenstone available on CD-ROM?}
836
837_t181_ {Is the Greenstone source code available via CVS?}
838
839_headinginstalling_ {Installing Greenstone}
840
841_t183_ {How do I compile Greenstone from a source or CVS distribution?}
842
843_t184_ {What is the difference between Greenstone's <i>local library</i> and <i>web library</i>?}
844
845_headingrunning_ {Running Greenstone}
846
847_t186_ {OK, I've installed Greenstone. Now how do I make it go?}
848
849_t187_ {What web browser do I need to view Greenstone collections?}
850
851_t188_ {When I start the Windows local library there are two buttons in the
852dialog box, "Enter Library" and "Restricted
853Version". They both seem to do the same thing, what's the difference?}
854
855_t189_ {So when should I use the "Restricted Version" of the local library?}
856
857_t190_ {When I start the Windows local library my computer asks me to dial
858up my Internet Service Provider. Do I really need to be online to run
859Greenstone?}
860
861_t191_ {I'm trying to use the Windows local library. My web browser is
862starting up as expected but the Greenstone home page never gets loaded or gives an error message. What's wrong?}
863
864_t192_ {Where can I get more Greenstone collections?}
865
866_t193_ {When I attempt to access certain parts of Greenstone I'm asked for
867a username and password. What do I enter?}
868
869_t194_ {When I use the <i>large query box</i> function I occassionally get
870a <i>Not Found</i> error.}
871
872_headingbuilding_ {Building Greenstone Collections}
873
874_tfaqbuildglititle_ {What is the "Greenstone Librarian Interface"}
875
876_t196_ {What is "the Collector"?}
877
878_t197_ {How do I build a collection from the command line or DOS prompt?}
879
880_t198_ {I built a new Greenstone collection on my Windows
881machine. Everything appeared to work fine while building, however when I
882tried to view the collection some of the documents contained no
883text. Sometimes Greenstone appeared to crash completely. What have I done
884wrong?}
885
886_t199_ {Why won't the Collector's "export to CD-ROM" function work?}
887
888_t200_ {I'm trying to use the Collector on Windows 2000 but it's running
889extremely slowly. Is this normal?}
890
891_t201_ {What is "the Organizer"?}
892
893_t202_ {Where do I get the Organizer?}
894
895_t203_ {I'm attempting to build a collection with the collector but it
896keeps failing with an error. What am I doing wrong?}
897
898_t204_ {Where can I find some example collect.cfg configuration files?}
899
900_t205_ {How can I build my collection using MGPP?}
901
902_tfaqbuild11title_ {I've added a new type of classification to my collection. How do I create and add the navigation bar images?}
903
904_tfaqbuildexpattitle_ {How do I fix XML::Parser errors during import.pl?}
905
906_headingplugins_ {More About Plugins}
907
908_tfaqplugins1title_ {What metadata is available for each plugin?}
909
910_tfaqplugins2title_ {I'm having problems with my PDF files! What's wrong?}
911
912_t207_ {FAQ Main Page}
913
914_t372_ {Show entire FAQ on a single page}
915
916_t373_ {Show FAQ on multiple pages}
917
918#######################################################################
919
920package faqgen
921
922_t208_ {
923Greenstone is a suite of software which has the ability to serve digital
924library collections and build new collections. It provides a new way of
925organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM.
926}
927
928_t209_ {
929Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the <a
930href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>.
931}
932
933_t210_ {
934Greenstone has been tested on Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/Me/NT/2000, most
935distributions of GNU/Linux, Darwin (Mac OS X), Solaris, and FreeBSD. It
936should in fact work on any Windows or Unix system. If you use a system
937other than those mentioned and you find Greenstone doesn't run, please <a
938href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.
939<p>Please note that the downloadable Windows distribution of Greenstone
940comes with an installer that will not work on 16 bit Windows. If you need
941to use Greenstone on Windows 3.1/3.11 please <a
942href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us.</p>
943}
944
945_t211_ {
946There are two Greenstone mailing lists. You can subscribe to them from the
947<a href="_httppagex_(docs)#mailing-lists">documentation</a> page.
948}
949
950_t212_ {
951The most popular mailing list ([email protected]) is
952archived as a Greenstone collection at <a
953href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gsarch">www.nzdl.org</a>.
954Note that this collection is updated only sporadically so may not always be
955completely up to date.
956}
957
958_t213_ {
959We welcome contributions or improvements to the Greenstone software!
960<br />Before you send in any contribution, you first need to make sure that
961your changes are compatible with the latest snapshop of the Greenstone
962source code. To get the latest code you'll need to use CVS (see <a
963href="_httppagex_(cvs)">here</a> for details).
964<br />You should then send the modified files, along with details of the
965modifications you've made, to <a
966href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
967
968<p>Before beginning work, you should announce what you're doing on the <a
969href="mailto:[email protected]">greenstone developer's list</a>
970to tell us what you plan to do and get some feedback.</p>
971}
972
973
974#######################################################################
975
976package faqob
977
978_t215_ {
979From the greenstone.org <a href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
980}
981
982_t216_ {
983Yes. At present there are binary distributions for 32 bit Windows, PowerPC
984Mac OS X, and i386 linux. They can be downloaded from the <a
985href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page.
986}
987
988_t217_ {
989While some version 2.37 and 2.38 CD-ROMs have been produced they're not
990currently being made widely available. You are encouraged to download the
991latest release of Greenstone from the <a
992href="_httppagex_(download)">download</a> page. If your internet connection
993is such that downloading Greenstone isn't possible please <a
994href="_httppagex_(support)">contact</a> us and we may be able to arrange
995for a CD-ROM to be sent out.
996}
997
998_t218_ {
999Yes, see our <a href="_httppagex_(cvs)">CVS page</a> for details.
1000}
1001
1002
1003#######################################################################
1004
1005package faqinst
1006
1007_t220_ {
1008See our <a href="_httpdocsdir_/compiling.html">compiling page</a>.
1009}
1010
1011_t221_ {
1012Firstly, the <i>local library</i> is only available if you're running
1013Greenstone under Windows. It's not yet available on Unix.
1014
1015<p>The major difference between the two is that the <i>local library</i>
1016contains it's own built-in webserver. The <i>web library</i> however,
1017requires an external webserver like Apache or Microsoft IIS. This makes the
1018<i>local library</i> much easier to install and configure than the web
1019library.</p>
1020
1021<p>For this reason, it's recommended that Windows users install the
1022<i>local library</i> unless they're sure that they need the <i>web
1023library</i>. Even if you think you might need the <i>web library</i>, try
1024installing the <i>local library</i> first. You can always uninstall it
1025later and install the <i>web library</i> if you then decide you need
1026it.</p>
1027
1028<p>A situation where the <i>web library</i> may be preferable is if you
1029plan to serve your Greenstone collections as a full-time service on the
1030web. In this case you'll probably want the added stability that running the
1031<i>web library</i> in conjunction with an external webserver can
1032provide.</p>
1033
1034<p>Please note that the <i>local library</i> is quite capable of serving
1035Greenstone collections over a local area network or the web (despite its
1036rather misleading name).</p>
1037}
1038
1039
1040#######################################################################
1041
1042package faqrun
1043
1044_t223_ {
1045If you're using the Windows <i>local library</i> you should be able to
1046simply select "Greenstone Digital Library" from within the
1047programs in your <i>start</i> menu.
1048
1049<p>If you're using the <i>web library</i> things are a little less obvious
1050however. First make sure your webserver is configured correctly and is
1051running (see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Installer's
1052Guide</a> and your webserver's documentation for details). You can then
1053simply open your web browser and point it at the URL of Greenstone's
1054library executable. This is dependant on the way you configured Greenstone
1055and your webserver. Typically it might be something like
1056http://localhost/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.exe.</p>
1057}
1058
1059_t224_ {
1060Greenstone relies on a web browser that supports tables, javascript, and in
1061some places, frames. Any reasonably modern browser will do. Examples are
1062Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, Netscape 4, and Mozilla. Newer releases of
1063all these browsers will also work.
1064
1065<p>If you find that your favourite web browser does not work with
1066Greenstone, please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a>.</p>
1067
1068<p>Note that there is an exception to the rule that any modern browser will
1069do when running Greenstone. That is when you're using the restricted
1070version of the Windows local library when you must use Netscape. See the
1071discussion below on the differences between the "Restricted
1072Version" and the standard "Enter Library" version of the
1073local library for details.</p>
1074}
1075
1076_t225_ {
1077The webserver built into the local library uses the networking software
1078built into your Windows operating system in order to function. If your
1079computer has never been connected to a network this networking software may
1080not be installed however. For this reason Greenstone comes with some
1081networking software of it's own that it will use if it can't find any
1082installed on your computer.
1083
1084<p>When you click the "Enter Library" button, Greenstone first
1085checks to see if your computer has it's own networking software. If it
1086does, it starts up using that, if not it starts up using it's own
1087networking software.</p>
1088
1089<p>When you click the "Restricted Version" button, Greenstone
1090doesn't bother checking your system for networking software, it just goes
1091ahead and uses it's own.</p>
1092
1093<p>The catch is that there are several limitations with using the
1094Greenstone supplied networking software. The most important limitations are
1095that the local library won't be accessible from the network if run in this
1096way (that is, it really will be "local" to the machine on which
1097it's running) and that it must use a Netscape web browser. Using your
1098computer's built-in networking software is therefore the prefered
1099option.</p>
1100}
1101
1102_t226_ {
1103Since Greenstone will automatically use it's own networking software if it
1104can't find any installed on your computer it should not normally be
1105necessary to run the "Restricted Version" explicitly.
1106
1107<p>Times when it may be necessary are.</p>
1108<ul>
1109<li>If your computer's networking software has been installed incorrectly.</li>
1110<li>If Windows keeps attempting to dial up your internet service provider
1111when you click the "Enter Library" button.</li>
1112</ul>
1113}
1114
1115_t227_ {
1116No you don't need to be online. This is caused by the webserver built into
1117Greenstone's local library sending a message to your computer's networking
1118software to make sure it's functioning correctly. On many Windows systems
1119this causes the familiar dial up dialog box to appear. In most situations
1120you can simply cancel the dialog box and (if required) press your browser's
1121<i>reload</i> button to continue.
1122
1123<p>If this does not solve the problem, try starting the local library by
1124clicking the "Restricted Version" button rather than the
1125"Enter Library" button. See the discussion above on the
1126differences between the standard and restricted versions of the local
1127library for further details.</p>
1128}
1129
1130_t228_ {
1131<ol>
1132<li>Check your web browser's internet proxy settings and turn proxies off (use
1133<i>Edit preferences</i> on Netscape or <i>Internet options</i> on
1134Explorer).</li>
1135
1136<li>If Internet Explorer gives a message saying "The page cannot be
1137displayed" and "Cannot find server or DNS error" at the bottom of the
1138page, check in your network settings that your computer's name is set
1139up correctly. For example, if there is a DNS suffix entered in your
1140TCP/IP properties (in the Control Panel), make sure that your host
1141name and suffix are correct for your computer. If the server is running
1142correctly, you should be able to connect by visiting
1143<a href="http://127.0.0.1/">http://127.0.0.1/</a> in a web browser on the
1144same machine that the local library is running on.</li>
1145
1146</ol>
1147}
1148
1149_t229_ {
1150Collections like those at <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a>
1151will soon be made available for download.
1152}
1153
1154_t230_ {
1155The initial username required here is <i>admin</i>.
1156
1157<p>If you installed Greenstone using the InstallShield installer on Windows
1158or the Install.sh script on Unix you should have been asked to set a
1159password during the installation procedure.</p>
1160
1161<p>If you didn't, don't worry, the password defaults to being
1162<i>admin</i>.</p>
1163
1164<p>So if you don't know what to enter you should try username =
1165<i>admin</i>, password = <i>admin</i>.<p>
1166}
1167
1168_t231_ {
1169This may be caused by the URL becoming too long for your web
1170browser. Because Greenstone currently stores all state information in the
1171URL, if you do a search for a long phrase the URL can become very
1172long. Different browser's on different platforms have different maximum URL
1173lengths but in general it seems that Netscape can handle longer URLs than
1174can Microsoft Internet Explorer.
1175
1176<p>There is very little you can do to avoid this problem with the way
1177Greenstone is currently implemented (aside from not searching for long
1178phrases). Future versions of Greenstone may store some state information on
1179the server rather than in the URL but this has yet to be implemented.</p>
1180}
1181
1182
1183#######################################################################
1184
1185package faqbuild
1186
1187_tfaqbuildglibody_ {
1188The Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI) is a graphical tool for building new
1189collections, altering or
1190deleting existing collections, and exporting existing collections to
1191stand-alone CD-ROMs. It allows you to import or assign metadata, and
1192has an interactive collection design module. Launch the GLI under Windows
1193by selecting <i>Greenstone Digital Library</i> from the <i>Programs</i>
1194section of the <i>Start</i> menu and choosing <i>Librarian Interface</i>.
1195Under Linux, run <i>gli.sh</i> from the <i>gsdl/gli</i> directory.
1196For details on using the Librarian Interface see the
1197<a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone User's Guide</a>.
1198}
1199
1200_t233_ {
1201The Collector is a web interface for collection building, altering and
1202exporting. It predates the Librarian Interface and for most
1203practical purposes, the Librarian Interface should be used instead.
1204To begin using the Collector, click the "The
1205Collector" button on your Greenstone home page. For further details on
1206using the Collector see the <a href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone User's
1207Guide</a>.
1208}
1209
1210_t234_ {
1211It's occasionally preferable to build your Greenstone collections from the
1212command line rather than from the Collector. This allows you greater
1213control over how your new collection turns out. See the <a
1214href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone Developer's Guide</a> for detailed step
1215by step instructions on building collections from the command line.
1216}
1217
1218_t235_ {
1219Are you running Norton Anti-Virus? There are some incompatibilities between
1220Norton and the Greenstone collection building process that cause
1221unpredictable things to happen if you build your collection while Norton is
1222running. Try disabling Norton and rebuilding the collection.
1223
1224<p>If you do not have Norton or disabling Norton does not solve the problem
1225please <a href="_httppagex_(support)">contact us</a> for further help.</p>
1226}
1227
1228_t236_ {
1229If you downloaded Greenstone from the web you will not have all the
1230components required to make the "export to CD-ROM" function
1231work. These extra components have been made available in a separate
1232download which you can get from the <a
1233href="_httppagex_(download)#packages">download</a> page.
1234}
1235
1236_t237_ {
1237Are you using a Netscape web browser with the local library? If so, try
1238using Internet Explorer instead. There are some socket connection problems
1239that show up on Windows 2000 when using Netscape.
1240}
1241
1242_t238_ {
1243The Organizer (also called the "Collection Organizer") is a
1244Windows utility used for automatically generating some of the configuration
1245files (metadata.xml, sub.txt etc.) used by complex Greenstone collections.
1246}
1247
1248_t239_ {
1249From the <a href="_httppagex_(download)#utilities">download</a> page.
1250}
1251
1252_t240_ {
1253There are several reasons that the collector might fail to build a
1254collection and the error messages it produces are not always very helpful.
1255
1256<p>If you changed the default configuration during the <i>configure
1257collection</i> stage you'll need to make sure the changes were valid. For
1258example, if you added a new <i>classify</i> or <i>plugin</i> line you'll
1259need to make sure that the classifier and/or plugin names and arguments are
1260all correct. If they're not the collector will fail. A good test is to
1261build your collection without changing the configuration. If it builds ok
1262with the default configuration but fails after you change the configuration
1263you'll need to look closely at the changes you're making.</p>
1264
1265<p>Another good thing to do if having problems with the collector is to
1266build your collection from the command line instead. You'll get much more
1267feedback to help debug problems when building in this way. For details on
1268how to build a collection from the command line see the <a
1269href="_httppagex_(docs)">Greenstone developer's guide</a>.</p>
1270}
1271
1272_t241_ {
1273The collect.cfg files for many of the collections at <a
1274href="http://www.nzdl.org">www.nzdl.org</a> have been made available <a
1275href="_httppagex_(colcfg)">here</a>.
1276}
1277
1278_t242_ {
1279The <a href="_httpdocsdir_/mgpp_user.pdf">MGPP user manual</a> gives some
1280instructions.
1281}
1282
1283_tfaqbuild11body_ {
1284To 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.
1285<p>
1286These 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.
1287<p>
1288<i>base.dm:</i>
1289<br>
1290<br>\_Countrieswidth\_ \{\_widthcountx\_ \}
1291
1292<br>\_imageCountries\_ \{\_gsimage\_(\_httpbrowseCountries\_,\_httpicontcountof\_,\_httpicontcounton\_,countries,\_textimageCountries\_)\}
1293<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_ \{&lt;img
1294src="\_httpicontcountgr\_" width=\_widthtcountx\_ border=0&gt;\}
1295<br>\_icontabCountriesgreen\_[v=1] \{\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \}
1296<p>
1297<i>document.dm:</i>
1298<br>
1299<br>\_textCountriespage\_ \{\_texticonhcount\_ \}
1300
1301<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ \{&lt;img src="\_httpiconhcount\_" width="\_widthhcount\_"
1302height="\_heighthcount\_"&gt;\}
1303<br>\_iconCountriespage\_ [v=1] \{&lt;h2&gt;\_texticonhcount\_&lt;/h2&gt;\}
1304
1305<p>
1306<i>english.dm:</i>
1307<br>
1308<br>\_textimageCountries\_ \{Browse by countries\}
1309<br>\_texticontabCountriesgreen\_ \{Countries\}
1310<br>\_texticonhcount\_ \{Countries\}
1311<br>\_textCountriesshort\_ \{access publications by country\}
1312<br>\_textCountrieslong\_ \{&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;i&gt;access publications by country&lt;/i&gt; by
1313pressing the &lt;i&gt;countries&lt;/i&gt; button. This brings up a list of countries. \}
1314<br>
1315<br>## "countries" ## nav\_bar\_button ## tcount ##
1316<br>\_httpicontcountgr\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountgr.gif\}
1317<br>\_httpicontcountof\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcountof.gif\}
1318<br>\_httpicontcounton\_ \{\_httpimg\_/tcounton.gif\}
1319<br>\_widthtcountx\_ \{87\}
1320
1321<br>## "countries" ## green_title ## h_count ##
1322<br>\_httpiconhcount\_ \{\_httpimg\_/h\_count.gif\}
1323<br>\_widthhcount\_ \{200\}
1324<br>\_heighthcount\_ \{57\}
1325
1326
1327<p>
1328The 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.
1329<i>h_count.gif</i> is the title image.
1330
1331<p>These images can be generated by copying the two ## blocks from above into a temp file and running translate.pl on it eg.
1332
1333<br>translate.pl -language_symbol en temp.dm
1334
1335<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.
1336<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.
1337}
1338
1339_tfaqbuildexpatbody_ {
1340Our 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).
1341<p>
1342On the Mac, our distribution contains modules for both perl 5.6 and 5.8 and the correct one should (hopefully) be installed.
1343<p>
1344A typical error message during import.pl would be:
1345<p>
1346Uncaught 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
1347<p>
1348To 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.
1349<p>
1350On 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>.
1351<p>
1352You may also need to get Expat, available from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/</a>.
1353
1354}
1355#######################################################################
1356
1357package faqplugins
1358
1359
1360# base puts in surrounding <p> and </p>, so skip first and last ones
1361#
1362_metadata_ {
1363
1364"Default" means that the metadata fields will be automatically assigned (or
1365extracted if possible), while the "Available fields" lists other items
1366of metadata that the plugin may be able to assign based on any arguments
1367given to that plugin in the <tt>collect.cfg</tt> file.
1368All plugins are derived from BasPlug, and have following metadata fields:
1369
1370<table border="1">
1371<tr>
1372 <th> </th>
1373 <th> Default fields </th>
1374 <th> Available fields </th>
1375</tr>
1376<tr>
1377 <td> BasPlug </td>
1378 <td> Language, Encoding, Source </td>
1379 <td> FirstNNNN, kea, Acronym </td>
1380</tr>
1381</table>
1382</p>
1383
1384<p>
1385In addition, many plugins have additional fields available:
1386<table border="1">
1387
1388<tr>
1389 <th> Plugin name </th>
1390 <th> Default fields </th>
1391 <th> Available fields </th>
1392</tr>
1393
1394<tr>
1395 <td> BibTexPlug </td>
1396 <td> Title, Creator, Abstract, Author, Booktitle, Chapter, Copyright, Date,
1397 Edition, Editor, EntryType Journal, Keywords, Month, Note, Number,
1398 Pages, Publisher, PublisherAddress, Volume, Year </td>
1399 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1400</tr>
1401
1402<tr>
1403 <td> DBPlug </td>
1404 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1405 <td> (arbitrary metadata field names based on Database configuration file)
1406 </td>
1407</tr>
1408
1409<tr>
1410 <td> EMAILPlug </td>
1411 <td> Date, DateText, From, FromAddr, FromName, Headers, Subject,
1412 Title (based on subject, from, and date), To
1413 </td>
1414 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1415</tr>
1416
1417<tr>
1418 <td> ExcelPlug </td>
1419 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1420 <td> (all fields as in HTMLPlug) </td>
1421</tr>
1422
1423<tr>
1424 <td> HTMLPlug </td>
1425 <td> Title, URL </td>
1426 <td> Author, Creator, Email (others as found in the <tt>-metadata_fields</tt> option) </td>
1427</tr>
1428
1429<tr>
1430 <td> ImagePlug </td>
1431 <td> Image, ImageHeight, ImageSize, ImageType, ImageWidth, ScreenHeight,
1432 screenicon, ScreenSize, ScreenType, ScreenWidth, Source, srclink,
1433 srcicon, Thumb, ThumbHeight, ThumbType, ThumbWidth </td>
1434 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1435</tr>
1436
1437<tr>
1438 <td> IndexPlug </td>
1439 <td> as in the <tt>index.txt</tt> file </td>
1440 <td> (use metadata.xml files instead of using this plugin) </td>
1441</tr>
1442
1443<tr>
1444 <td> MARCPlug </td>
1445 <td> Creator, Description, MarcIdentifier, MarcSource, URL, Publisher,
1446 Relation, Rights, Subject, Title, Type </td>
1447 <td> (Metadata fields as in the <tt>marctodc.txt</tt> file) </td>
1448</tr>
1449
1450<tr>
1451 <td> OAIPlug </td>
1452 <td> URL, (all metadata in <tt>.oai</tt> markup file) </td>
1453 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1454</tr>
1455
1456<tr>
1457 <td> PDFPlug </td>
1458 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1459 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1460</tr>
1461
1462<tr>
1463 <td> PPTPlug </td>
1464 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1465 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1466</tr>
1467
1468<tr>
1469 <td> PSPlug </td>
1470 <td> Title </td>
1471 <td> Date, Pages, (all fields in TextPlug) </td>
1472</tr>
1473
1474<tr>
1475 <td> ReferPlug </td>
1476 <td> Abstract, BookConfOnly, Booktitle, Copyright, Creator, Date, Editor,
1477 Keywords, Journal, JournalsOnly, Number, Pages, Publisher,
1478 Publisheraddr, Report, Title, Volume </td>
1479 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1480</tr>
1481
1482<tr>
1483 <td> RTFPlug </td>
1484 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1485 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1486</tr>
1487
1488<tr>
1489 <td> SRCPlug </td>
1490 <td> Title, filename, includes, class, classdecl </td>
1491 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1492</tr>
1493
1494<tr>
1495 <td> TEXTPlug </td>
1496 <td> Title </td>
1497 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1498</tr>
1499
1500<tr>
1501 <td> UnknownPlug </td>
1502 <td> (as given in the <tt>-assoc_field</tt> plugin argument) </td>
1503 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1504</tr>
1505
1506<tr>
1507 <td> WordPlug </td>
1508 <td>&nbsp;</td>
1509 <td> (all fields in HTMLPlug) </td>
1510</tr>
1511
1512</table>
1513</p>
1514
1515<p>See section two of the _docs:developersguide_ for information about
1516options to plugins, or run the <tt>pluginfo.pl</tt> command on the
1517plugin name after setting up your environment for Greenstone.
1518(For example, "<tt>perl&nbsp;-S&nbsp;pluginfo.pl&nbsp;BasPlug</tt>".)
1519</p>
1520
1521<p>
1522In addition, every document can be manually assigned arbitrary metadata
1523fields and values through use of <tt>metadata.xml</tt> files, as discussed
1524in the manual.
1525}
1526
1527# base puts in surrounding <p> and </p>, so skip first and last ones
1528#
1529_pdfproblems_ {
1530PDF is a "page description language". This means that the document contains
1531objects and commands such as "draw this text here" and "draw this
1532image here".
1533</p>
1534
1535<p>
1536Greenstone uses an external program called "<tt>pdftohtml</tt>" to
1537extract text out of PDF files. Sometimes, there is no text that can be
1538extracted. This often depends on how the PDF was created.
1539
1540<ol>
1541<li>Adobe Acrobat Writer can be used to create PDFs from paper
1542documents that are scanned in by a scanner. In this case, the PDF file
1543contains images of text, rather than computer-readable text. Therefore,
1544<tt>pdftohtml</tt> cannot find any text to extract.</li>
1545
1546<li>Some programs (such as older versions of <tt>GNU ghostscript</tt>,
1547which is used by <tt>ps2pdf</tt> on Unix computers) sometimes create
1548"bitmap fonts", which means that every character in the document is
1549really an image rather than a computer readable letter. The
1550<tt>LaTeX</tt> type-setting program sometimes does this when the
1551"Computer Modern Roman" font is used.</li>
1552
1553<li>Certain characters and character combinations may be extracted incorrectly,
1554depending on the program that generated the PDF file. For example, "ligatures"
1555such as "fi", "fl", "ff" and "ffl" are often rendered using a special glyph
1556rather than as individual characters, and this information may be lost in
1557the textual representation. Also, some PDF generating programs may not
1558correctly encode accented characters. For example, to draw a lowercase "u"
1559with an umlaut accent, LaTeX draws a "u" and then draws an umlaut accent over
1560it. This means that <tt>pdftohtml</tt> will extract two separate characters
1561('š' and 'u') rather than a single accented character (Ì).</li>
1562
1563<li>PDF contains pieces of text, and coordinates for where that text
1564should be displayed. This means that <tt>pdftohtml</tt> may
1565incorrectly guess the order that the text fragments are supposed to
1566occur in. For example, for text that is in two or more columns, the text
1567may be extracted as the first sentence of each column, then the second
1568sentence of each column, and so on. In this case, the extracted text
1569is still usable for indexing purposes, but should not be displayed.
1570
1571In this case, a format statement should be added to the <tt>collect.cfg</tt>
1572file to provide a link to the original PDF file but not to the extracted
1573text, such as:
1574<center>
1575<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>
1576</center>
1577</li>
1578
1579<li>Because of the way that images are embedded in PDF files,
1580<tt>pdftohtml</tt> occasionally extracts an image upside-down, or mirrored.
1581This appears to be a bug in the program.</li>
1582
1583</ol>
1584}
1585
1586#######################################################################
1587
1588package cvs
1589
1590_cvstitle_ {CVS}
1591
1592_cvscheckout_ {
1593To check out the Greenstone source code from our server do the following:
1594}
1595
1596_cvsglicheckout_ {
1597To check out the Greenstone Librarian Interface source code, change to the gsdl directory and do the following:
1598}
1599
1600_cvsupdate_ {
1601Once you have the code you may update it at any time by changing to the
1602gsdl directory and typing:
1603}
1604
1605_notice_ {Note about versions}
1606
1607_recentversion_ {Make sure that your version of CVS is 1.11 or later. Some
1608operating systems (including Mac OS X and Solaris) have older versions
1609that can not connect to a non-default port. This causes an error such
1610the following:}
1611
1612_download_ {You can download pre-compiled packages of recent versions of CVS
1613from <a href="http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/">http://ftp.cvshome.org/release/binary/</a>.}
1614#######################################################################
1615
1616package colcfg
1617
1618_t246_ {Collection Configuration File Samples}
1619
1620_t247_ {collect.cfg file}
1621
1622_t248_ {Acronym Extraction Demo}
1623
1624_t249_ {Agricultural Information Modules}
1625
1626_t250_ {Arabic Collection}
1627
1628_t251_ {Bibliotheque pour le Developpement}
1629
1630_t252_ {Chinese Demonstration collection}
1631
1632_t253_ {Collection on Critical Global Issues (2nd edition)}
1633
1634_t254_ {Colt Bibliography}
1635
1636_t255_ {Computer Science Bibliographies}
1637
1638_t256_ {The Computists' Weekly}
1639
1640_t257_ {Crystal}
1641
1642_t258_ {FAO document repository}
1643
1644_t259_ {FAO on the Internet (1998)}
1645
1646_t260_ {Food and Nutrition Library 1.1}
1647
1648_t261_ {Greenstone Archives}
1649
1650_t262_ {HCI Bibliography}
1651
1652_t263_ {Humanity Development Library}
1653
1654_t264_ {Indigenous Peoples}
1655
1656_t265_ {Kiwi Aircraft Images}
1657
1658_t266_ {Language Extraction Demo}
1659
1660_t267_ {Medical and Health Library}
1661
1662_t268_ {MSWord and PDF Demonstration}
1663
1664_t269_ {Music Videos}
1665
1666_t270_ {OAI Plugin demo}
1667
1668_t271_ {Poverty Alleviation}
1669
1670_t272_ {Project Gutenberg}
1671
1672_t273_ {TidBITS}
1673
1674_t274_ {Virtual Disaster Library}
1675
1676_t275_ {Women's History}
1677
1678_t276_ {World Environment Library}
1679
1680_t277_ {Youth Oral History}
1681
1682
1683#######################################################################
1684
1685package intn
1686
1687_t278_ {Internationalizing Greenstone}
1688
1689_t279_ {There are several different levels of Greenstone language support.}
1690
1691_t280_ {Core languages}
1692
1693_t281_ {
1694English, French, Spanish, and Russian are Greenstone core languages. For
1695these there is a full translation, including interface, documentation,
1696sample collections, installation instructions. They have been produced in
1697conjunction with UNESCO and are distributed with all versions of
1698Greenstone, including the CD-ROM version. They are updated whenever the
1699CD-ROM is re-issued (so far, approximately once a year).
1700}
1701
1702_t282_ {Full translation}
1703
1704_t283_ {
1705Full translations of Greenstone include the interface and all the
1706documentation. Translating the documentation is a big job, and so far,
1707apart from the UNESCO-supported CD-ROM project, there is only one example
1708-- Kazakh. We would like to encourage more people to do full translations.
1709}
1710
1711_t284_ {Maintained interface-only translation}
1712
1713_t285_ {
1714"Maintained" translations include the language interface and a
1715designated person who updates it. The Greenstone interface has been
1716translated into many languages. However, the system is growing and language
1717interfaces become out-dated as new features are added to the software. For
1718each language, we are hoping to find a volunteer who undertakes to
1719periodically maintain the interface for that language.
1720}
1721
1722_t286_ {Unmaintained interface-only translation}
1723
1724_t287_ {
1725The interface comes in two parts: a "core" part that contains the
1726basic digital library interface, and an "auxiliary" part that
1727concerns functionality that is generally only used by the library
1728maintainer (e.g. the Administration pages and the Collector). Many language
1729interfaces just contain the core part; since the core changes relatively
1730slowly these are mostly fairly complete. However, some unmaintained
1731translations are rather out of date.
1732}
1733
1734_t288_ {In progress}
1735
1736_t289_ {For some languages, the translation process is still in progress.}
1737
1738_t290_ {
1739When you download Greenstone, the core language interfaces (English,
1740French, Spanish and Russian) come automatically. The other languages are
1741provided in a separate package which can be <a
1742href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12123&release_id=173035">downloaded</a>
1743and installed as required. This makes the downloads smaller, and for those
1744who do not need all the languages Greenstone is slightly smaller and
1745faster.
1746}
1747
1748_tnzdl_ {NZDL Project}
1749
1750_tunesco_ {UNESCO}
1751
1752_t291_ {Here is a summary of the languages currently supported:}
1753
1754_t292_ {Language}
1755
1756_t293_ {Status}
1757
1758_t294_ {Maintainer}
1759
1760_t302_ {core}
1761
1762_t313_ {full}
1763
1764_t300_ {maintained}
1765
1766_t296_ {unmaintained}
1767
1768_t298_ {in progress}
1769
1770_t295_ {Arabic}
1771
1772_armenian_ {Armenian}
1773
1774_lng5_ {Bosnian}
1775
1776_t297_ {Chinese}
1777
1778_lng4_ {Croatian}
1779
1780_t299_ {Czech}
1781
1782_t301_ {English}
1783
1784_t303_ {Dutch}
1785
1786_farsi_ {Farsi}
1787
1788_t304_ {French}
1789
1790_lng1_ {Finnish}
1791
1792_t305_ {Galician}
1793
1794_t306_ {German}
1795
1796_t307_ {Greek}
1797
1798_t308_ {Hebrew}
1799
1800_lng2_ {Hindi}
1801
1802_t309_ {Indonesian}
1803
1804_t310_ {Italian}
1805
1806_t311_ {Japanese}
1807
1808_lng3_ {Kannada}
1809
1810_t312_ {Kazakh}
1811
1812_t314_ {Maori}
1813
1814_marathi_ {Marathi}
1815
1816_t315_ {Nepalese}
1817
1818_t316_ {Portuguese (Brazil)}
1819
1820_t317_ {Portuguese (Portugal)}
1821
1822_t318_ {Russian}
1823
1824_t319_ {Serbian}
1825
1826_t320_ {Spanish}
1827
1828_t321_ {Thai}
1829
1830_t322_ {Turkish}
1831
1832_t323_ {Ukrainian}
1833
1834_t324_ {Vietnamese}
1835
1836_t325_ {Information for language maintainers}
1837
1838_t326_ {
1839There are two methods for working with Greenstone language interface (apart
1840from editing the macro files directly, which is not recommended).
1841}
1842
1843_t327_ {Spreadsheet}
1844
1845_t328_ {
1846We send you an Excel spreadsheet that contains all the English text
1847strings, with empty cells for the translation. You fill it in and return
1848it, and we install it in Greenstone. This method is probably the best for
1849large-scale translation, but requires Microsoft software.
1850}
1851
1852_t329_ {Greenstone Translator's Interface}
1853
1854_t330_ {
1855The Greenstone translator's interface is a Web tool that presents the
1856English text strings needing translation, and provides boxes for entering
1857the translated text. Once submitted, translations are stored in the
1858appropriate language file. The system automatically determines which text
1859strings need translating or updating, and can easily be used to update a
1860language interface.
1861}
1862
1863_t331_ {
1864Generally it is best to use the spreadsheet to create the basic interface
1865and the translation interface to fine tune or update it in the future. In
1866either case you need a username and password, which we supply to designated
1867Greenstone language maintainers. If you are interested, you can play with
1868an open version of the system by logging into <a
1869href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a> with
1870username "guest" and no password, though if you do this you cannot save the
1871results.
1872}
1873
1874_t332_ {
1875To register as a designated Greenstone language maintainer, please send a
1876request to Michael Dewsnip (<a
1877href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>). As
1878soon as you receive your password please change it by going to <a
1879href="http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/translate/library">this page</a>,
1880choosing the administration option, clicking the "change password" option
1881on the left hand side, and following the instructions.
1882}
1883
1884_t333_ {
1885As soon as you log in, the front page of the translator's interface is
1886presented to you. Read the instructions and start translating! You don't
1887have to translate all the strings in one session -- you can stop and
1888continue work later. There is a link at the bottom of each page under the
1889"submit" button that allows you to view a Greenstone site in the language
1890you have chosen, and see your translations take effect. (However, the
1891images are not yet created as you go.)
1892}
1893
1894_t334_ {Language-dependent text in Greenstone}
1895
1896_t335_ {
1897For your information and interest, the language-dependent text in
1898Greenstone comes in these places. We do not attempt to translate the
1899comments that appear in program code, scripts, or configuration files. Our
1900guideline is that non-programming users doing standard things with
1901Greenstone should be able to work entirely in their own language.
1902}
1903
1904_t336_ {User interface}
1905
1906_t337_ {Core}
1907
1908_t338_ {Text used in the basic digital library interface for Greenstone}
1909
1910_t339_ {On-line help for the basic digital library interface}
1911
1912_t340_ {Auxiliary}
1913
1914_t341_ {Text that is generally directed at the library maintainer (e.g. the
1915Administration pages and the Collector)}
1916
1917_t342_ {Text used in the Greenstone Librarian Interface}
1918
1919_t343_ {Text in scripts for running (and compiling) the GLI}
1920
1921_t344_ {The gli.txt help file}
1922
1923_t345_ {On-line help for the GLI}
1924
1925_t346_ {Collection building}
1926
1927_t347_ {Option descriptions and error messages in perl scripts, and plugins
1928and classifiers}
1929
1930_t348_ {Images}
1931
1932_t349_ {Text strings that appear in images that form part of the user
1933interface}
1934
1935_t350_ {Documentation}
1936
1937_t351_ {Manuals}
1938
1939_t352_ {Installer's guide (35 pp.)}
1940
1941_t353_ {User's guide (50 pp.)}
1942
1943_t354_ {Developer's guide (115 pp.)}
1944
1945_t355_ {From Paper to Collection (45 pp.)}
1946
1947_t356_ {Installation}
1948
1949_t357_ {Unix}
1950
1951_t358_ {Text in install.sh and setup.bash.}
1952
1953_t359_ {We do not translate text strings that appear during the
1954configuration process (./configure), because people installing programs on
1955Unix usually do so using English.}
1956
1957_t360_ {Windows}
1958
1959_t361_ {Text in the InstallShield installer used for Greenstone, and
1960setup.bat.}
1961
1962_t362_ {InstallShield comes with many different languages, and we are not
1963responsible for these translations.}
1964
1965_t363_ {Both}
1966
1967_t364_ {The install.txt file}
1968
1969_t365_ {Licence}
1970
1971_t366_ {
1972The GNU General Public Licence is written in English, and official
1973translations into other languages do not exist. However, an unofficial
1974translation is appended to the licence text that is presented during the
1975installation process.
1976}
1977
1978_t367_ {Sample Collections}
1979
1980_t368_ {Collection configuration files for sample collections supplied with
1981Greenstone.}
1982
1983
1984
1985######################################################################
1986# 'preferences' page
1987package preferences
1988######################################################################
1989
1990
1991#------------------------------------------------------------
1992# text macros
1993#------------------------------------------------------------
1994
1995_textpresentationprefs_ {Presentation preferences}
1996_textlanguage_ {Interface language:}
1997_textencoding_ {Encoding:}
1998_textformat_ {Interface format:}
1999_textgraphical_ {Graphical}
2000_texttextual_ {Textual}
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