Summary of My Greenstone Experiences

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Summary of My Greenstone Experiences
Frances Webb fbw4_at_cornell.edu Mann
Library October 31, 2005
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Mann Librarys Reasons for Selecting Greenstone

• Speed of Implementation
• Greenstone can import a great variety of file
  types.
• It can perform full-text searches over all
  accepted files.

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By default, both the original imported file and
an extracted HTML version are made available.
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Greenstone Librarian Interface
The GLI is an optional add-on to Greenstone.
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Metadata Management
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Hierarchical Metadata Model
Metadata.xml lt?xml version"1.0"
encoding"UTF-8"?gt lt!DOCTYPE GreenstoneDirectoryMe
tadata SYSTEM "http//greenstone.org/dtd/Greenston
eDirectoryMetadata/1.0/GreenstoneDirectoryMetadata
.dtd"gt ltGreenstoneDirectoryMetadatagt
ltFileSetgt ltFileNamegt.lt/FileNamegt
ltDescriptiongt ltMetadata
mode"accumulate" name"prcd.journal"gtVineyard
Notes2000lt/Metadatagt lt/Descriptiongt
lt/FileSetgt ltFileSetgt ltFileNamegtNo1
January2000\.pdflt/FileNamegt
ltDescriptiongt ltMetadata
mode"accumulate" name"dc.Date"gtJanuary
2000lt/Metadatagt ltMetadata
mode"accumulate" name"dc.Title"gtVineyard Notes
2000 no. 1 (January)lt/Metadatagt
lt/Descriptiongt lt/FileSetgt
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GLI Metadata Assignment Option
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Defining a Browsing Classifier
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Browsing Classifiers
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Interface Updates
Macro to replace this image _httpiconttitlegr_c
lifescie _httpprefix_/collect/lifescie/images/ti
tles_on.gif _httpiconttitleof_clifescie
_httpprefix_/collect/lifescie/images/titles.gif
_httpiconttitleon_clifescie _httpprefix_/colle
ct/lifescie/images/titles_on.gif _widthttitlex_c
lifescie 49
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Interface Updates
Macro to replace this image package
about _httpiconhabout_ctest _httpprefix_/colle
ct/test/images/h_about.gif _widthhabout_ctest
200 _heighthabout_ctest 57
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Interface Updates
Macro to insert a new classifier image package
Global _Authorswidth_ _widthtauthorsx_
_imageAuthors_ _gsimage_(_httpbrowseAuthors_,_h
ttpicontauthorsof_,_httpicontauthorson_,authors,_t
extimageAuthors_) _icontabAuthorsgreen_ ltimg
src"_httpicontauthorsgr_" width_widthtauthorsx_
border0gt _icontabAuthorsgreen_v1
_texticontabAuthorsgreen_ package
document _textAuthorspage_ _texticonhauthors_ _i
conAuthorspage_ ltimg src"_httpiconhauthors_"
width"_widthhauthors_" height"_heighthauthors_"gt
_iconAuthorspage_v1 lth2gt_texticonhauthors_lt/
h2gt package Global _textimageAuthors_ Browse
by Authors _texticontabAuthorsgreen_
Authors _httpicontauthorsgr_ _httpprefix_/colle
ct/test/images/tauthors.gif _httpicontauthorsof_
_httpprefix_/collect/test/images/tauthorsoff.gif
_httpicontauthorson_ _httpprefix_/collect/test/i
mages/tauthorson.gif _widthtauthorsx_
87 package document _texticonhauthors_
Authors _httpiconhauthors_ctest
_httpprefix_/collect/test/images/h_author.gif _w
idthhauthors_ctest 200 _heighthauthors_ctes
t 57 package help _textAuthorsshort_ access
publications by authors _textAuthorslong_
ltpgtYou can ltigtaccess publications by authorlt/igt
by pressing the ltigtauthorslt/igt button. This
brings up a list of authors.
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Interface Updates
Format String to adjust item listing format
VList "lttd valigntopgtlinkicon/linklt/tdgt lttd
valigntopgtex.srclinkOrex.thumbicon,ex.sr
ciconex./srclinklt/tdgt lttd valigntopgthighligh
t ifdc.Title, ltbgtOrdls.Title,dc.Title
,ex.Title,Untitledlt/bgt /highlight Ifprcd.
conference,ltbrgtprcd.conference Ifprcd.asso
c_file,ltbrgtltigt(sibling(All\'ltbrgt\')prcd.assoc_f
ile)lt/igt,Ifex.Source,ltbrgtltigt(ex.Source)lt/i
gt ifdc.Creator,ltbrgtnbspnbspnbspnbsp
sibling(All\'ltbrgtnbspnbspnbspnbsp\')dc.C
reator, ltbgtOrdls.Title,dc.Title,ex.Title
,Untitledlt/bgt /highlight lt/tdgt"
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Interface Updates
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Interface Updates
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Interface Language
Macros to define language interface _textmonth08_
les agosto _httpicontsubjgr_ les
_httpimg_/es/tsubjgr.gif _textDescriptionLong_
les ltpgt Puede ltigtaccedar a las publicaciones
por descripciónlt/igt pulsando el botón
ltigtdescripcióneslt/igt. Muestra una lista de
descripciones.
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A Greenstone Conceptual Limitation

• Though metadata can be assigned hierarchically,
  files are imported as atomic records.
• A single document is often composed of multiple
  files.

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A Limited Solution
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A Limited Solution
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Searching/Indexing
Define Search Indexes
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Searching/Indexing
Define Sub-collections Filters
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Searching/Indexing
Define Collection Partitions Using Filters
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Searching/Indexing
Defined Indexes
Defined Collection Partitions
Result
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