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When developing a metadata form it can be useful is important to have an XML editor to test code you created and editted XML in. Typically these editors can help you determine the XPath of an element, whether the output you are producing is valid, etc. XML editors would include oXygen (commerical), XPontus (opensource), and there are many others.

Anytime you are working with software that writes XML, it's important to validate that XML against the schema, and also to ensure backward compatability when importing metadata that follows older versions of the schema.

XML Form Builder

XML Form Builder is a Drupal module that integrates the creation of XML based forms into Islandora. Once a form has been built, it is associated with a content model. This tutorial will take you through the process of creating a form, associating it with a content model, and implementing it with a collection. Once it has been created you will be able to create and edit your metadata.

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