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- If you are a developer, or somebody looking to install the XML form builder, you will want to review Chapter 10: Enabling Form Creation with the XML Forms Modules, which discusses the installation and configuration of the module.
- If you are a user, then the following documentation assumes that you have some understanding of metadata schemas and XML, as well as Islandora specific concepts such as Content Models, and Collection Objects. The greater grounding you have in *XPath, XML Form Templates, and XML Schemas* (.xsds), the greater use you will be able to make of the form builder.
- Solution Packs are designed to come pre-packaged with suitable forms written in MODS. These forms can be copied, and edited or modified to suit your needs.
- Forms can be created based on any schema.
How to create a Custom Ingest Form
The XML Forms Builder allows you to create and manipulate xml form templates and affiliate them with content models. This means you can create custom forms for users to ingest items into collection by affiliating the content model with a form. You may want to create a custom metadata form to address the needs of your particular collection, or to pre-populate repeating fields. For example, if a collection of PDFs was all written by the same author, you may wish to create a custom form for this collection that has the author's name pre-populated, so that users ingesting into this collection will not need to re-enter this information. Using custom forms you can also specify which metadata elements you wish to use to describe your object, and create validation rules for particular fields, among other features.
- If you are a developer, or somebody looking to install the XML form builder, you will want to review the technical documentation relating to these modules.
- If you are a user, then the following documentation assumes that you have some understanding of metadata schemas and XML, as well as Islandora specific concepts such as Content Models, and Collection Objects. The greater grounding you have in XPath, XML Form Templates, and XML Schemas (.xsds), the greater use you will be able to make of the form builder.
- Solution Packs are designed to come pre-packaged with suitable forms in metadata schemas such as OAI_DC, MODS, PBCORE, DarwinCore and FGDC. These forms can be copied, and edited or modified to suit your needs.
- Forms can be created based on any schema.
Before You Begin
Required Modules
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