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Overview

The core Islandora module establishes a connection between the front-end Drupal website and the back-end Fedora Commons repository. Installing and enabling the Islandora module adds an Islandora Repository link to your site's Navigation menu, and an Islandora link to the Administration panel.

Requirements

Detailed requirements are outlined in the Installing the Islandora Module chapter of the documentation.

Without the Islandora Basic Collection module, the Islandora module will be effectively useless.

Optional Requirements

If you want to support languages other than English download and enable String Translation, and follow our guide for setting up additional languges.

Downloads

The module can be downloaded from the Islandora GitHub as a zip file.

You may also want to visit the Release Notes and Downloads or the Islandora GitHub home page.

Installation

The complete installation guide can be found at d. Installing the Islandora Module.

Usage

Basic instructions for using the Islandora module can be found in Chapter 3 - Getting Started with Islandora - Ready for Review (KS)

Configuration

Once installed, configuration options for the Islandora module can be found on your site at http://path.to.your.site/admin/islandora/configure, and includes the following options:

General Configuration

The Fedora Base URL is the path to the Fedora webapp on your Tomcat (or other) server. On a default installation, this will be http://localhost:8080/fedora; if your port or path were changed during installation, these will need to be corrected to reflect that.
The Root Collection PID is the Persistent Identifier fedora will use for your root collection. This may not need to be changed.
UUID PID Generation adds the option to generate Fedora object PIDs with v4 UUIDs.

Namespaces

It may be convenient to set up namespace restrictions on your site - for example, to prevent sharing of objects across multiple sites using the same installation. Restrictions entered can use the following formats:

Use namespace: to add access to all of the objects using the namespace: PID
Use namespace:object to allow access to a specific object