Overview

Custom entry forms allow VIVO to transcend the general-purpose, utilitarian editing scheme of Vitro. Without custom entry forms, VIVO users must edit each RDF triple individually. With a custom entry form, users can edit a complex data structure on a single page. 

VIVO is distributed with a dozens of custom entry form generators. You may want to modify these form generators, or add more of your own.

An example

Say you wish to establish that a particular person is a member of a particular academic department. This relationship can be expressed as a member role.  See Membership Model

But what if the academic department doesn't exist in VIVO yet? You will want to create that department, and assign a name to it. You may also want to record the member role in that department, when their membership began, and when it ended (if it is not ongoing).

Without a custom entry form, you would need to record each piece of data individually.

VIVO includes a custom form generator for this relationship. The custom entry form looks like this:

How is it created?