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The DSpace Submission forms, defined in the inputsubmission-forms.xml file, allows the inclusion of value pairs that can be organized in lists in order to populate dropdowns or other multiple choice elements. If you explore the default inputsubmission-forms.xml file, you can see that a number of such value pair lists are already pre defined.
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The value pairs system works well for short and flat lists of choices. DSpace offers a second way of structuring and managing more complex, hierarchical controlled vocabularies. In contrast to the value pairs system, these controlled vocabularies are managed in separate XML files in the [dspace]/config/controlled-vocabularies/ directory instead of being entered straight into inputsubmission-forms.xml
The taxonomies are described in XML according to this structure:
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You are free to use any application you want to create your controlled vocabularies. A simple text editor should be enough for small projects. Bigger projects will require more complex tools. You may use Protegé to create your taxonomies, save them as OWL and then use a XML Stylesheet (XSLT) to transform your documents to the appropriate format. Future enhancements to this add-on should make it compatible with standard schemas such as OWL or RDF.
How to invoke a controlled vocabulary from
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submission-forms.xml
Vocabularies need to be associated with the correspondent DC metadata fields. Edit the file [dspace]/config/inputsubmission-forms.xml and place a "vocabulary" tag under the "field" element that you want to control. Set value of the "vocabulary" element to the name of the file that contains the vocabulary, leaving out the extension (the add-on will only load files with extension "*.xml"). For example:
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The fact that this functionality deals with external sources of authority makes it inherently different from the functionality for controlled vocabularies. Another difference is that the authority control is asserted everywhere metadata values are changed, including unattended/batch submission, SWORD package submission, and the administrative UI.
How it looks in the DSpace user interface
The difference between an authority controlled metadata field and a non-authority controlled metadata field can be seen in the Edit interface for an accepted item.
This example shows a value for an author name that has been linked with an authority key. The green thumb represents the associated confidence value "Accepted": This authority value has been confirmed as accurate by an interactive user or authoritative policy.
How it works
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