In certain cases, you may wish If you want to change the nature or behaviour behavior of Collection Objects in Islandora. By creating , you can create a custom collection object , you can which will override the default behaviour behavior of Islandora. A simplified overview of Collection Objects is provided in the introduction of this guide. For example, you can return objects that have a different relationship to the collection object, you can present objects in your collection in a custom way to your viewer, and you can create security policies that will restrict access to the items in your collection (overriding Fedora’s default behaviour). The security behavior).
A simplified overview of Collection Objects is provided in the introduction of this guide, but the following chapter provides more information about the default behavior of Islandora, how Collection Objects can be constructed, and how they can be extended and customized.
Overview:
Collection Objects have one mandatory Datastream (COLLECTION_POLICY) and several optional Datastreams. The optional Datastreams override the default behaviour behavior of the Islandora Module. You may add Datastreams by navigating to the collection object you wish to modify, and then adding Datastreams via the interface. You may also add these Datastreams using any Fedora tools tool that you are familiar with.
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The COLLECTION_POLICY Datastream must have a isMemberOfCollection relationship declared, and must be affiliated associated with the islandora:collectionCModel.
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