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This module allows you to add entities of type person, place, event, and organization to an Islandora repository. Entities are small, metadata-based objects. A number of additional features are provided in this module for those building an institutional repository with Islandora.

consist of metadata only, and can be used as authority records in a repository. Custom thumbnails can be added via the manage tab to ingested Events, Places, and Organizations. When creating People entities, a thumbnail can be added at time of object creation. People entities comes with a default MADS and EACCPF form. Events, and Places have an EACCPF form. Organization entities come with a Organization EAC-CPF form and a Department MADS form. If the thumbnail is not added afterward for the Events, Places, and Organizations Entities, the default icon is the folder icon used for collections. The Entity content model does not come with a form, but a form can be associated with this content model. The default "Entities" collection that is created does not include a policy for including the generic "entity" content model. If you wish to ingest generic entities via the interface, this content model needs to be added to the collection policy. All other entities are simultaneously associated with the generic Entity Content Model at the same time they are associated with the selected entity type content model (such as person or organization).

Additional features for use with the People Entity's MADS form:

Batch Ingest - Person Entities using the MADS form (Scholars) can be batch uploaded using the submodule Islandora Entities CSV Import. Batch ingested entities have a default association with the person entity cmodel and override any form association to create metadata serving the same view as the MADS person (see below). CSV's must be properly prepared. Any comma within a field must be replaced with a double pipe ie - 'Nursing, Department of' must be replaced with 'Nursing|| Department of' If multiple arguments are supplied within a single column, they must be separated with a ~ ie meat~cheese~pickles If a column in a CSV is to be processed it must have a header from the following list.

• STATUS
• POSITION
• EMAIL
• BUILDING ROOM_NUMBER
• IDENTIFIER
• TERM_OF_ADDRESS
• GIVEN_NAME
• FAMILY_NAME
• FAX
• PHONE
• DISPLAY_NAME
• DEPARTMENT
• BUILDING
• CAMPUS
• NAME_DATE
• STREET
• CITY
• STATE
• COUNTRY
• POSTCODE
• START_DATE
• END_DATE
• ROOM_NUMBER
• BUILDING
• CAMPUS

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Dependencies

• Islandora

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• Islandora Islandora Basic Collection
• Islandora Solr
• Islandora Solr Metadata
• Islandora Bookmark

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Release Notes and Downloads

Configuration

• The autocomplete for the MADS forms requires solr values. A standard installation should include the transformations in basic-solr-config (example config from discoverygarden)
• The link to the MADS transformation in foxmlToSolr.xslt must be uncommented. This will be either or depending on your installation.
• Islandora Solr Metadata must be chosen as the default metadata display. This can be set at Administration » Islandora » Metadata Display (admin/islandora/metadata).

The Solr field for searching entities and the entity collection are configurable at Administration » Islandora » Solution pack configuration » Entities (admin/islandora/solution_pack_config/entities).

Islandora Solr Metadata must be chosen as the default metadata display. This can be set at Administration » Islandora » Metadata Display (admin/islandora/metadata).

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These fields correspond to options for adding autcomplete fields to the MADS forms packaged with the module. The following autocomplete paths will work using the basic configuration:

• islandora/entities/autocomplete/scholar (for people)

• islandora/entities/autocomplete/department (for organizations)

• islandora/entities/autocomplete/disambiguated (for people in the "disambiguated full name" MADS field)

Configuration Panel:

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By default, the solution pack creates a single collection for all entities. If entities are divided into several collections, the PIDS for relevant collections can be added hereOn installation, the module creates an entities collection, but not sub-collections to ingest person entities into. 

View EACCPF Person

The default view for an EACCPF person record:

View MADS Person

The default view for a MADS person record (reflecting a "scholar" in an Institution)

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Other Views

EACCPF Objects, Events, and Places (after a thumbnail has been affiliated) will look as below:

Content Models, Prescribed Datastreams and Forms

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The Basic Image Solution Pack comes with the Basic image MODS form.People entities comes with a default MADS and EACCPF form. Events, and Places have an EACCPF form. Organization entities come with a Organization EAC-CPF form and a Department MADS form.