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The following section will show you where to access forms in your Islandora installation, and how to clone and edit a form, and associate it with a content model. This section is for people who do not have knowledge of XPath, and covers only minimal configuration options. If you are more familiar with XPath, and XML, then we suggest that you go straight to the section on creating custom ingest forms, which provides a more technical overview of the interface, as well as information for creating elements.
A useful tutorial is included in this presentation: Metadata and XML Forms, Donal Moses (UPEI), presented at Islandora Camp NY, November 20, 2013, available at http://islandora.ca/sites/default/files/Metadata%20XMLForms%20Islandora%20Camp%20NY%202013.pdf . This tutorial steps through the process of building a simple Dublin Core form, and includes screenshots of each step.
To access the XML form builder, log into your Islandora site as an administrator, and navigate to Islandora > Form Builder (admin/islandora/xmlform). You should see the screen below:
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The following section presumes that you are using the Virtual Machine Image or are visiting http://sandbox.islandora.ca OR that you have installed and configured the XML Forms module, and that you have a basic knowledge of XPath and understand metadata schemas. For an overview of how Islandora handles descriptive metadata, read Chapter 11 - Metadata in Islandora - Ready for Review (KS). This section will discuss how to create a new form using the Islandora Form Builder.
A useful tutorial on how to create a new form is here: Metadata and XML Forms, Donal Moses (UPEI), presented at Islandora Camp NY, November 20, 2013, available at http://islandora.ca/sites/default/files/Metadata%20XMLForms%20Islandora%20Camp%20NY%202013.pdf . This tutorial steps through the process of building a simple Dublin Core form, and includes screenshots of each step.
The XML Forms Builder allows you to create and manipulate XML form templates and associate them with content models. This allows you to create custom forms to address the needs of your particular collection, or to pre-populate repeating fields. For example, if a collection of PDFs was all written by the same author, you may wish to create a custom form for this collection that has the author’s name pre-populated, so that users ingesting into this collection will not need to re-enter this information. Using custom forms you can also specify which metadata elements you wish to use to describe your object, and create validation rules for particular fields, among other features.
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