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• displayed-value – Name shown (on the web page) for the menu entry.
• stored-value – Value stored in the DC element when this entry is chosen. Unlike the HTML select tag, there is no way to indicate one of the entries should be the default, so the first entry is always the default choice.

Use simple choice management to add language tags to metadata fields

DSpace uses the simple choice management to provide a controlled list of language tags. Out of the box DSpace comes with a list of ISO language tags. You can add further language lists or use the provided one to let submitters tag languages of metadata fields. Take a look at the part of this documentation about the configuration of the Submission User Interface. This feature is currently supported in JSPUI only.

Hierarchical Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies

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The vocabulary element has an optional boolean attribute closed that can be used to force input only with the Javascript of controlled-vocabulary add-on. The default behaviour (i.e. without this attribute) is as set  closed="false". This allow allows the user also to enter values as free text , not in addition to selecting them from the controlled vocabulary.

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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, LNI and SWORD package submission, and the administrative UI.

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