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There are symbolic constants (and corresponding String symblic names) for the confidence levels defined in the Choices class:

IconConfidence
Stored
Confidence value (stored in metadatavalue)DescriptionMirage 2 Glyphicon rendering

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ACCEPTED600This authority value has been confirmed as accurate by an interactive user or authoritative policy

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UNCERTAIN500Authority value is singular and valid but has not been seen and accepted by a human, so its provenance is uncertaincog

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AMBIGUOUS400There are multiple matching authority values of equal validityquestion-sign

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NOTFOUND300There are no matching answers from the authoritythumbs-down

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FAILED200The authority encountered an internal failure in trying to match the valuewarning-sign

REJECTED100The authority recommends this submission be rejected

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NOVALUE0No reasonable confidence value is available
UNUSED
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UNSET-1No confidence value has been set (default value in the DB table)remove

The icon rendering in the XMLUI Mirage 2 theme takes place in choice-authority-control.xsl.

Separation of Choices from Authority Control

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Since choice management and authority control affect the operation of the interactive submission pages, there is naturally some interdependence with that configuration as well. This table shows how the data type chosen for a metadata field affects choice and authority management:

input-type (from input-forms.xml)

'lookup' Presentation Style

'suggest' Presentation Style

'select' Presentation Style

Authority Control

onebox

yes

yes

yes

supported

twobox

yes

yes

yes

supported

textarea

yes

yes

yes

supported

name

yes

NO

NO

supported

date

NO

NO

NO

n/a

series

NO

NO

NO

not tested

dropdown

NO

NO

yes

NO

qualdrop_value

NO

NO

NO

NO

list

NO

NO

???

not tested

Other Restrictions

Plugins and "Select" Presentation Style

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Code Block
plugin.named.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority = \
  org.dspace.content.authority.SampleAuthority = Sample, \
  org.dspace.content.authority.LCNameAuthority = LCNameAuthority, \
  org.dspace.content.authority.SHERPARoMEOPublisher = SRPublisher, \
  org.dspace.content.authority.SHERPARoMEOJournalTitle = SRJournalTitle, \
  org.dspace.content.authority.SolrAuthority = SolrAuthorAuthority

Automatic Choice Authority from Configurable Submission value-pairs

The default configuration also includes a special self-named plugin that picks up all the value-pairs elements defined in your input-forms.xml configuration and makes them available as choice authorities (especially suitable for the select presentation style(smile):

Code Block
plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority = \
  org.dspace.content.authority.DCInputAuthority

Some of the ChoiceAuthority instances available in the default configuration are:

  • LCNameAuthority - Sample Library of Congress (USA) name authority - NOT for serious use.
  • SRPublisher - Journal Publisher names based on SHERPA/RoMEO database
  • SRJournalTitle - Journal Titles based on SHERPA/RoMEO database

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