The Islandora Collection Solution Pack implements a the collection content model as an Islandora object, allowing users to create and manage collections and their contents.
Without the Islandora Collection Solution Pack, end-users will not be able to create new collections. |
NOTE: The collection solution pack requires that the resource index is enabled in Fedora, as it does all of its queries using the resource index.
Information about basic usage of collection objects can be found throughout the Getting Started with Islandora section of the Islandora documentation.
Configuration options for the Collection Solution Pack can be found at http://your.site.here/admin/islandora/solution_pack_config/basic_collection
The Collection Solution Pack gives you multiple options when it comes to configuring how the children of a collection should be sorted and displayed in the parent collection view. Choose from one of the following options:
'SPARQL (Legacy)' is the default option, and uses a simple SPARQL query to find the children of the current collection and sorts them in alphabetical order by object label.
This option is similar to 'SPARQL (Legacy)' but has the ability to provide additional bits of metadata to the display when the 'Display object metadata' option at the bottom of the form is selected.
This option will require additional configuration elements when selected:
Additionally, like the 'SPARQL' option discussed above, the 'Solr' option has the ability to provide additional bits of metadata to the display when the 'Display object metadata' option at the bottom of the form is selected.
The Collection Solution Pack comes with the following objects in http://path.to.your.site/admin/islandora/solution_packs:
A collection created using the Basic Collection Solution Pack's content model will have the following datastreams:
RELS-EXT | Default Fedora relationship metadata |
COLLECTION_POLICY | The collection's policies regarding applied content models and membership |
TN | Thumbnail icon |
DC | Dublin Core record |
MODS | MODS metadata record |
The Collection Solution Pack comes with the Collection MODS form.