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+===== Linking to search results =====
+How to link metadata values to a search for that value.
+For example, say a document has several authors, stored as dc.Creator metadata. You can display a list of the authors, each one linked to a search of the dc.Creator index for that author.
+Collection setup:
+  * dc.Creator metadata will need to be assigned to the documents
+  * You need to add a search index on dc.Creator metadata
+  * Build the collection
+You will need to find out the shortname for the dc.Creator index. You can look in web/sites/localsite/collect/<your-coll-name>/index/buildConfig.xml. Look for the section like:
+<code>
+<indexList>
+  <index name="text" shortname="TX" />
+  <index name="dc.Title,ex.dc.Title,Title" shortname="TI" />
+  <index name="dc.Creator" shortname="CR" />
+</indexList>
+</code>
+You can see from this example that the dc.Creator index got the shortname "CR". You will need this shortname to construct the search URL.
+Next you need to modify your format statement to add in the search links. If you want these links to appear on the document page, select the "display" format item. (If you wanted them in search results, or on classifier pages, select the search/browse/CLx format items)
+The default XML for the display format item contains several commented out templates. Say you have simple documents (ie ones with no internal structure eg images), you can add the links to the "documentContent" template.