https://wiki.greenstone.org/ 2026-05-16T21:01:23+00:00 https://wiki.greenstone.org/ https://wiki.greenstone.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:collections&rev=1678671991&do=diff Using Collections in GLI This page covers how to create, load, save and delete collections in the GLI. Creating a New Collection To create a new collection, open the "File" menu and choose "New". Several fields need to be filled out -- but you can change their values later if you need to, in the text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:create_panel&rev=1678671991&do=diff Producing Your Collection Having collected the documents for the collection, annotated them with metadata, and designed how the collection will appear, you can now produce the collection using Greenstone. This section explains how. The Create Panel text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:design_panel&rev=1678671991&do=diff Configuring Your Collection Once your files are marked up with metadata, you next decide how the documents should be accessed by the end users. What kind of information is searchable? What ways are provided to browse through the documents? These things can be customized; this section describes how to do it. text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:download_panel&rev=1678671991&do=diff Download Greenstone allows you to download files from the internet using a variety of protocols: * Web: downloads web pages and files via HTTP and FTP. * MediaWiki: downloads web pages and files via HTTP from a MediaWiki website. * OAI: downloads metadata records (and optionally documents) from an text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:enrich_panel&rev=1678671991&do=diff Enriching Your Collection with Metadata Having gathered several files into the collection, you can now enrich them with additional information called "metadata". The Enrich Panel Use the Enrich panel to assign metadata to the documents in the collection. Metadata is data about data text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:file_menu&rev=1678671991&do=diff GLI File Menu This section describes features of the Librarian Interface that are not associated with any particular view. Preferences This section explains the preferences dialog, accessed by opening "File" -> "Preferences". The preferences window opens at the "General" tab. The first option is a text field for entering your e-mail address. This will be used for the "creator" and "maintainer" collection metadata items for new collections. The next option is a pull-down list of the lang… text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:format_panel&rev=1678671991&do=diff Customizing Your Collection's Appearance Once you have built the collection, you next decide how it should appear to the user. What names should be used for the drop-down list of indexes in the search form? How should search results be displayed? What metadata should be displayed when a document is viewed? These can be customized; this section explains how to do it. text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:gather_panel&rev=1678671991&do=diff Collecting Files for Your Collection Once you have a new collection you need to add documents to it. These may come from your ordinary file space, from previously downloaded files, or from other Greenstone collections. Some may already have attached metadata. text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:gli:index&rev=1678671991&do=diff The GLI Help * Starting Off * Creating a New Collection * Saving the Collection * Opening an Existing Collection * Deleting Collections * The Download Panel * Collecting Files for Your Collection * The Gather Panel * Creating A Shortcut in the Workspace Tree * Adding Files * Creating Folders * Renaming and Replacing Files * Removing Files * "Exploding" Metadata Files * Filtering the Trees * Enriching Your Collection with Metadata * The En…