https://wiki.greenstone.org/ 2026-05-17T18:44:08+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=legacy:manuals:en:develop:about_this_manual&rev=1678671991&do=diff About this manual This manual explains how Greenstone works. It is aimed at those who wish to customise collections and to develop and maintain the software. Section understanding_the_collection-building_process gives an insider's account of the collection-building process, including the directory structure, the internal document format, and the configuration file that governs the structure of each collection. Section text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=legacy:manuals:en:develop:appendix_a_stl&rev=1678671991&do=diff Appendix A: The C++ Standard Template Library The Standard Template Library (STL) is a widely-used C++ library from Silicon Graphics ( www.sgi.com ). This Appendix gives a brief overview of key parts that are used throughout the Greenstone code. For a fuller description, consult the official STL reference manual, available online at text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=legacy:manuals:en:develop:bibliography&rev=1678671991&do=diff Bibliography Aulds, C. (2000) Linux Apache Web Server Administration. Sybex. Bainbridge, D., Buchanan, G., McPherson, J., Jones, S., Mahoui, A. and Witten, I.H. (2001) “Greenstone: A platform for distributed digital library development.” Research Report, Computer Science Department, University of Waikato, New Zealand. text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=legacy:manuals:en:develop:configuring_your_greenstone_site&rev=1678671991&do=diff Configuring your Greenstone site There are two configuration files in Greenstone that are used for configuring various aspects of your Greenstone site. These files are the “main” configuration file main.cfg, found in GSDLHOME/etc, and the “site” configuration file text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=legacy:manuals:en:develop:getting_the_most_out_of_your_documents&rev=1678671991&do=diff Getting the most out of your documents Collections can be individualised to make the information they contain accessible in different ways. This chapter describes how Greenstone extracts information from documents and presents it to the user: the document processing (Section text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=legacy:manuals:en:develop:the_greenstone_runtime_system&rev=1678671991&do=diff The Greenstone runtime system This chapter describes the Greenstone runtime system so that you can understand, augment and extend its capabilities. The software is written in C++ and makes extensive use of virtual inheritance. If you are unfamiliar with this language you should learn about it before proceeding. Deitel and Deitel (1994) provide a comprehensive tutorial, while Stroustroup (1997) is the definitive reference. text/html 2023-03-13T01:46:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=legacy:manuals:en:develop:understanding_the_collection-building_process&rev=1678671991&do=diff Understanding the collection-building process End users of Greenstone can build collections using the Collector, described in the Greenstone Digital Library User's Guide(Section making_greenstone_collections). This makes it very easy to build collections modelled after existing ones but with new content. However, it is not really feasible to use the Collector to create collections with completely new structures. It does invite you to edit the collection configuration file, which governs the col…