This page is primarily meant for Metadata librarians and admins who will be responsible for making sure all metadata needed is included in each item's record. This page explains how to create and delete metadata fields from the GUI, how to find lost metadata, and how Islandora metadata validation occurs. The extensive video in the Advanced section goes into additional topics such as managing your metadata schema and vocabularies.
First off what is a Content Type? A Content Type lets you define a type on content. The 3 Content Types are Article, Basic page, and Repository Item. Article and Basic Page are the 2 Drupal default Content Types. Repository Item is the Islandora specific Content Type and the most used. For more technical information see the Metadata in Islandora Community documentation.
1. Logged in, hover on Structure in top menu and select Content Types.
2. In the next screen, click on the Manage fields button next to the content type that you want to edit. In this case Repository Item, (the most commonly used content type to add items).
3. In the next screen, you have multiple tabs: Edit, Manage fields, Manage form display, Manage display, Manage permissions, and Devel (for developers so not used).
Note: Certain decisions must be made when fields are created, and before any content is added, because they can not be changed later. Field Type can not be changed, so you wouldn't be able to change a text field to a taxonomy field after creation. Those sentences were found on the Islandora Communities documentation on this page Metadata in Islandora.
4. In the Manage fields tab, you can Add a new field, or you can Edit an existing field, such as if it has access restrictions or if it is required.
5. Click the Add Field button. Next hold the Select a field type to choose from a list of field types from the drop-down menu.
6. After selecting a new field, add a Label and then click the Save and continue button.
7. Next choose the Allowed number of values. Think about this choice because it is not possible to change this once you choose. For this example, I am leaving it as the default settings. Next click the Save field settings button.
8. Next fill the Field settings. The Label is prefilled in from where it was added above. Add text in the Help text box if desired for instructions for a user. Next if you are not sure what the Browse available tokens is leave it alone. You can choose to make it a Required field by clicking on the box. You can also click Users may translate this field by click the box if you choose. You can choose a field visibility and permissions under the Field visibility and permissions section. You can choose the Set default value if you choose or leave it blank. Save Settings button when done.
9. When you go back to the field list, you should see the field that you just added.
10. To see if it is in the form, you can either add a new item or edit an existing item and click the Edit button.
**Note this will delete the metadata field for all nodes of that content type
1. Logged in, go to Admin > Structure > Content Types
2. On the far right there is a drop down menu that says Manage Fields. Select Manage Fields.
3. This will bring up a list of all the metadata fields currently available for use with the content type you are editing. Scroll to the one you want to delete. On the far right, there will be a button that says Edit with a drop down arrow. Click the arrow and select delete.
4. This will bring up a box asking if you are sure you want to delete. Note: This can not be undone. If you accidentally delete the wrong field, you will have to recreate it from scratch. If you're sure you want to delete, click the blue Delete button.
A popup at the top of the screen will inform you that you have successfully deleted the metadata field, and it will no longer appear when you go to create an item of that content type.
1. Logged in, navigate to the collection and item that you want to edit the metadata. Click on Edit.
2. Add or edit any items on the form.
3. It’s recommended but not required to type a brief description in the Published area in the Revision log message. This helps you if you need to Revert to another version. It will show a brief description to differentiate the versions.
4. Scroll down to the bottom when done and click the Save button.
5. When Revisions is clicked, the different revisions of the item appear. When a brief description is added in the Revision Log above, it helps to distinguish the revisions.
Logged in, click on Content button in the upper left of the screen.
If the metadata was recently created it might be at the top of the list. If not type in the name of the lost metadata in the box right under Title in the middle left of the screen. Click the Filter button.
The name of the metadata that was searched for above will appear in the search results. Click on the name under Title. It will go to the item.
Now the Metadata can be edited. An item can be added or Media can be added.
When ingesting a single item, Islandora 2.0 will tell you if something is wrong with the data you have entered into the repository item form. An error message will appear at the top of the window if there is a problem with how the data was entered. For example:
When batch ingesting via Workbench, the Workbench pre-check will alert you if something is incorrect in your data: "The YAML configuration file and CSVs you provide are validated with the --check option." An error will appear on the command line if something is incorrect in the CSV file. For example:
