source: MDService2/trunk/MDService2/WebContent/static/info.xml @ 1081

<info xml:lang="en" >
        <div class="title">Information</div>
        <div id="welcome">
        
        <h3>Welcome to CLARIN Metadata Service the gate to CLARIN Metadata Repository</h3>
        <p>Metadata Service is the user-interface for exploring the CMDRepository. Yes, you can:
         <ul>
                <li>try one of the <a href="/MDService2/docs/htmlpage/queries" >sample queries</a></li>
                <li>simply search (simple terms, combined terms, phrases)</li>          
                <li>perform complex boolean-searches (according to the SRU/CQL standard)</li>           
                <li>browse the collections</li>
                <li>browse the (aggregated) xml-structure of the MD records</li>
                <li>search by profiles</li>
                <li>search by data categories</li>              
                <li>perform semantic search (elements of individual CMD-profiles are related via ConceptLinks to Data Categories, 
                        which are in turn related in the <strong>Relation Registry</strong>)</li>
                <li>view individual metadata records </li>
                <li>page through the results</li>
                <li>dynamically change the columns displaying the fields of the records</li>
                <li>use auto-columns (if you select no columns, MDService will try to select the 6 most useful)</li>
         </ul> 
         </p>
        
        <p>Overview of current data set:
        <ul>
                <li>by <a href="/MDService2/collections/htmlpage" >Collections</a></li>
                <li>by <a href="/MDService2/terms/htmlpage/?q=all" >Profiles</a></li>
        </ul>
        </p>    
        </div>
        <div>
                <span class="title">Overview</span>
                <p>Overview and explanation of usage of individual elements of the user-interface</p>           
                <a href="/MDService2/static/MDBrowser_explained_5_resize2000.png" >
                        <img src="/MDService2/static/MDBrowser_explained_5_resize800.png" title="MDBrowser explained2" /></a>   
        </div>
        <div id="serverqs-info">
                <span class="title">Public space / Options / Profile</span>
                <p>select target repository. (sample queries?) </p>
        </div>
        
        <div id="userqs-info">
                <span class="title">Personalized workspace - commons</span>
                <p>when logged in, you can store your queries and bookmarks here.</p>
                <p>All anonymous users share the default workspace.</p>
        </div>
        <div id="collections-info">
                <span class="title">Collections</span>
                <p>Overview of collections=datasets available in the repository</p>
        </div>
        <div id="terms-info">
                <span class="title">Terms</span>
                <p>Terms combine information from MDRepository, <em>Component Registry</em>, Data Category Registries (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.isocat.org">isocat</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://dublincore.org/">dublincore</a>) 
                        and Relation Registry to allow to search by profiles or data categories, or even perform semantic search</p>
                <p>Thus you can search in the fields of individual profiles instantiated as the MDrecords in the repository, or search over multiple profiles via datacategories.</p>
        </div>  
        <div id="compreg-info">
                <span class="title" >Component Registry</span>
                <p>Overview of all profiles and components defined in the Component Registry. (Proxy to Component Registry)</p>
        </div>
        <div id="query-input-info">
                <span class="title" >Query Input</span>
                <p>Form for entering the query. Either a simple or complex query. 
                See <a href="queries" >example queries</a> for an overview of possible query types.</p>
                <dt id="input-simplequery-info">simple full-text search</dt>
                        <dd><p>individual terms, multiple terms, phrases</p>
                        </dd>
                <dt id="searchclauselist-info">complex queries</dt>
                <dd><p>complex queries according to SRU/CQL-standard</p>
                        <p>Basic <em>search clause</em> consists of: <code>index relation term</code>, e.g. <code>dc.title any system</code>.
                        You can combine these search clauses with boolean operators (AND, OR), to more complex queries. </p>
                </dd>
                <p>Both parts can be used in parallel - i.e. you can specify some terms for full-text search
                and further refine them with filters on specific indices - 
                the two parts being combined with boolean AND (the matching records have to satisfy both parts of the query.).
                So the general syntax of the queries feasible within the query input is:
                <p><code>simple-query AND (XQ1 or XQ2) AND (XQ3 or XQ4 or ...) AND ...<br/></code>
                        <code>XQ</code> consisting of <code>index relation term</code>  
                </p>            
                </p>
                <dt id="repositories_select-info">Repository</dt>
                <dd><p>You can select target repository(-mirror).</p> 
                        <p>The <em>Collections</em> and <em>Terms</em> are updated accordingly (but this can take a few seconds)</p>
                </dd>
                <dt id="input-withsummary-info" >with Summary</dt>
                <dd>This option provides a summary of the profiles used in the (whole) result and of the (XML-structure of the) displayed part of the result, but it obviously makes you wait a bit longer (generally 20-50% longer)</dd>
        </div>  
        <div id="querylist-info">
        </div>
        
        <div id="commands" >
        <span class="title">Commands</span>
        <p>List of commands available in the user-interface, explanation of their function:</p>
        <dt id="cmd_add">Add new item</dt> 
        <dt id="cmd_add_and">Add an additional condition (AND)</dt> 
        <dt id="cmd_add_or">Add a alternative condition (OR)</dt>
        <dt id="cmd_columns">Manage columns/fields</dt> 
        <dd>Allows to de/select the columns and change the list-format (list or table).
        It requires the option <em>withSummary</em> to be activated, to provide the list of elements/indices that can be added as columns/fields.</dd>
        <dt id="userqueries.cmd_del" idref="#userqueries .cmd_del" >Delete!</dt>
        <dd>Delete the stored query!</dd>
        <dt id="cmd_detail">Show detail information</dt> 
        <dt id="cmd_down">Expand view</dt> 
        <dt id="cmd_filter">Apply as filter/Use in query</dt> 
        <dt id="cmd_get">Loading ...</dt>
        <dt id="cmd_info" >Info/Help</dt>
        <dd>Contextual documentation - explanation of the ui/data element in question</dd> 
        <dt id="cmd_load" >Load query</dt>
        <dd>Load the query and show the result</dd> 
        <dt id="cmd_reload">Reload</dt> 
        <dt id="cmd_resubmit">Reload</dt> 
        <dt id="cmd_save">Store query/bookmark</dt>
        <dd>The query/bookmark will be added to the current Queryset in the <em>Personal Workspace</em>.</dd> 
        <dt id="cmd_sc_delete">Remove search clause</dt>
        <dd>if only one search clause - clear it</dd> 
        <dt id="cmd_up">Collapse view</dt>       
        <dt id="cmd_prev" >Page back</dt>
        <dd>Load the previous page of the current result</dd>
        <dt id="cmd_next" >Page forward</dt>
        <dd>Load the next page of the current result</dd>                       
        </div>
</info>