In the table below, the properties of the elements of the dLibra system are described. Every row contains the following information: the “Element” column contains the name of an element, the “Property” column contains the name of a property of the element, the “Multi-language” column contains the information about whether the property is a multi-language property (“Yes”) or not (“No”), and the “Description” column contains a short description of the property.

Element

Property

Multi-language

Required

Description

Directory

Name

No

Yes

The name of a directory. Directories are only visible for editors.

Directory

Notes

No

No

Administrative notes, for example, information about the nature of the resources in the directory. The information is only visible for editors.

Directory

Attribute values

Yes

No

A bibliographic description of a directory is the default bibliographic description of the elements (for example, objects) which will be created in that directory. In the process of creating a new element in a directory, in the step in which the bibliographic description of that element is created, the description of that directory is suggested, and the editor can use or modify/complete that.

Directory

Identifier

An identifier cannot be modified because it is assigned automatically by the system. It is a unique identifier among directories.

A group object

Name

No

Yes

The name of a group object in the dLibra system.

A group object

Notes

No

No

Administrative notes. The information is only visible for editors.

A group object

Identifier

An identifier cannot be modified because it is assigned automatically by the system. It is a unique identifier among objects.

A group object

Thumbnail

No

No

The pictogram which represents a group object.

A group object

Attribute values

Yes

No

A bibliographic description of a group object is inherited by the elements in it. If a bibliographic description of a subordinate element does not contain the value of a particular attribute, and the description of the object does contain such a value, the value will be automatically added to the description of the subordinate element, and that fuller description will be presented to the website user.

Planned object

Name

No

Yes

The name of a planned object in the dLibra system

Planned object

Notes

No

No

Administrative notes. The information is only visible for editors.

Planned object

Link

That value is automatically generated by the system. It is a permalink to an object in a digital library. It consists of a “publication” part and of an object identifier, for example, for an object with identifier 10, the link will be: /publication /10. In order to open information about an object on the website, the user should enter the website address of the digital library in an Internet browser (for example, Chrome or Firefox) and add the link at the end. For example, for the www.wbc.poznan.pl, the address with the link will be: www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/10.

Planned object

Identifier

The identifier cannot be modified because it is assigned automatically by the system. It is a unique identifier among objects.

Planned object

Attribute values

Yes

No

The bibliographic description of a planned object is automatically assigned to the first edition created while content is being added to that planned object.

Planned object

Protected

No

Yes

That value is presented as a checkbox. The editor can preliminarily protect an object, that is, select that option to indicate that the content of the object should be protected.

Object

Name

No

Yes

The name of an object in the dLibra system.

Object

Notes

No

No

Administrative notes. The information is only visible for editors.

Object

Link

That value is automatically generated by the system. It is a permalink to an object in a digital library. It consists of a “publication” part and of an object identifier, for example, for an object with identifier 10, the link will be: /publication /10. In order to open information about an object on the website, the user should enter the website address of the digital library in an Internet browser (for example, Chrome or Firefox) and add the link at the end. For example, for the www.wbc.poznan.pl, the address with the link will be: www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/10.

Object

Protected

No

Yes

That value is presented as a checkbox. If that field is selected, the content of the editions will be protected against copying and printing on the website. That value can only be selected for objects the content of which is in the HTML format.

Object without content

An object without content has the same properties as a standard object; none of those properties can be edited – they can only be viewed.

Edition

Name

No

Yes

The name of an edition in the dLibra system.

Edition

Notes

No

No

Administrative notes. The information is only visible for editors.

Edition

Published

No

Yes

That value is presented as a checkbox. If the field is selected, the edition is published, and the users with the permissions to view the object can read that edition. The edition can also be published temporarily – until a certain moment in the future, at which it will automatically cease to be published.

Edition

Modification

The value cannot be modified because it is assigned automatically by the system. The value is the identifier (login) of the the user who has modified the given edition most recently.

Edition

File size

The value cannot be modified because it is assigned automatically by the system.

Edition

Attribute values

Yes

No

The bibliographic description of an edition. The description should concern the content assigned to the edition. Generally speaking, every edition should have a bibliographic description.

Edition

Thumbnail

No

No

The pictogram which represents an edition. It can be a thumbnail of a scan of the first page of the edition.

File

File name

The name of a file cannot be changed. It is the name of a file included in an object.

File

File type

The type of a file cannot be changed. It is the type of a file included in an object.

File version

File name

The name of a file cannot be changed. It is the name of the file to which the given version pertains.

File version

File size

The size of a file cannot be modified. It is the size of a version of a file.

File version

Modified

Values cannot be modified. It is the date of the last modification of a version of a file.

File version

Type

The type of a version cannot be modified. It is the type of a version of a file.

File version

Description

No

No

A description of a version of a file. That information is internal – only visible for editors.

Collection

Name

Yes

Yes

The name of a collection in the dLibra system. The name is visible on web pages.

Collection

Description

Yes

No

The description of a collection in the dLibra system. The description is visible on web pages.

Collection

OAI-PMH identifier

No

Yes

The identifier used in the mechanism of searching for distributed resources. It should be unique at a collection level.

Collection

Notes

No

No

Administrative notes. The information is only visible for editors.

Collection

Identifier

The identifier cannot be modified because it is assigned automatically by the system. It is a unique identifier among collections.

CollectionThumbnailNoNoThe pictogram which represents collections, displayed on the website.

User

Surname

No

No

Data about a user (name and surname)

User

Email

No

Yes

The user email address. It must be unique in the whole system (every user must have a different email address).

User

Institution

No

No

Data about a user (for example, the institution in which he or she is employed).

User

Identifier

No

Yes

That value is entered once, when a user is being created, and it cannot be modified later on. It is a user’s unique modifier (login).

User

Password, confirm password

No

No

The user password. It makes it possible to change a user’s password.

User

User type

No

Yes

That value is presented in the form of an expandable list. The types of users are described in section 01. Users, IP Users, User Groups, Dynamic Groups.

User

Date of expiry

No

No

The date after which a user’s account expires, and the user is no longer able to log into his or her account.

User

Blocked

No

Yes

That value is presented as a checkbox. An account can be blocked (in such a case, the field is selected) or not blocked (in such a case, the field is deselected) by the administrator. A blocked user cannot log into his or her account.

User

Access domains

No

No

Access domains for a user. It is possible to specify the computer addresses from which a given user will be able to access the system without entering a password or will not be able to do that.

User

Groups

The list of groups to which a user belongs.

User

Administrative permissions

Permissions which can be assigned to a user. For more details, see 01. Permissions at the Library Level.

Group

Name

No

Yes

The name of a group in the dLibra system.

Group

Description

No

No

The description of a group in the dLibra system.

Group

Members

The list of users belonging to a group.

Group

Administrative permissions

Permissions which can be assigned to a group. For more details, see 01. Permissions at the Library Level.

Attribute

Name

Yes

Yes

The name of an attribute in the dLibra system. The name is visible on web pages.

Attribute

Description

Yes

Yes

The description of an attribute in the dLibra system. The description is visible on web pages.

Attribute

RDF name

No

Yes

The unique identifier of an attribute in the dLibra system.

Attribute

Role

No

No

The role of an attribute in the Dublin Core schema. An attribute may not have an assigned role.

Attribute

Identifier

No

Yes

The identifier cannot be modified because it is assigned automatically by the system. It is a unique identifier among attributes.

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