Editing EPrints Glossary (section)

=== Issue ===
An issue is a single row in a [[#Compound metadata field|compound]] [[#Multiple metadata field|multiple]] [[#Metadata field|metadata field]] that is part of an [[#EPrint|eprint]] [[#Data object|data object]]. It describes a potential problem discovered about a particular eprint. Unlike validation errors for specific metadata fields displayed whilst navigating the [[#EPrint workflow|eprint workflow]] issues are determined by comparing eprints across the [[#Dataset|dataset]] or checking for more subjective problems.  By default this includes:
* Duplicate titles - Two or more eprints have the exact same title.
* Similar titles - Two or more eprints share very similar titles.
* Old but unpublished - Date set for eprint is more than two years in the past but its publication status is still not published.
* Short family name - Family name for a creator is less than two characters or not set.  (Single name creators should always put this under family name).
Issues are checked for across all eprints in the [[#Live archive|live archive]] and [[#Review buffer|review buffer]] through a scheduled task running the ''bin/issues_audit'' script.  This can be deployed with a cron job similar to the following in the ''eprints'' user's crontab (substituting ''EPRINTS_PATH'' and ''ARCHIVEID'' as appropriate''):
 38 23 * * * EPRINTS_PATH/bin/issues_audit ARCHIVEID --quiet
Additional types of issue can be added in one of two ways:
# Creating a new Issues [[#Plugin|plugin]].
# Adding XML markup to the [[#Archive|archive]]'s ''cfg/issues.xml''.
Issues for a particular eprint can be found under its [[#Issues tab|Issues tab]] of its [[#EPrint view page|view page]] or searched for through the [[#Admin menu|admin menu]]'s [[Admin/Editorial Tools/Search issues|Search issues]] tool (under the [[Admin/Editorial Tools|Editorial Tools]] tab).