Document fields.pl

EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects

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document_fields.pl defines all the optional fields which an Document object has. These fields all have mappings to the database. There are a variety of field types which you can see here here.

Note removing fields from document_field.pl does not usually cause data to be deleted from the database. To add or remove fields from eprint_fields.pl you must run:

EPRINTS_PATH/bin/epadmin update_database_structure ARCHIVE_NAME

and then reload your configuration (or restart the webserver).

Field Definition

The field list is represented by an arrayref of hashrefs. Each hashref has at minimum a name, which is the field name used when referring to the field (e.g. in search) and a type, which describes the type of data the field will hold. Depending on a field's type there may also be other compulsory fields and some optional ones. See the details of field definition on the page for that type.

$c->{fields}->{document} = [
  {
    name => "application",
    type => "set",
    options => [
      'msword95',
      'msword2000',
      'msword2007',
    ],
  },
];