EPrints Glossary

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A

Abstract page

Admin

B

Browse views

Buffer

C

D

Data Object

Dataset

Document

E

Editor

EPrint

A first class Data Object in EPrints. These are often refered to as "items" in the interface. An EPrint usually holds metata data about a publication of some kind. An EPrint has a "type" for example "artical" or "monograph" or "video". The set of types of an EPrint can be found in namedsets/eprint

F

File

G

H

I

Inbox

Issues

Item

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Plugin

These are Perl modules that "Plug in" to the EPrints software to provide a particular piece of functionality. They break down into several categories. The most prominent being:

Phrase

Q

R

Repository

S

Screen plugin

Summary page

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z