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== Description ==
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{{Deprecated|This metadata field type is far inferior to a [[Compound field]] that should be used instead.}}
This field is similar to a [[Compound field]] except...
 
 
 
== Inheritance ==
 
* [[Metadata]]
 
*** [[Multipart field]]
 
 
 
== Additional Properties ==
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
 
| name || default || description
 
|-
 
| '''fields''' || n/a || '''This property is always required.'''
 
|-
 
| '''fields_cache''' || n/a || ''This property is always required but is generated from <code>fields</code>.''
 
|-
 
| '''fields_index''' || {}  || ...
 
|}
 
 
 
== Required Phrases ==
 
In addition tothe [[Metadata#Required_Phrases|standard metadata field phrases]]<code>type</code>.  The sub-field names in the form:
 
  datasetid + "_fieldname_" + fieldname + "_" + subfieldname
 
Individual fieldhelp phrases are not required the help for sub-fields should be included in the fieldhelp for the main field.
 
 
 
== Database ==
 
Multipart fields are stored in the database as multiple fields, whose types are determined in the sub-field configuration.
 
 
 
== API ==
 
See [[API:EPrints/MetaField/Multipart|API page]].
 
 
 
== Examples ==
 
Most basic example.
 
{
 
    name => 'email',
 
    type => 'multipart',
 
    fields => [
 
        {
 
            sub_name => 'subject'
 
            type => 'text'
 
        },
 
        {
 
            sub_name => 'body'
 
            type => 'longtext'
 
        },
 
}
 

Revision as of 09:16, 11 April 2023

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


Metadata Fields: Arclanguage - Base64 - Bigint - Boolean - Compound - Counter - Dataobjref - Date - Decimal - Email - Fields - Float - Id - Idci - Image - Int - Itemref - Keywords - Langid - Longtext - Longtext_counter - Multilang - Multipart - Name - Namedset - Pagerange - Recaptcha - Relation - Search - Secret - Set - Storable - Subject - Subobject - Text - Time - Timestamp - Url - Uuid


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This metadata field type is far inferior to a Compound field that should be used instead.