Hi, I need to use the type-bind feature to request my users to complete
specific metadata for each document type. Since i want to be able to have
different types of documents in the same collection, this is the solution
that works best for me.
*The configuration i've tried is like this:*
The user is in a collection and starts a submission, when they arrive to
the *Description Step* the *first page of the input form* asks them to
select the document type. Then, in the *second page of the input form*,
they are shown only the metadata that applies to that specific document
type.
I've tried to achieve this by modifying the *input-forms.xml* file to have
the following lines:
<form-definitions>
<form name="traditional">
<page number="1">
<field>
<dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>type</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier></dc-qualifier>
<repeatable>false</repeatable>
<label>File type</label>
<input-type value-pairs-name="common_types">dropdown</input-type>
<hint>File type</hint>
<required></required>
</field>
</page>
!<-- And then, for example, a metadata only available for the "thesis" type
-->
<page number="2">
<field>
<dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
<dc-element>contributor</dc-element>
<dc-qualifier></dc-qualifier>
<repeatable>true</repeatable>
<label>Thesis director</label>
<input-type>name</input-type>
<hint></hint>
<required></required>
<type-bind>Thesis</type-bind>
</field>
</page>
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This works but the *problem* is that when the user reloads the second page
or it's done automatically (for example, when clicking the "add" button)
the page becomes blank. I believe this is because Dspace fails to remember
the Doc Type and so no type-bind metadata is shown.
*Failed solution:*
I've tried to fix this by having the type metadata and the rest of the
metadata in the same page. But in this case if the user doesn't mannually
reloads the page, the type-bind metadata is not shown. Also, it gives the
user the ability to fill the metadata specific to a thesis for example and
then change the Doc type.
*What can I do to fix this? Is there a better solution to my problem?*
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