Hi Scott, On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 10:44, Scott Yeadon wrote:
> > Granted that using something such as: > > > > <dcvalue element="date" qualifier="issued">1964-1970</dcvalue> > > > > in one's `dublin_core.xml' file seems practical and expedient, on my > > system at least -- DSpace-1.4.0 -- such an approach breaks DSpace's > > `Browse by Title', `Browse by Date', and the offending item's `Brief > > View'. > > > > This is the reason I first asked the lists for details of how one > > should _correctly_ represent a date range in the DSpace > > `dublin_core.xml' file. Using `1964-1970' and so on simply does not > > seem to work. > It's likely that this is because the default metadata display is not > able to render date ranges properly. In your DSpace config file put > the following entry: > webui.itemdisplay.default = ... dc.date.issued, ... done > The date.issued field is by default formatted to a date (see > ItemTag.java for the hardcoded list) using the "dc.date.issued(date)" > field display text. Removing the "(date)" part of this will stop any > special rendering taking place. > Also, setting: > webui.itemlist.columns = dc.date.issued, ... ditto > in the dspace.cfg file may also resolve your ranges not showing up in > the browse page (the default specifies "dc.date.issued(date)"), so as > above removing the rendering rules should fix this) Thank you very much for this suggestion Scott. With a small test sample this makes all the ranges visible when browsing. Once I've prepared and loaded a decent number of records following the `1964-1970' pattern I'll test the sorting and so on. Kind regards, Richard -- Richard MAHONEY | internet: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/ Littledene | telephone/telefax (man.): +64 3 312 1699 Bay Road | cellular: +64 27 482 9986 OXFORD, NZ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indica et Buddhica: Materials for Indology and Buddhology Repositorium: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/repositorium/ Philologica: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/philologica/ Subscriptions: http://subscriptions.indica-et-buddhica.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
