Hello Scott, your assumption is right, the description does not belong to the metadata and thus can not be made searchable via the default search mechanisms. At the moment DSpace only knows item related metadata, allthough some metainformation about other DSpace objects is kept in db tables.
Have a nice day Claudia Jürgen Am 16.07.2010 10:49, schrieb RENTON Scott: > Folks > > I've had a user request regarding the file description entered in the file > upload step: is it in any way searchable? > > I assumed not, as this is written to a field on the bitstream table, rather > than metadatavalue, but thought I'd double check. > > Thanks > Scott > > Scott Renton > MIMS Project Officer > Digital Library Development > University Of Edinburgh > 2 Buccleuch Place > Edinburgh > EH8 9LW > > 0131 651 5219 > > [email protected] -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Claudia Juergen Universitaetsbibliothek Dortmund Eldorado 0231/755-4043 https://eldorado.tu-dortmund.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
