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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[Administer]] > [[Settings]] > Default templates
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<span class="pageTitle">Specify screen templates</span>
 
  
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-7|UM-7 Administer ICA-AtoM]] > [[UM-7.4|UM-7.4 Customize settings]] > UM-7.4.3 Select screen templates
 
  
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[[Image:um7-4-3Templates1.png|500px|right|thumb|Select screen templates]]
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ICA-AtoM ships with default page layouts ("templates") for viewing and editing [[Glossary#Archival description|archival descriptions]], [[Glossary#Authority record|authority records]], and [[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institutions]]. For more information on the standards on which these templates are based, see [[descriptive standards]]
  
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[[Image:um7-4-3Templates2.png|500px|right|thumb|Record in edit mode using ISAD(G) template]]
 
  
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[[Image:um7-4-3Templates3.png|500px|right|thumb|Same record in edit mode using RAD template]]
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== Select default templates ==
  
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ICA-AtoM 1.0 beta ships with default screen layouts ("templates") for viewing and editing the [[Database content|database content]]. These layouts are based on ICA descriptive standards: [[RS-1|ISAD(G)]], [[RS-2|ISAAR(CPF)]] and [[RS-3|ISDIAH]].
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[[Image:defaultTemplate.png|500px|right|thumb|Select default templates]]
  
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ICA-AtoM, however, is built on underlying software ([http://qubit-toolkit.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Qubit]) that is designed to be flexible enough to support other archival descriptive standards, as well as other standards for other types of materials (such as library, museum and art gallery materials).
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* The current release (1.0.4) includes a template for archival description based on the Canadian ''Rules for Archival Description'' (RAD).
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<p>Go to Admin > Settings.
  
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* Future releases of ICA-AtoM will include other templates based on a number of other descriptive standards -- for example, the , the Brazilian ''Norma brasileira de decriçào arquivística'' (NOBRAD), ''Dublin Core'' metadata element set (DC), ''Categories for the Description of Works of Art'' (CDWA) and ''Metadata Object Description Schema'' (MODS).
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<p>Open the Default template [[Glossary#Information area|information area]].
  
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[[Developer|Developers]] can also create their own customized templates and add them to their ICA-AtoM application. This involves, however, dealing directly with the application code and should only be undertaken by programmers familiar with Symfony and PHP.
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*See developer documentation at the [http://qubit-toolkit.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Qubit-toolkit website] for adding customized templates to the application.
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<p>The Name column shows the types of [[Glossary#Entity|entities]] that are described in ICA-AtoM. Standards for Archival descriptions, Authority records and Repository records are provided in the drop-down boxes. The Administrator may select one for each entity.
  
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1. Click the ''admin > settings'' tab.
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<p>In the "Value" column, select for each type of entity the descriptive standard you want to use to describe it.
  
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<p>The [[Glossary#Drop-down menu|drop-down menu]] shows only descriptive standards for which data entry/viewing templates are available.
  
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2. Open the ''default template'' [[Information area|information area]].
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<p>Click the Save button to save changes.
  
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3. The ''name'' column shows the types of [[Entity|entities]] that are described in ICA-AtoM. Note that names use the generic Qubit terms rather than the archives-specific terminology of ICA-AtoM.
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*''information object'' = archival description.
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<p>When you return to viewing/editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.
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*''actor'' = authority record.
 
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*''repository'' = archival institution.
 
  
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4. In the ''value'' column, select for each type of entity the descriptive standard you want to use to describe it.
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* The [[Drop-down menu|drop-down menu]] shows only descriptive standards for which data entry / viewing templates are available.
 
  
  
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5. Click the ''save button'' to save changes. When you return to viewing / editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.
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[[Category:User manual]]

Latest revision as of 14:30, 30 August 2012

Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

Main Page > User manual > Administer > Settings > Default templates


ICA-AtoM ships with default page layouts ("templates") for viewing and editing archival descriptions, authority records, and archival institutions. For more information on the standards on which these templates are based, see descriptive standards


Select default templates

Select default templates

  1. Go to Admin > Settings.

  2. Open the Default template information area.

  3. The Name column shows the types of entities that are described in ICA-AtoM. Standards for Archival descriptions, Authority records and Repository records are provided in the drop-down boxes. The Administrator may select one for each entity.

  4. In the "Value" column, select for each type of entity the descriptive standard you want to use to describe it.

    The drop-down menu shows only descriptive standards for which data entry/viewing templates are available.

  5. Click the Save button to save changes.

  6. When you return to viewing/editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.

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