Findaid Class Behaviors Overview
From DLXS Documentation
The behavior of the Finding Aids Class is similar in many ways to that of Text Class. Access minimally includes full-text searching across collections or within a particular collection of Finding Aids, viewing Finding Aids in a variety of display formats, and the creation of personal collections (a “bookbag”) of Finding Aids.
The general characteristics of the Finding Aids class are the following:
- Allows search and retrieval of ead2002-encoded Finding Aids and portions thereof
- Allows searching across multiple collections of Finding Aids simultaneously
- Allows searching of each collection independently
- Allows bookmarking of individual Finding Aids
- Requires minimal administrative data
- Uses a single data model and shared middleware for all collections in the system
- Permits access restrictions at the collection level
Findaid Class Behaviors
The Findaid Class is typically used for either campus or public access. Its behaviors include the following:
- Cross-collection searching in any combination of collections
- Selection of collections
- Collection-specific searching
- Collection-specific browsing of
- Simple and Boolean searching
- Searching within a user-selected Finding Aid
- Ability to review and revise previous searches
- Viewing of sections of a Finding Aid or the full text in HTML, and display in context of search terms found
- Display of a table of contents of the Finding Aid and browsing sections of the finding aid using the table of contents.
- Ability to select particular Finding Aids for saving in a session-based personal collection, or bookbag, and to download or email these
- Keeping a record of user search history during a session
