Findaid Class Behaviors Overview

From DLXS Documentation

Revision as of 10:18, 9 August 2007

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