Findaid Class Behaviors Overview
From DLXS Documentation
Findaid Class Behaviors Overview
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
