By mikeybe on

I am trying to develop a digital library that will be able to take a set of documents, have me apply metadata to them such as title, subject(s), author(s), etc. and then have a menu that enables users to "Browse by Subject" and get a list of the documents sorted by subject/title, or "browse by author", etc.

I want to be able to upload the document once and then have drupal organize them using the metadata (so I dont have to update all the different browse menus). Thus, when I add new content I don't have to update the "Browse by Subject" menu because drupal will do this for me.

Can drupal do this? And if so, how?

Also, where can I get a clearer understanding (than from drupals admin documentation page) of what the terms nodes, taxonomies, vocabulary, schemes, etc mean and how they work?

Thanks

Mike

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multiplex commented

You can write a custom module, and add those fields to the node form hook, making a seperate node type specifically for your digital library, but depends on how familiar you are with PHP and Drupal.

I would suggest you take a look at the flexinode module too.

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xand commented

taxonomy: http://drupal.org/node/299
a node is a content page created by drupal.

Generally, the best place to look is in the drupal handbook.
http://drupal.org/handbook

or alternatively, search. The drupal documentation is not yet top rate. (at least for people like me who don't really know php.)

Flexinode is a module you can download from http://drupal.org/project/releases to make nodes more.. flexible.
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