Difference between revisions of "Subform Reference"

Revision as of 13:37, 22 September 2009

The following is a list of all current ARK subforms. Each subform page includes detailed configuration information and an example subform setup.

NB - AS OF ARK 0.7 THE CONFIGURATION OF SUBFORMS USING MODTYPES WILL CHANGE TO RELY SOLELY ON THE Conditional Subforms OPTION.

Text Subforms

• sf_txt - subform to enter text data

Action Subforms

• sf_action - subform to link actions (actors with roles) to items

Number Subforms

• sf_number - subform to add number data
• sf_geo_number - subform to add easting and northings to an item - and then automatically create a GML file for the item

Attribute Subforms

• sf_finds - subform to attach attributes of a given type (findtypes) and to set a boolean for each one
• sf_attr_bytype - subform to attach attributes of a given type
• sf_attr_boolean - subform to set boolean attribute

Spatial Subforms

• sf_spat - a subform to display spatial data about an item THIS SUBFORM IS DEPRECATED AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY NEW ARK SYSTEMS
• sf_wfs_spat - the new subform to display spatial data about an item

Span Subforms

• sf_span_rel - subform to enter span relationships not in matrix form
• sf_spanmatrix - subform to enter span relationships in matrix form

File Subforms

• sf_file - subform to handle files

XMI Subforms

• sf_xmi - subform to enter XMI links between records

Complex Subforms

Complex subforms combine different data classes.

• sf_modtype - subform to handle modules with different item types
• sf_interp - subform to handle interpretative text fragments with actor/date pairings
• sf_assemblage - a subform to handle bulk assemblages
• sf_event - subform to handle actor/date pairs
• sf_frame - subform to display many subforms within a single subform

Other Subforms

Other subforms are forms that don't really fit anywhere else.

• sf_flickr - subform to dynamically pull photos from a flickr stream
• sf_websites - subform to generate a list of websites that can take dynamic variables (for instance a link to youTube searching all of the videos according to a value held in ARK)
• sf_qrtag - subform to create a QR tag for an item - to be used from smart phones/QR tag readers
• sf_ctrl_lst - a pseudo subform to allow users to add to controlled lists