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Ebase provides generic support for metadata that allows any metadata content to be generated. All metadata is added to the <HEAD> section of the generated HTML for all web pages. Metadata can be specified both globally and locally: global metadata is added to the HTML for all forms; local metadata is added only to the specified form.

 

Global metadata

 

This is maintained in the Ebase Designer tools menu (Tools -> System Preferences -> Accessibility) which presents you with the following dialog box.

 

 

 

 

Click on the Edit Global Metadata button and the global metadata editor dialog is displayed as shown below.

 

 

 

The Name, Content, Scheme and Http Equivalent columns correspond with the attributes of the HTML <META> tag of the same names. The display sequence simply controls the order in which the generated <META> tags are output.

 

The Add UK e-GMS mandatory items button is provided to help organizations who are complying with the UK Government eGMS standard.  Clicking this button will add all mandatory elements from V3.0 of the standard that can be applied at the global level. Note that additional mandatory items can be added at the local level. (See UK Government Metadata)

 

A number of variables can be entered in the Content column, and these variables are dynamically substituted at runtime with the appropriate values as follows:

 

  • $LANGUAGE is the ISO standard two character abbreviation for the language being used for the form, e.g. EN, FR, SP, etc.
  • $FORM_TITLE  is the form title if specified, or the form heading text
  • $FORM_IMPORT_DATE is the date the form was imported, or the date the form was created if no import date exists

 

Local metadata

 

This is maintained in the Ebase Designer form menu (Form à Form metadata) or click the form metadata icon . The form metadata editor dialog is displayed as shown below.

 

 

 

The Name, Content, Scheme and Http Equivalent columns correspond with the attributes of the HTML <META> tag of the same names. The display sequence simply controls the order in which the generated <META> tags are output.

 

The Add UK e-GMS mandatory items button is provided to help organizations who are complying with the UK Government eGMS standard.  Clicking this button will add all mandatory elements from V3.0 of the standard that can be applied at the local level. Note that additional mandatory items can be added at the global level. (See UK Government Metadata)

 

A number of variables can be entered in the Content column, and these variables are dynamically substituted at runtime with the appropriate values as follows:

 

  • $LANGUAGE is the code for the language being used for the form, e.g. EN, FR, ES, etc. (See Language Codes)
  • $FORM_TITLE  is the form title if specified, or the form heading text
  • $FORM_IMPORT_DATE is the date the form was imported, or the date the form was created if no import date exists