Appendix H. List of operations concerning objects of the dLibra system

Table below presents operations that may be performed on objects from editor/administrator application. Every row contains the following information: Element column contains the name of an object (element), Operation column contains the name of operation which may be performed on the element, Access column describes the place where the operation can be found and performed, Description column contains short description of the operation.

Table H.1. Operacje

ElementOperationAccessDescription
DirectoryNew directoryManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new directory in selected directory.
DirectoryNew publicationManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new publication in selected directory.
DirectoryNew group publicationManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new group publication in selected directory.
DirectoryNew planned publicationManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new planned publication in selected directory.
DirectoryDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows user to remove selected directory including elements which are in it.
Group publicationNew planned publicationManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new planned publication in selected group publication.
Group publicationNew publicationManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new publication in selected group publication.
Group publicationNew group publicationManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new group publication in selected group publication.
Group publicationDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to remove selected group publication including publications which are in it.
Planned publicationAdd contentContext menuOperation allows editor to add content to planned publication. During this operation planned publication becomes normal.
Planned publicationDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to remove selected planned publication.
PublicationAdd new files' versionsManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to add new files' versions to publication files. New files' versions are usually added in order to create a new edition from them.
PublicationChange filesContext menuOperation allows editor to change files of publication. After this operation publication has completely new files (specified in wizard) - the old file are deleted. This operation is available when the publication has only one edition which is not published. Additionally, none of the publication files may have more than one version. These constraints are to make this operation available only in the erly stages of publication existence.
PublicationNew editionManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new edition of the publication. By default, the newest files' version are selected to be the content of this new edition.
PublicationDownload filesAvaliable only in advanced mode when publication has only one edition: Management menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to download publication's edition files.
PublicationDelete contentManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to delete content from all publication's editions. Before the operation is performed it is required to give a deletion reason. This reason is presented to WWW users which visit publication WWW page using permanent access point to publication.
PublicationDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to delete publication. Before the operation is performed editor may give a deletion reason. This reason is presented to WWW users which visit publication WWW page using permanent access point to publication.
Publication without contentDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to delete publication. Before the operation is performed editor may give a deletion reason. This reason is presented to WWW users which visit publication WWW page using permanent access point to publication.
EditionNew editionManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new edition basis on selected edition. By default, in new edition wizard, files' versions which are grouped by selected edition are chosen.
EditionDownload filesManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to download edition's files.
EditionDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to delete edition. Edition may be deleted when it is not the only edition of publication, it is not published and it is not edition of publication without content.
FileDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to delete file. File may be deleted when none of its versions belong to any edition.
File versionDownload fileManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to download file's version.
File versionChange file contentContext menuOperation allows editor to change file's version content.
File versionDeleteManagement menu, toolbar, context menuOperation allows editor to delete file's version. File's version may be deleted when it does not belong to any edtion and it is not the only one version of a file.
CollectionNew collectionManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new collection in selected collection.
CollectionDeleteManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to delete selected collection.
UserNew userManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new user.
UserDeleteManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to delete selected user.
GroupNew groupManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new group.
GroupDeleteManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to delete group.
AttributeNew attributeManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to create a new attribute.
AttributeDeleteManagement menu, context menuOperation allows editor to delete attribute.