Linking for project

Today, DLG staff met with one of the GALILEO programmers to sort out linking issues for the project.

Users will be able to find the digital objects (either layered PDFs or DJVus of folders) through two means--the finding aid itself and through the DLG's union metadata catalog. The records in the union catalog will contain what DLG staff call ID links. These are links to a metadata record in a native interface. In the case of the Troup project, the link will take users to an interim page (created through scripting) that allows them to choose a delivery format for their session. It will also contain a link back to the finding aid and if no images are currently available, a note to that effect will display. [We'll be posting images as they're quality controlled and processed.] The linking back to the finding aid will necessitate a change in our current XSLT file to add anchors into the HTML mark-up. I'll also need to update the XSLT to create links to the dlg id. We're working on drafting the interim page as I type. Once we've got a draft, I'll post it.