Re: adding metadata (using metadata access handlers)

Andy Altepeter wrote:
> (resurrecting an old thread)
> 
> I asked awhile ago about conditionally displaying/using metadatasets on a 
> content type.  Specifically, I wanted to show a custom metadata set on 
> SilvaDocuments that were under a certain directory path.  jw was very helpful 
> in pointing me in the right direction.  I thought it may be a good idea to 
> post some documentation on this, especially since it seems little-used but 
> very useful (for me!).  Anyways, here's a link:
> 
> http://altepeter.net/tech/sm-access-handlers/

That's great!! Thanks!!


BTW, with the Silva-1.3 (and thus Silva.14 too) releases, SilvaMetadata gained a 
number of convenience methods for adding and removing metadata-to-type-mappings 
(the original API is rather, uhm, cumbersome, to say the least).

If you're interested, have a look at:

SilvaMetadata/MetadataTool.py:

     def initializeMetadata(self):
         ....
     def addTypesMapping(self, types, setids, default=''):
         ....
     def addTypeMapping(self, type, setids, default=''):
         ....
     def removeTypesMapping(self, types, setids):
         ....
     def removeTypeMapping(self, type, setids):
         ....

So, these methods are available on the service_metadata. This can drastically 
simplify the installation code for metadata sets.


kind regards,
jw

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