This application is a SKOS glossary manager and faceted search application that can manage multiple glossaries. It is intended for organizations that need to manage one or more glossaries.
There a many projects out there that do not require the power of MarkLogic and the licensing fees for it as well.
http://history.state.gov is one such project. It has been using eXist-db as its hosting platform.
It was created as an easily customizable search application. It abstracts out the common code for faceted search and gives an easy development interface to customize for uses other than a glossary manager.
Loren Cahlander is the creator of this tool and the sister glossary application for MarkLogic.
EasyMetaHub is available for consulting in developing your own customization of this tool.
- Gradle https://gradle.org/install/
- npm https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm
- Polymer-cli https://polymer-library.polymer-project.org/3.0/docs/tools/polymer-cli#install
In the root directory of the application run:
gradle buildXAR
The build is in the build directory.
The customizations for this project template are in:
- src/main/xquery/modules/custom/custom.xqm
- src/main/resources/collection.xconf
- src/main/polymer/src/emh-accelerator-app/result-item.js
Download version 5 of eXist-db following the instructions here: http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/basic-installation
Version 5 of eXist-db is required for the faceting feature.
The initial view when you open your browser to http://localhost:8080 is:
Click login and usee the username admin with no password.
You will then see the page
Select the 'Package Manager'
Click on 'Upload' and select emh-glossary-0.8.0.xar
The EMH Glossary shows up in the installed list.
Close the dialog and you will get this:
Type Galaxy in the search bar.
You can then select a facet to narrow the search results. You can also expand a result item by selecting Show Details
If you select one of the buttons for Related, Broader, or Narrower, then you will be hyperlinked to that Concept
This glossary manager in searchable as a guest. In order to manage the glossaries, then you need to go the the Administration screen. Click on HELLO GUEST.
This page shown the user as logged in.
Click on the username to get details of the user.
The details about the user show up in a dialog, including the groups that the user is part of.
In order to go to the administration screen, you need to be logged in as part of the emh group and click on the gear icon.
This page shows the list of glossaries that are loaded and the ability to load more glossaries.
You can delete a glossary by clicking on the trash can by the name. You can add glossaries by uploading RDF files containing either SKOS or SKOS-XL.
Sample glossaries can be found here: https://github.com/easymetahub/emh-exist-glossary/tree/master/samples
Click on the chevron next tothe Administration header to return the the search page.
If you find this template application useful, then I would appreciate a contribution to the development through PayPal to loren.cahlander@easymetahub.com