What we currently call tags will become "extended metadata".
We will add to the UI simple, flickr-like tagging.
"Manage Tags and Metadata"
• "Manage Tags and Metadata" tab will say "Manage Metadata"
• Popup window title will have same change as above
• Manage Metadata window will be the same, except for wording changes: "category" will become "metadata field"; "tag" will become "value" (Can we improve that screen a little. Brian told me that he finds it confusing. Can we combine the add category with select category and add tag with select tag?)
Item Metadata Screens (edit item/view item metadata/upload/bulk upload)
• All Extended Metadata fields (as created in the Manage Metadata screen) will look like the Dublin Core fields do, except that they will all be drop-down menus. The "Field" name will be the label (like title, contributor, etc.), and the values within that field will show up as options in a drop-down menu
• The bottom of this page that now says Tags will be simplified, and will be used for simple, flickr-like tagging. There will be no hierarchy of category-tag. There will be a list of existing tags (same as is there now), and user can click on a tag and click "remove" to delete the tag from the item. There will be a text box, with instructions underneath to enter tags separated by spaces, and if they want a multi-word tag, to enter it surrounded by quotes_._
Question: Will the backend check to see if there is an already existing tag that matches before it creates a new one? (The backend will not create tags as standalone objects. Tags are multivalue attribute on items)
Search
• Extended metadata field names will appear in the drop-down list, as the dublin-core fields do. When selected, the drop-down list of those values will appear as the options (instead of a text box).
Question: allow multiple select, or have them create additional rules to specify multiple values?
Needs to be clear, in search, that it is an AND rather than an OR
• Tags: there will be a simple text box, and users can enter one or more tags to search against.
comments & questions?
1. Can we add tags as a column in list view?
2. can tags be clickable? When the user clicks on a tag, we jump to the search screen and display all images with that tag.
3. do we need to limit how many tags can be used on an item?