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Managing Your ResCarta® Collections

Using the ResCarta Toolkit



Table of Contents

Background
Overview
Installing the ResCarta Toolkit
ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool
ResCarta Data Conversion Tool
ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor
ResCarta Collections Manager
ResCarta Indexer
ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool
Uninstalling the ResCarta Toolkit
Glossary
Technical Support
Copyright and Trademark Information



Background

ResCarta® standards for scanning and naming conventions:

Please review the following requirements for digital documents to determine how to scan, photograph, and name your images; your data must meet these requirements for the tools of the ResCarta Toolkit to function properly:

Although TIFF and JPEG images are preferred, tools in the ResCarta Toolkit also work with PDF (image only) and PDF (image and text).

Note: The requirements here are a summary of the complete standards, which are available at the ResCarta Foundation's website: http://www.rescarta.org

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Overview

How the ResCarta Toolkit works with ResCartaWeb:

ResCartaWeb is a customizable web site with the ability to display and search a database of ResCarta objects.The ResCarta Toolkit allows you to create, manage, manipulate, and check the ResCarta-formatted data accessed by ResCartaWeb, as well as add books or objects from your ResCarta database.

Before you install the tools, make sure you have the correct Java Runtime Environment. Also, uninstall any older versions of ResCarta tools you may have on your system.

There are six tools in the complete ResCarta Toolkit. Using these tools will help you create data that you can view and search using ResCartaWeb. You may need to use all six or just a few of the tools, depending on what you want to accomplish.

For new images that you've digitized and are adding to your ResCarta database, you will need to use tools that will convert images into ResCarta format. Specifically, you will need to use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool and the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool.

For images that have not been OCRed, or for images to which you want to add searchable text (photographs, maps, etc.), you will need to use the ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor so that these images will be searchable with ResCartaWeb.

Whenever you make any change to your ResCarta database, (e.g., adding books or collections, images, changing the metadata, etc.), you must manage that change by using the ResCarta Collections Manager as well as index any changes by using the ResCarta Indexer. The ResCarta Collections Manager allows you to add and delete titles and edit metadata. The ResCarta Indexer insures that the new data you've added is added to the index so that when you use ResCartaWeb's search function, the new data will be searchable, along with the older data.

To verify the integrity of your data, you will want to use the ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool. This tool, used after data has been converted to the ResCarta format, compares computed values of data to ensure accuracy.

The tools included in the ResCarta Toolkit do not have to be installed on the same computer on which your ResCarta database is stored, or on your ResCartaWeb server computer (regardless of whether the two are located on different machines). However, the computer on which you install the tools should have network access to the ResCarta database and the ResCartaWeb server computer, to transfer digital objects to the ResCarta database after they've been converted to ResCarta format and edited as needed.

Note: The ResCarta tools and ResCartaWeb can be downloaded from the ResCarta Foundation's website: http://www.rescarta.org

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Installing the ResCarta Toolkit

You can install any or all of the tools in the ResCarta Toolkit at any time. The tools are not required to be installed on the computer on which your ResCarta database is stored, or on your ResCartaWeb server computer (regardless of whether the two are located on different machines ), but the computer on which the tools are installed should have network access to the the ResCarta database and the ResCartaWeb server computer. Before installing the ResCarta Toolkit, be sure that the computer on which you intend to install the toolkit meets the requirements for installation.

Note: While the ResCarta Toolkit may be installed on other operating systems, such as Apple® Mac OS® X or Red Hat® Linux®, information in this document is specific to Windows systems.For information on installing the ResCarta Toolkit on other operating systems, please contact the ResCarta Foundation at info@ResCarta.org

Requirements for installing the ResCarta Toolkit:

To install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE):

Note: It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before installing the JRE.

  1. Open Windows Explorer, navigate to the JRE's executable installation file, and then double-click it.
  2. The InstallShield Wizard appears, preparing to guide you through the Java platform installation process.
    Note: You can cancel the JRE installation at any time before it's complete by clicking Cancel in any of the installation windows. After you click Cancel, a Setup window opens to confirm that you want to cancel the Java installation process (click Yes to cancel the JRE installation, or click No to return to the installation).
  3. The License Agreement window appears. Read the information in this window carefully, and then select the type of Java setup you want to use. You must accept the agreement to continue the Java installation.
    Note: The ResCarta Foundation recommends Typical setup for use with the ResCarta Toolkit.
    Click Accept to continue.
  4. The Installing Java 2 Runtime Environment window appears for the specific version of the JRE you're installing, and Java installation begins. When installation is complete, the Installation Complete window appears.
    Click Finish to complete the installation process.
    Note: You may be notified that you need to restart your computer; in that case, you will be given the opportunity to reboot immediately or at a later time. You may select either option, but be sure to reboot before beginning to install the ResCarta Toolkit.

To install the ResCarta Toolkit:

After you've confirmed that the JRE version 1.5.0 or greater is installed or have completed the installation process, you are ready to install the ResCarta Toolkit. You may install the tools included in the ResCarta Toolkit in any order. Complete the following installation sequence for each of the six tools that you want to install.

Important! If you're installing an updated version of one or more of the tools in the ResCarta Toolkit, you should uninstall the older version of the tool(s) before installing the newer version. For more information on uninstalling these tools, refer to Uninstalling the ResCarta Toolkit.

Note: It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before installing the ResCarta Toolkit.

  1. Open Windows Explorer, navigate to the Toolkit's executable installation files, and then double-click the file for the tool you want to install:
    Note: The full file name of each executable file contains numbers and underscores immediately preceding the .exe extension. This portion of the file name represents the version number of the tool, and is not included in this reference document.
  2. The install4j Wizard appears, preparing to guide you through the installation process for the tool you selected.
    Note: You can cancel the installation of any of the tools at any time before it's complete by clicking Cancel in any of the installation windows. After you click Cancel, a Setup window opens to confirm that you want to cancel the installation process (click Yes to cancel the installation of the tool, or click No to return to the installation).
  3. The Setup Wizard's Welcome window opens. Read the information in this dialog and click Next to continue.
  4. The Setup Wizard's Select Destination Directory window opens. Select the folder in which you want to install the tool.
    Note: The default destination directories for the tools included in the ResCarta Toolkit are as follows (the version number of each tool is also included as the last part of the default destination directory, but is not included in this reference document): To select a different destination directory, enter the path to the folder in which you want to install the tool or browse to the desired installation location.
    Click Next to continue.
  5. The Setup Wizard's Select Start Menu Folder window opens. Select the Start Menu folder in which to display the tool's shortcuts.
    Note: The default Start menu folder for all of the tools included in the ResCarta Toolkit is ResCarta Tools.
    To select a different Start Menu folder, enter the name of the folder in which you want to display the tool's shortcuts, or browse to the desired display location.
    Click Next to continue.
  6. The Setup Wizard's Installing window opens and installation begins.
  7. When installation is complete, the Setup Wizard's Completing window opens.
    The default setting is for the tool to run immediately after exiting setup. To prevent the tool from running immediately after exiting setup, clear the Run checkbox for the tool.
    Click Finish to close the Setup Wizard window and exit setup.

After you've completed the preceding sequence for each of the six tools, the ResCarta Toolkit is completely installed and ready for use.

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ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool

Use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool to create document metadata (information about your images that's stored with them in a digital format). Any new, digitized document that you create for inclusion in your ResCarta database needs document metadata in order to be recognized by ResCartaWeb.

To create metadata:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then select the Start Menu folder that you specified during installation (see "To install the ResCarta Toolkit"), and then select ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool.
    Note: The version number of the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool is also included as the last part of its Windows Start menu option name, but is not included in this document.
    The ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool appears.

  2. From the File menu, select Open image data directory.
    The Select directory dialog appears.
  3. Enter or browse to the directory in which the images for which you want to create metadata are stored and click Select directory.
    Note: Because the ResCarta Standard requires that all images representing a particular document are stored in the same directory and all directories representing documents are stored under the same "parent" directory, enter or browse to that parent directory to work with any or all of the documents included within it.
  4. The Image data directory opened window appears to inform you how many subdirectories (representing documents) were found within the parent directory you selected. Click OK to continue.
  5. The ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool now displays a list of documents within the parent directory you selected (in the left pane) and displays metadata associated with the current document (in the right pane).
    Note: Documents are listed by their directory location and file name until Title metadata is assigned. Documents for which no metadata has been created are indicated with an exclamation point icon: Documents for which metadata exists are indicated with a book icon:
    Tip: You can view the entire directory location and file name (for documents for which no metadata has been created) or title (for documents for which metadata already exists) of any item in the Documents list by briefly pausing your mouse pointer over the item; the complete directory location and file name or title appears next to your mouse pointer.
  6. To select a document, click its name in the Documents list. Any available metadata for that document is listed on the right.
  7. To view images for the current document, click View images. An image viewer appears, displaying the first image in the current document.
    This viewer includes many of the same viewing options that are available in ResCartaWeb's viewer:

    Refer to ResCartaWeb's Help for more information on using these viewing options.
    A few of the viewer options do not exist within ResCartaWeb:

    These options are, respectively, Best fit (displays the image at the height and width that are proportionally sized to fit the viewer), Fit to width (displays the image at the largest width that fits viewer), Fit to height (displays the image at the largest height that fits the viewer), and Go to page (opens a dialog for you to select a specific image in the document to view).
    When you're finished viewing the images within the document, click the viewer's close window button.
  8. To create new metadata for the current document, click Create metadata.
    Note: If metadata already exists for the current document, the Create metadata button is not available; use the Modify metadata button to modify the existing metadata.
  9. To modify existing metadata for the current document, click Modify metadata.
    Note: If no metadata exists for the current document, the Modify metadata button is not available; use the Create metadata button to create new metadata.
  10. To remove all metadata from the current document, click Remove metadata. The Confirm metadata removal window appears. Click OK to remove all metadata from the current document; click Cancel to cancel the metadata removal process.
    Note: If no metadata exists for the current document, the Remove metadata button is not available.
  11. When you're finished creating metadata, click the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool's close window button. The confirm exit window appears. Click OK to exit; click Cancel to return to the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool.
    Note: Document metadata is saved in the metadata.xml file, in the directory in which the image files for that document are stored. This metadata is saved in the METS (Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard) format. For more information about METS, refer to the METS website at the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/mets/

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ResCarta Data Conversion Tool

Use the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool to convert your TIFF, JPEG, PDF (image only), and PDF (image and text) into ResCarta archive data format. Any new, digitized document that you create for inclusion in your ResCarta database needs to be converted into this format in order to be recognized.

To convert your images into ResCarta format:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then select the Start Menu folder that you specified during installation (see "To install the ResCarta Toolkit"), and then select ResCarta Data Conversion Tool.
    Note: The version number of the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool is also included as the last part of its Windows Start menu option name, but is not included in this document.
    The ResCarta Data Conversion Tool appears.
  2. Click the button to the right of the Source data directory text field to specify the directory in which your source documents are located.
    The Select directory dialog appears.
  3. Enter or browse to the Source data directory (the directory in which the documents you want to convert are stored) and click Select directory.
    Note: Because the ResCarta Standard requires that all images representing a particular document are stored in the same directory and all directories representing documents are stored under the same "parent" directory, enter or browse to that parent directory to work with any or all of the documents included within it.
  4. Click the button to the right of the Destination directory text field to specify the directory into which your converted documents will be placed.
    The Select directory dialog appears.
  5. Enter or browse to the Destination directory (the directory into which the converted documents will be placed) and click Select directory.
    Important! The destination directory can be located wherever you specify, but it must exist at the time you begin the conversion process, and it must be named RCDATA01.
    Note: Do not use your ResCarta database (the intended final location of your data) as your destination directory; use an intermediate location during the conversion process, and then transfer converted data from this intermediate location to your ResCarta database.
  6. Select the Source metadata type.
    Note: The Source metadata type is currently restricted to ResCarta METS. Future versions of the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool will include support for other source metadata types.
  7. Enter the name of the Source metadata filename, and click Begin conversion.
    Note: If you created metadata using the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool, the source metadata filename is metadata.xml; if the source metadata filename you specify does not exist in a document directory, the conversion process will fail.
    The progress of the conversion process is detailed in the Status (lower) section of the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool, and you will be notified when the process is complete.

    Note: Depending on the number and size of the documents in your source data directory, the conversion process may take some time; for larger data sources, you may want to run your conversion process overnight. Converted images are saved in archive TIFF format with metadata preserved in the file in MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) format. For more information about MODS, refer to the MODS website at the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/mods
  8. When the conversion is completed, click the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool's close window button.
    Note: The ResCarta Data Conversion Tool creates the following directory structure under your RCDATA01 (destination directory, as specified in step 5): institution identifier/aggregator/root identifier. These three terms, which comprise the object identifier for a particular document, are defined when you use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool. For example, if your Id is brookhav, your Aggregator is 00000001, and your Root id for a particular document is 00000026, the following directory structure appears for that document under your RCDATA01 destination directory: brookhav/00000001/00000026.

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ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor

Use the ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor to add, edit, or delete textual metadata (searchable words that are stored with document images) to ResCarta-formatted documents. Any documents that were scanned without OCR (Optical Character Recognition) need textual metadata, or they cannot be located in searches conducted with ResCartaWeb. You may also want to add searchable text to photograph pages in documents, or to edit existing textual metadata in OCR-scanned pages.

Note: You must use the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool before using the ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor.

To add or edit textual metadata:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then select the Start Menu folder that you specified during installation (see "To install the ResCarta Toolkit"), and then select ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor.
    Note: The version number of the ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor is also included as the last part of its Windows Start menu option name, but is not included in this document.
    The ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor appears.
  2. From the File menu, select Open ResCarta object directory.
    The Select ResCarta object directory dialog appears.
  3. Enter or browse to the ResCarta object directory (document directory; the lowest level of directory structure in documents that have been converted to ResCarta format) in which you want to add or edit textual metadata and click Select ResCarta object directory.
    Note: If you used the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool to convert your data in the ResCarta format, the following directory structure exists under your RCDATA01 (destination directory, as specified in the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool section): institution identifier/aggregator/root identifier. These three terms, which comprise the object identifier for a particular document, are defined when you use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool; they also define your ResCarta object directories.
  4. The ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor now displays a list of Pages in the document within the ResCarta object directory you selected (in the upper left pane) and the existing textual metadata (Words) for the current page (in the lower left pane). The rest of the tool displays the current page (in the right pane).
  5. To select a page, click its number in the Pages list. Any textual metadata (Words) that exists for that page is listed and selected (in the lower left pane). The page display (in the right pane) highlights any of the Words for which coordinate location values exist, as shown in the following example:
    Note: The page display area includes some of the same viewing options that are available in the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool's viewer.
  6. To add textual metadata, use the insert button that indicates the location you want to place your new word in the list of Words:
    Tip: If the order of words in the textual metadata (and in the Words display list) is not important to you, it is immaterial which insert button you use; the order of the words is not relevant to their coordinate positions, if any are specified at all. Note: If the current page doesn't yet include any words, the Insert button replaces the Insert before button; if more than one word is selected, Insert before and Insert after are not available.
    The Insert word dialog appears. Enter the information for the word you're inserting:

    Tip: Only the Word and a Font name are required to store your word as textual metadata associated with the current page; all other information is optional. However, words for which X1, Y1, X2, and Y2 values are not entered cannot be highlighted during searches of your collections. Note: X1, Y1, X2, and Y2 are measured in pixels at 72 DPI, with the lower left corner of the page as the origin.
  7. To edit textual metadata for an existing word, select the word you want to edit and click Modify.
    Note: If the current page doesn't yet include any words or more than one word is selected, Modify is not available.
    The Modify word dialog appears. Enter the information for the word you're modifying (refer to the preceding step for more details on the information that's required in this dialog).
  8. To remove a word from the current page, select the Word you want to remove and click Remove. The Confirm word removal window appears. Click Yes to remove the word from the current page; click No to cancel the word removal process.
  9. When you're finished adding and editing textual metadata, click the ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor's close window button. The confirm exit window appears. Click OK to exit; click Cancel to return to the ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor.

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ResCarta Collections Manager

Use the ResCarta Collections Manager to manage your ResCarta collections. Any change you want to make to your collections, such as adding or removing documents, is managed through this tool.

Important! You should copy your ResCarta data from its intermediate location to your ResCarta database (its intended final location) before using the ResCarta Collections Manager. Use a file manager (such as Windows Explorer) to locate your intermediate RCDATA01 folder, and copy the directory or directories immediately beneath this folder (your institution identifier directory, as specified in the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool section; if you've used more than one institution identifier, you will have more than one directory to copy) to the same directory level of the the computer on which your ResCartaWeb database is stored (immediately beneath the RCDATA01 folder).

Note: After making any changes to your ResCarta collections, objects (ResCarta-formatted documents), or metadata, the ResCarta Indexer must be run to update the index.

To manage your ResCarta collections:

Note: The following information is also accessible from within the ResCarta Collections Manager; from the Help menu, select Help contents.

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then select the Start Menu folder that you specified during installation (see "To install the ResCarta Toolkit"), and then select ResCarta Collections Manager.
    Note: The version number of the ResCarta Collections Manager is also included as the last part of its Windows Start menu option name, but is not included in this document.
    The ResCarta Collections Manager appears.
  2. To open a ResCarta Data Directory:
    Note: The ResCarta data directory will be named RCDATA01.
  3. The ResCarta Collections Manager displays Collections in the volume you selected (in the left pane) and information about the current collection (in the right pane).
    Note: Collections are indicated with a stacked book icon (in the left pane). Objects (documents) in collections are indicated with a book icon (in the right pane), with the total number of documents in the current collection displayed at the bottom of the Objects list.
    Tip: To copy an object identifier (as defined when you use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool) or the complete path to an object, move your mouse pointer over the object for which you want to copy information and right-click; from the menu that appears, select Copy object id to clipboard or Copy path to clipboard, respectively.)
  4. To create a collection: Note: The collection title can contain letters, numbers, and/or spaces.
    Your new collection title appears in the Collections list and the total number of objects in the current collection is displayed at the bottom of the list.
  5. To add objects to a collection:
    Select the collection you want to add objects to in the Collections pane (on the left side of the ResCarta Collections Manager).
    Objects in the selected collection are displayed on the Collection content tab (in the right pane); the total number of objects in the current collection is displayed at the bottom of the Objects list.
    Tip: Use the View drop-down at the bottom of the Objects section to display objects by Title or Id (object identifier, as defined when you use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool). Note: You may add the same object to more than one collection; the metadata will be maintained independently.
  6. To remove an object from a collection: Note: Removing an object from a collection does not remove it from its original location in the ResCarta Data Directory.
  7. To modify object metadata:
    Note: Changes made to metadata in one collection do not occur in that same object in other collections. Size width, Size height, Issues, and Pages cannot be modified using the ResCarta Collections Manager.
  8. To save your changes to your ResCarta collections, from the File menu, select Save collections data.
    Tip: When you're making a large number of changes, save your changes periodically rather than waiting to save your changes when you exit the ResCarta Collections Manager.
  9. When you're done managing your ResCarta collections, click the ResCarta Collections Manager's close window button. The confirm exit window appears. Click OK to exit; click Cancel to return to the ResCarta Collections Manager.
    Note: If there are changes to your collections that you haven't yet saved, you will be prompted to save those changes before exiting the ResCarta Collections Manager.

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ResCarta Indexer

Use the ResCarta Indexer to create a Lucene™ index of your ResCarta collections. Any changes you make to your collections (using the ResCarta Collections Manager) requires that a new index be built so that ResCartaWeb can accurately search the collection.

Important! Indexing a collection can be a time-consuming process, particularly in larger collections; the ResCarta Foundation recommends running ResCarta Indexer over a weekend.

To create Lucene indexes of your collections:

Note: The following information is also accessible from within the ResCarta Indexer; from the Help menu, select Help contents.

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then select the Start Menu folder that you specified during installation (see "To install the ResCarta Toolkit"), and then select ResCarta Indexer.
    Note: The version number of the ResCarta Indexer is also included as the last part of its Windows Start menu option name, but is not included in this document.
    The ResCarta Indexer appears.

    If you're creating an index for a ResCarta collection for the first time, set your Source data directory and Index destination directory and then click Begin indexing. The indexing process will begin and its status will be displayed in the Status window.
    If you've made structural changes to your ResCarta collection metadata at the collection level (for example, adding or removing a collection) or object level (for example, adding or removing a book from a collection), you can also proceed to Begin indexing as soon as you've set your Source data directory (see next step) and Index destination directory.
    Other changes to the ResCarta collection metadata may require using of indexing Options.
  2. To select the Source data directory:
  3. To select the Index destination directory:
    Important! ResCarta specifications require that indexes be stored in the index.ar2 subdirectory of the RCDATA01 ResCarta data directory (/RCDATA01/index.ar2). If this directory does not yet exist, you must create it.
  4. To select indexing Options:
    There are two options that may be used when indexing: Force rebuild and Force optimize on change. To use either, or both, select the appropriate check box(es).
  5. Click Begin indexing.
    The progress of the indexing process is detailed in the Status (lower) section of the ResCarta Indexer.
  6. When indexing is complete, click the ResCarta Indexer's close window button.

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ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool

Use the ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool to verify TIFF checksums (computed values of data that are compared to ensure data accuracy) of your ResCarta-formatted data, to ensure the integrity of the documents in your ResCarta database.

Note: You can use the ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool at any time after the data has been converted into ResCarta format. For more information on converting image data into the ResCarta format, refer to the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool documentation.

To verify TIFF checksums of your ResCarta-formatted data:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then select the Start Menu folder that you specified during installation (see "To install the ResCarta Toolkit"), and then select ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool.
    Note: The version number of the ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool is also included as the last part of its Windows Start menu option name, but is not included in this document.
    The ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool appears.
  2. Click the button to the right of the Source data directory text field to specify the directory in which your source objects are located.
    The Select directory dialog appears.
  3. Enter or browse to the Source data directory (the directory in which the data for which you want to check accuracy is stored) and click Select directory.
    Tip: You may wish to check both the RCDATA01 directory on the computer on which your ResCarta database is stored and the RCDATA01 directory created by the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool, to ensure the accuracy of your final and intermediate data, respectively; these verification processes must be run separately.
  4. Click Begin verification.
    The progress of the verification process is detailed in the Status (lower) section of the ResCarta Indexer, and you will be notified of any problems with your data.
    Note: The Begin verification button is replaced by the Cancel verification button during the verification process; click Cancel verification at any time to stop the data-accuracy check.
  5. When verification is complete, click the ResCarta Checksum Verification Tool's close window button.

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Uninstalling the ResCarta Toolkit

To uninstall any or all of the tools in the ResCarta Toolkit, complete the following uninstallation sequence for the tool or tools you want to remove from your computer.

To uninstall the ResCarta Toolkit:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Settings, then select Control Panel.
    The Control Panel appears.
  2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
    The Add or Remove Programs dialog appears.
  3. After the list of currently installed programs is displayed, select the tool you want to uninstall and click its Change/Remove button:
  4. The Setup window opens to confirm that you want to uninstall the tool. Click Yes to uninstall the tool, or click No to cancel the process of removing the tool from your computer.
  5. The tool's Uninstall window opens and the process of removing the tool from your computer begins.
  6. When the process is complete, the Setup window opens to inform you that the tool has been removed from your computer. Click OK to close the Setup window.
  7. After you've removed the tool or tools you want to uninstall, close the Add or Remove Programs dialog and the Control Panel.

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Glossary

The following terms and definition are used in relation to the ResCarta Toolkit:

Aggregator – The aggregator is a required identifier used to separate one ResCarta object from another within the same source institution parent directory; it must be eight characters (letters and/or numbers) in length. You are required to supply an aggregator (or accept the preselected default) when you use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool to add metadata to a document.

Checksum – A checksum is an inspection of numeric values that accompany data, and is used to help determine the integrity of that data.

Destination Directory – The destination directory is the directory into which your converted documents will be placed when you use the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool.

Metadata – Metadata are structured data that describe a document in your collection. For example, title, volume, author, subject, etc.

Monograph – A monograph is a publication that's complete as first issued, in one entity. Examples of monographs include books and maps.

Object Identifier – The object identifier is made up of the source institution identifier, aggregator, and root identifier. This directory structure (institution identifier/aggregator/root identifier) uniquely identifies each ResCarta object in your database, and is referenced in the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool, the ResCarta Data Creation Tool, the ResCarta Textual Metadata Editor, and the ResCarta Collections Manager.

Parent Directory – A parent directory is the directory that is one level up from the current directory.

Required Identifier – A required identifier is information that must be entered for one or more tools in the ResCarta Toolkit to function.

ResCarta Database – The ResCarta database is the organized collection of all of your digital documents.

ResCarta Object – A ResCarta object is any document that has been created or converted to the ResCarta standard. This term is referenced by every tool in the ResCarta Toolkit.

ResCarta Volume – A ResCarta volume is a collection of ResCarta objects, stored according to the ResCarta standards. This term is referenced in the ResCarta Collections Manager.

Root Identifier – The root identifier is a required identifier used to distinguish the directory in which a document resides; it must be eight characters (letters and/or numbers) in length. You are required to supply a root identifier (or accept the preselected default) when you use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool to add metadata to a document.

Sequential Naming Convention – A sequential naming convention is one in which names are numeric, and increase sequentially. For example, 00000001, 00000002, 00000003, 0000004, etc.

Serial – A serial is a publication that's issued in successive parts, usually numbered, and continuing indefinitely. Examples of serials include periodicals, newspapers, and annual publications.

Serial Monograph – A serial monograph is a publication that's complete, or intended to be complete, in a finite number of individual parts. Examples of serial monographs include a three-part book, or a ten-report serial.

Source Data Directory – The source data directory is the directory in which the documents you want to convert are stored when you use the ResCarta Data Conversion Tool.

Subdirectory – A subdirectory is a directory that is one level down from the current directory.

Source Institution Identifier – The source institution identifier is a required identifier used to define the institution from which a document originated; it must be eight characters (letters and/or numbers) in length. You can use multiple source institution identifiers with your ResCarta database. You are required to supply a source institution identifier when you use the ResCarta Metadata Creation Tool to add metadata to a document.

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Technical Support

For questions about the ResCarta Toolkit, please refer to the ResCarta Foundation's website (http://www.rescarta.org) or contact the ResCarta Foundation directly via email (info@rescarta.org).

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Copyright and Trademark Information

The ResCarta® Toolkit is a product of the ResCarta Foundation, Inc. La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Working with the ResCarta Toolkit, Version 3.1.0, October 2006

This document provides a brief introduction to the tools included in the ResCarta Toolkit. More information is available from the ResCarta Foundation's website (http://www.rescarta.org); you can also contact the ResCarta Foundation via email: info@ResCarta.org

Copyright © 2006 ResCarta Foundation, Inc.

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