I
am trying to build a library in which
I want to archive some projects I've developed using an engineering
program. When I gather files to add to the library, a warning appears that
states that there is not a plugin associated with that type of file. I
acknowledge the warning and proceed to Create and build the collection.
When I preview the collection I see that the files that didn't have an
associated plugin were not added to the collection. I understand the
metadata couldn't be extracted because there isn't a plugin available for those
files. But can I add the files to the collection so that I could download
them from the collection at a future time?
Maybe I should elaborate on what it is that I am trying to do. I am trying
to archive projects that have been developed using various engineering
software. We have many projects, and want to be able to archive them for
future reference. I also want to be able to search the projects in the
archive, and then download all of the files in the project I need to work
on. I understand that if there isn't a plugin for a certain type of file,
the metadata cannot be extracted. In my case, I do not need to be able to
search every file in every project, but maybe only 1 file in each project.
But I still want all the files in the project available for download. For
example, I have 3 projects in my collection, Project A, Project B, Project
C. Each project contains 10 files. Of those 10 files, only 3 have
plugins associated with the file type. One of those 3 is a word document
.doc which does have a plugin, and which I can search for. This word
document would describe the project. In turn, I could search the
collection, using key words describing the project (contained in the .doc file),
find the project and then download all 10 files of the
project.
Is this possible?, to include files that do not have an associated plugin
in a collection?
Thanks,
Blair
Stevenson
