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Goobi Documentation Documentation for Goobi workflow, Goobi viewer and all other Goobi components Goobi workflow Software for the management and execution of complex digitisation workflows in librarie...

All the official documentation relating to Goobi has been produced by intranda GmbH. It is divided into three main areas, each with a different focus on the same application, and aimed respectively at...

Goobi is the most popular open-source workflow management software for use in digitisation projects. It covers the entire spectrum of tasks involved in the digitisation process – from book to online p...

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Basically, Goobi is a web-based application. To a very large extent, the way it is used and operated will be familiar to you from numerous websites. On the user side, all you need to be able to use Go...

To work with Goobi you will need a valid user name and password. You will usually receive these from your system administrator. In most cases, they will be the same as those you were given for access ...

As is usually the case for web applications, you will find a navigation menu. After logging in, users can select from a number of options depending on their level of authorisation. The diagrams below ...

For security reasons, you should always log out of Goobi whenever you leave your work station. Depending on the configuration, Goobi will automatically log you out after a period of inactivity. To log...

In the top right corner you can switch between several available languages. Goobi is supplied in several languages, including German, English and Spanish. Adding other languages is straightforward, an...

Towards the right-hand edge of the menu bar there is an option to call the integrated Help function. This can be used for many of the input boxes in Goobi and shows you which information is required a...

Once you have logged in, you can choose a number of settings to create your own user profile. To do this, click on your user name in the menu bar and then on the sub-menu item User configuration. Goob...

As with any other technical system, you should change your password from time to time for security reasons. To do so, click on your user name in the menu bar and then select the Change password option...

After logging in, most users continue with the menu option My tasks in the menu bar. This will display a screen similar to the one shown below: In the My tasks list, you will only find those process t...

All the processes that you or other users create will remain in Goobi’s database. To display an overview of these processes, select the option Workflow - Processes in the menu bar. Goobi will display ...

If you want to search for a particular process, you can use Goobi’s straightforward search box. To do so, select the Workflow - Search for volume option from the menu bar. The input box used to search...

There is a specific screen for adding new processes to Goobi’s store of data. Select the option Workflow - Production templates from the menu bar. You will be shown a list containing all the productio...

On the page shown here, the details and plugins for tasks can be configured. The page does not differ significantly between tasks of process templates and those of existing processes. Differences are ...

Before we look in detail at the methodology of specific user groups, let us take a look at some basics. Any of the terms used in this section that may not be familiar to you can be found together with...

The methods used by scan operators working with Goobi on a daily basis do not vary substantially from those of other users with different qualifications or responsibilities. All users must first log i...

At many sites that work with Goobi, a manual check is made on the quality of the scanning work performed in earlier steps of the workflow. The methods used by the staff who conduct these quality check...

In addition to the tasks we have already described, it is possible to configure Goobi so that users can call up any external programs, scripts or plugins for specific purposes from within Goobi. To th...

As well as the manual scripts described in the last section, Goobi can also be configured to execute individual workflow steps automatically if they have been configured to call up scripts. To do this...

One of the main areas of work for those users with library training in the field of digitisation projects involves the comprehensive indexing of digitised objects. Basically, this covers pagination, s...

One of the workflow steps frequently included in a wide range of digitisation projects at numerous establishments involves making the digitised material available to the public together with the corre...

The next section examines some typical user groups in order to illustrate their structure as part of digitisation projects at numerous establishments and the way they work with Goobi on a daily basis....

The grey-shaded area on the left of the screen contains the structure tree, where you can see in hierarchical form all the structure elements that have already been obtained from the source material. ...

The right-hand side of the Metadata Editor gives you an overview of the individual digital images that form part of the current process together with the number of pages, the current magnification lev...

Goobi offers a wide range of functions that simplify the task of working with structure data and metadata. These options can be found in the top menu bar and at the right-hand edge of the structure tr...

Once you have opened the Metadata Editor, you have full access to all the editing options relating to the pagination, structure data and metadata of the digitised material. The Metadata Editor is divi...

Pagination is a key element of digitisation projects. It involves matching page labels (printed page numbers in the source material) to the scanned images. In older works, the page numbering often cha...

The list of elements from which you can select in the New structure element box will vary depending on which structure element has been activated. You can choose the position where you want to insert ...

There are several ways in which you can subsequently modify the structure of a document. One of these involves moving structure elements to a different position. To do this, first select the structure...

Within Goobi, it is also possible to copy structural elements from the METS file of a process to another process. To do this, click on the Import structural element from another process function in th...

When you have completed the task of pagination, the next step in the workflow involves structuring. Working again in the Metadata Editor, the aim is to identify and record all the relevant structure e...

The main area of the Metadata Editor also contains a navigation bar to perform a range of steps during metadata indexing. Selecting Pagination, Structure data, Metadata and File replacement allows you...

If you wish, you can modify previously created pagination sequences. Goobi allows you to move or delete individual pages or several pages at the same time. To do this, you first need to select the req...

This function can be used to upload a file from the user’s computer to a selected process folder. The user will need to specify a file and choose the position within the pagination sequence where the ...

This function can be used to download a file from the current process folder to the user’s own computer. The user can select the file to be stored locally using the computer’s file browser....

A subfolder entitled fileupload is automatically generated on the Goobi server in the configured folder named tempfolder. This subfolder is used to exchange files between processes on the server. In t...

Provided that the server-based target folder is not empty, you can use the Server-based import box to select a folder from which previously exported images can now be imported into the current process...

This section explains a number of additional functions in the METS Editor that involve directly modifying the file system for the images. For this reason you should take great care when using the func...

The metadata editor has an editor for OCR results with which the ALTO XML files in the process can be edited. This editor can be accessed via a button in the upper menu bar: The ALTO editor overlays t...

There are various keyboard combinations available in the metadata editor. These are summarised here once again: | Keyboard combination | Description of function | | :--- | :--- | | Ctrl + Shift + Curs...

Goobi’s Metadata Editor is one of the core elements of digitisation projects. Most work involving the Metadata Editor is performed by trained librarians. There are two ways to open the Metadata Editor...

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Goobi users with a higher level of authorisation will find a number of additional options in the menu bar. These allow you to amend data that may relate to an entire project or to different users and ...

One of the fundamental aspects of Goobi is that all structure data and metadata to be recorded as part of a digitisation project can be specified on the basis of a flexible system of rulesets. Before ...

One of Goobi’s key features is the integration of both Goobi and the additional services linked to it to a central authentication system. In most cases, the authentication process is conducted via a c...

In order to specify and manage the users that you want to be able to work with your Goobi installation, first select the menu item Administration - Users from the menu. This will display a list of all...

In order to ensure flexibility in the handling of freely configurable workflows and the corresponding users, you will need to define a number of user groups. These user groups can be understood as the...

If you want to search for specific processes, you can use Goobi’s extended search function. To do this, select the menu bar option Workflow – Search for volume. In order to conduct a finely tuned sear...

If you need even more detailed information about a process, click on the first symbol in the Actions column for that process. This will open the detailed view window for that process with a number of ...

As well as the options described above allowing users to edit or amend each volume independently of the current status of the workflow and to process its structure data or metadata or re-export the da...

When you apply an action to a group of processes, you also have an option to run Goobi scripts within that action. To do so, click on the button Execute GoobiScript in the Possible actions box. Goobi ...

All objects that are processed in Goobi as part of the whole range of digitisation workflows, and that as such have their own individual progress status, can be viewed in the Processes area. First, cl...

Goobi can also use variables when performing certain actions. Some of these variables can be used only in specific contexts, e.g. the variables {login} and {user full name} when configuring the LDAP. ...

The harvester can be used to automatically import data from external repositories. Overview To be able to access the harvester, the user must have the Edit harvester repositories right. The Harvester ...

This editor allows direct editing of the Goobi workflow configuration files from within the user interface in the web browser. Overview The editor can be found as a separate entry in the Administratio...

This editor is used to directly edit the ruleset files of Goobi workflow directly from the user interface within the web browser. Overview The editor can be found in its own entry in the Administratio...

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The config directory contains all the Goobi configuration files that do not have to be located within the application itself. These are listed below: bash=configcontentServer.xml goobiactivemq.xml goo...

Depending on the way Goobi has been installed, the import directory will contain a range of data, mostly on a temporary basis. By way of example, import plug-ins use this directory to enter metadata a...

The metadata directory is the central directory for storing Goobi metadata and digital content. Within this directory there is a directory with the name of the Goobi process ID for each Goobi process....

Depending on the way Goobi has been installed, the plugins directory may contain a number of plug-ins that perform imports or call Web API commands. Depending on the task, the compiled plug-ins are lo...

Within Goobi, the UGH class library is used to process metadata, map PICA imports and generate METS files. In order to manage the huge variety of configuration options, UGH uses a mechanism known as r...

A range of scripts can be made available centrally in the scripts directory. These scripts can be used within the workflow to automate certain tasks....

Goobi uses a mechanism called XSLT transformation to generate dockets as PDF files. This involves generating PDF documents from existing xml files. This is done on the basis of xslt files located cent...

As a web-based application, Goobi has its own structure and is located on a defined path in the file system independently of the servlet container being used. This section explains how to organise the...

The Goobi installation path may vary depending on your installation. Typically, the base path for web applications on an Ubuntu Linux system within an Apache Tomcat servlet container is shown below: b...

General Most digitisation projects involve handling very large volumes of data. In most cases, this makes it necessary to link external storage capacity to the server. This can be done in a number of ...

Goobi workflow allows operation with S3-compatible storage. It should be noted that a local file system is still required to store the metadata. This means that the files meta.xml, metaanchor.xml and ...

As a workflow management application for the library environment, Goobi has to be able to deal with a wide range of specific configurations and project-specific requirements. To this end, it has been ...

General Goobi saves information using a database. As a rule, the preferred option is MySQL. Ideally, the latest stable version of this database engine is installed from the operating system’s standard...

General Goobi is a web-based Java application. The Java code needs to be translated to ensure that Goobi can be called from your web browser. This job is done by a servlet container. Some examples are...

General Goobi usually uses an LDAP server to authenticate users. This makes it possible to connect to the provided network drive with the same user name and password as in Goobi. In the configuration ...

General Goobi uses Samba to provide users with directory authorisations to read and write image data. The latest stable version of Samba should be installed from the operating system’s standard reposi...

To let Goobi run several services are required as dependency. These services get explained on the following pages....

The following screenshot shows the Technical data tab from Goobi’s project settings: The configuration settings are explained below: List of project configuration parameters used to generate METS file...

The following screenshot shows the Mets parameters tab from Goobi’s project settings: The configuration settings are explained below: List of METS parameters for use when configuring the project | Nam...

In addition to the configuration parameters listed above, the METS file groups can also be specified. The screenshot shows five defined file groups: Min Max Thumbs Default Presentation The file groups...

A further export setting can be configured in goobiconfig.properties. The corresponding parameter is shown below: ini=goobiconfig.properties exportWithoutTimeLimit=true|false If this value is set to t...

Goobi allows users to export processes (together with all their digitised objects) to digital libraries. As a rule, the XML file (METS) is exported last. It is generally preceded by any images, OCR re...

Goobi communicates with the intranda Task Manager via the TaskClient. In Goobi, this command line program is configured as part of a workflow step. It can accept and process a number of parameters. Th...

In most cases, an automatic task is combined with a script task. Goobi then responds to the script output. Goobi will treat any messages issued on the default output console as simple status reports a...

Goobi automatically exports METS files to a pre-defined folder. This is usually the directory shown below: bash /opt/digiverso/viewer/hotfolder/ A sub-folder is created in this directory for each proc...

Since version 1.9.2, Goobi has allowed users to fully automate workflow tasks using plug-ins, e.g. to delete images that are no longer required. This ImageDeletion plug-in should be the last step in t...

Goobi allows you to mark individual tasks as automatic. These tasks are opened and performed automatically once the preceding workflow task has been completed. Whenever an error occurs in such an auto...

The goobiactivemq.xml configuration file specifies the settings for the org.apache.activemq Java library used by Goobi Workflow. Goobi Workflow does not use the file itself, but passes it directly to ...

In the configuration file goobiconfig.properties, some fundamental settings are done for Goobi Workflow. The file is usually located at the following file system path: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/config...

The configuration file goobidigitalCollections.xml is responsible for controlling the selection list of digital collections. It is usually located at the following path in the file system: bash /opt/d...

The goobiexportXml.xml file specifies technical details about the properties and associated XML namespaces used when generating docket files. The file is usually located at the following location: bas...

The configuration file goobimail.xml is used to configure mail dispatch for Goobi. The file is usually located here: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/config/goobimail.xml For example, this configuration file...

The goobimetadataDisplayRules.xml configuration file specifies how the metadata is to be displayed within Goobi's metadata editor. It is usually located at the following path in the file system. bash ...

In the configuration file goobinormdata.xml links to databases are specified, which can be used for universal purposes. A main application is to obtain metadata to digitized objects. The file is usual...

The configuration file goobiopac.xml defines the communication between Goobi workflow and external data sources. This usually applies to systems such as library catalogs. The file is usually located a...

In the configuration file goobiopacUmlaut.txt umlauts are specified which should be replaced when automatically generating process titles. The file is usually located at the following location: bash /...

In the configuration file goobiprocessProperties.xml further properties for projects, processes and steps can be specified. The file is usually located at the following memory path: bash /opt/digivers...

The file goobiprojects.xml configures the mask for creating processes. Here it is defined per project which metadata and properties are allowed for certain publication types. The file is usually locat...

In the goobirest.xml configuration file, the REST API endpoints used by Goobi Workflow are shared based on the respective path (as part of the URL). For each endpoint, the allowed HTTP methods and var...

The goobiwebapi.xml configuration file is used to enable certain API endpoints of the Goobi Workflow Server for other servers or clients. The file is usually located at the following location: bash /o...

In the translation files messagesxx.properties translations for texts in the user interface are specified. The xx mentioned here must be replaced by the corresponding language abbreviation depending o...

In the file configcontentServer.xml, technical details about the content server used in Goobi are provided. The configuration file can be used for Goobi Workflow and Goobi Viewer in the same way. The ...

The file goobiconfigeditor.xml defines which directories the integrated configuration editor of Goobi workflow is allowed to display and edit. In addition, backup settings for the edited configuration...

The file goobiruleseteditor.xml configures the integrated ruleset editor of Goobi workflow. It defines where backup files of edited rulesets are stored and how many backups per ruleset file should be ...

Overview The file goobiprocessMetadataSearch.xml controls the process search in the metadata editor of Goobi workflow. It allows users to search for other Goobi processes while editing metadata and to...

Overview The file goobiscripts.xml defines which scripts are offered for execution within a task. Up to and including version 26.04 these scripts were stored per task in the database and could only be...

At various points, Goobi workflow is controlled via several configuration files. These are usually located in the directory /opt/digiverso/goobi/config/. At this point, the most important configuratio...

Introduction The following installation guide for Goobi workflow refers to Ubuntu Linux 20.04. It is written as a step-by-step guide from top to bottom, meaning that settings and configurations build ...

Introduction The following installation guide for Goobi workflow refers to Ubuntu Linux 24.04. It is written as a step-by-step guide from top to bottom, meaning that settings and configurations build ...

Installation instructions for Goobi workflow are provided here. The following installation instructions are already available: [Ubuntu 20.04 (deprecated)](/en/workflow/manual/admin/installationguide/u...

General information When you update Goobi workflow, all plug-ins should also be updated. You should also check the page Installed plug-ins in Goobi workflow. If this page does not yet exist, the relev...

2020-09-17 In the ImageQA plugin, the configuration of the rotation and deletion commands has changed. These have to be adapted. This is the old configuration: xml /opt/digiverso/goobi/scripts/deleteI...

2021-12-16 The statistics plugin now exports XLSX instead of XLS, therefore the template file was changed. /opt/digiverso/goobi/plugins/statistics/statisticstemplate.xls needs to be replaced with http...

22.12 Config file change for the plugin Generic XML Import This point can be ignored if the plugin is not in use and thus the output of this command is empty: bash xmlstarlet sel -t -c '//catalogue/co...

23.10 Änderung der Konfigurationsdatei des Plugins goobipluginworkflowfileuploadprocesscreation The naming scheme has changed with the update. In the config file pluginintrandaworkflowfileUploadProces...

24.11 Artist Dictionary If the following plugins are used, manual steps must be carried out after the update: bash plugin-dashboard-entity plugin-export-luxembourg-artist-dictionary plugin-workflow-en...

25.08 Config update for the plugin goobi-plugin-step-mixed-ocr The callback URL for the Mixed OCR plugin changes from goobi/plugins to goobi/api/plugins. Example for the adjustment in pluginintrandast...

26.05 Script calls have been replaced by configurable whitelists Script calls are no longer entered freely in the task but are managed through configurable whitelists. The permitted calls must be defi...

The individual update steps that must be carried out to update a Goobi workflow installation to the required version are explained below. Please note that before carrying out the work documented here,...

This section contains detailed documentation on how to carry out updates to Goobi workflow. An update should always be carried out in such a way that a backup of the important data is made beforehand....

With database authentication, users are managed entirely by Goobi workflow itself. The user name and password are stored in the Goobi database. Within the database, only a hash of the password is stor...

HTTP header authentication reads an HTTP header in the request and checks if there is a user whose SSO-ID matches the content of the header. If there is a user, he will be logged in. As HTTP headers c...

OpenID Connect 1.0 is an authentication layer based on the OAuth 2.0 protocol. It enables clients to obtain the end user's identity from an authentication provider in a REST-like manner. Goobi workflo...

In addition to personal user accounts, a Goobi workflow installation requires several technical accesses (service accounts), depending on the components in use. These are impersonal, serve the communi...

Some of the typical authentication options offered by Goobi workflow are documented below. In addition to authentication using the user passwords stored in the database, you can also use LDAP, Active ...

For some time now, it has been possible to create a thumbs/ folder in Goobi workflow process folders. In this folder, thumbnails for the images in the folders in the images/ folder can be stored. When...

Instead of two-dimensional images, 3D objects can also be saved in the images folder and displayed in the Goobi interface. Goobi can display the following 3D formats: bash=.obj .ply .stl .fbx .gltf .g...

In the following sections, some concrete application scenarios are explained in detail. Some of the configurations are customer-specific and may therefore not be transferable to all Goobi workflow ins...

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Installing the database server and other requirements Goobi workflow uses the database MariaDB to manage data. This must be installed on the system accordingly. Installation on Linux Installation on U...

Initial setup A script has been created to check out the source code and download it, which performs the following tasks: - Create a database if one does not already exist - Download the demo data - C...

The setup of a development environment is described here for Eclipse and Visual Studio Code: Eclipse Installation - Eclipse can be downloaded from [here](https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/rel...

1.4.1 Useful software packages In order to work with the repositories and source code in a meaningful way, additional packages should be installed. These have proven to be useful: Linux bash sudo apt ...

For the development of Goobi workflow, we usually work with the Eclipse development environment or with Visual Studio Code. The following pages explain how to set up a development environment and impo...

Goobi workflow has a very comprehensive REST API that can be used to connect external applications and services to Goobi workflow. Configuring the REST API This configuration of the REST API is alread...

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About this manual Welcome to the Goobi Manual. This is the official documentation produced by intranda GmbH as the core developer of the open-source workflow management application known as Goobi. The...

General In September 2026 the focus was on entering metadata. Nested metadata groups are now shown as a tree in the METS editor instead of being lined up next to each other, and a group is created and...

General In August 2026 the REST interfaces that had so far been provided through a plugin of their own were moved into the core and reorganised in the process – existing calls continue to work unchang...

General In July 2026 the migration to Tabler icons made a large step forward: it now also reaches those plugins whose interface is built purely in JavaScript rather than with JSF, and it covers the al...

General In June 2026 one focus was the speed of the image display: when paging quickly through the pages of a process, there used to be interruptions because the process data was reloaded with every c...

General May 2026 was dominated by security: in a broad review, the core and around forty plugins were systematically hardened against known attack patterns – from the processing of uploaded archives a...

General In April 2026, many improvements were aimed directly at day-to-day editing work: the metadata editor is more comfortable to use, the ALTO editor saves reliably in S3 installations again, and p...

General In March 2026 the focus was on improvements that are noticeable in daily work: the METS editor was enhanced in several places, the metadata editor can now be opened directly from the list of w...

General In February 2026, the icon migration to Tabler icons was completed in almost all plugins. In addition, the security of REST interfaces has been improved, new plugins for working with archival ...

General In January 2026, the replacement of Font Awesome icons with Tabler icons across the entire Goobi workflow ecosystem was largely completed. There were also important new plugins and extensive f...

General In December, two major topics were in the foreground: the user interface receives a modern new look with the introduction of Tabler icons in the navigation and menu. At the same time, the Batc...

General In November, the focus was on performance and search: the search in the core was significantly accelerated by full-text indexes and database indexes. In addition, a new lightbox component, ima...

General In October, Goobi workflow was extended with a central help menu including a keyboard shortcut overview. The configuration of file groups for exports has also been made significantly more flex...

General In September, the METS editor was at the centre of development: Goobi workflow is receiving comprehensive support for video and audio files, including chapters, subtitles and an integrated vid...

General The major overhaul of the documentation platform continued in August. In addition, there were also innovations in completely different areas. Among other things, Goobi now offers the option of...

General July was our infrastructure month. We revised several aspects of the deployment of Goobi workflow with regard to Docker. The documentation also underwent a major overhaul. Core Docker installa...

General This month, we have been working hard internally on the future plugin for ingesting data into the ARCHE system of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. But there are also innovations in other area...

General This month we have made some visual adjustments to improve accessibility and usability. We also finalised a major construction site regarding the process properties. There were new features in...

General This month, we primarily caught up on a number of digests. These had been somewhat neglected in recent months. However, they have now been fully updated. Of course, we also worked in other are...

General information As expected, the changeover to Java 21 has brought us some additional work. The changes related to both the infrastructure and the user interface, where we completed the Bootstrap ...

General information This month we were finally able to finalise the major conversion of Goobi workflow and all plugins to Java 21. Due to the complexity, we expect that there will certainly be some re...

General A lot of development work has taken place this month to migrate Goobi workflow and all plugins to Java 21. However, as the work is so extensive, we have decided not to publish a release this m...

General With this last version of the year, we are probably releasing the last Goobi workflow release that can still be operated under Java 11 and Tomcat 9. From next month, we will begin the transiti...

General As the October release was published relatively late, there was not much time left in November to develop new features. The digest is correspondingly shorter. Core Adjustments to the vocabular...

General This month's release comes a little late and is correspondingly extensive. We will limit ourselves here to the most important points of this month. Core Access restrictions for metadata The UG...

General As in previous years, the big user meeting was held in Göttingen again this year. Nevertheless, we were still able to achieve a lot this month. Core Conversion to Java 17 We have changed the s...

General The new vocabulary server is finally ready and has already gone live. But many other areas of Goobi have also received new features this month. Core New vocabulary server Goobi workflow has al...

General This month, the focus was on three things in particular: remodelling the vocabulary, implementing the new archive management system and developing the plugin for the Austrian housing fund. Cor...

General This month, the focus was mainly on implementing the new vocabulary management system. However, the archive management has also been given a new look. Core More flexible folder configuration F...

General The changes to the Maven infrastructure described in April have taken much longer than expected. However, progress has also been made in other areas, for example with the vocabularies and some...

General Attention The major changeover in the Maven architecture of Goobi workflow and the plugins was completed in April. Due to the large amount of rework, we recommend that you only use the May rel...

General Attention The major changeover in the Maven architecture of Goobi workflow and the plugins is in full swing, which is why there will be no Goobi workflow release in March. Core Config Editor T...

General Attention We are planning a major change to the Maven architecture of Goobi workflow and the plugins in the coming months. This internal work may temporarily affect the way developers and syst...

General Attention We are planning a major change to the Maven architecture of Goobi workflow and the plugins in the coming months. This internal work may temporarily affect the way developers and syst...

Core Tables Finally, the column width can be customised within Goobi workflow. The information is saved in the browser's local storage. Once a setting has been made, it is therefore linked to the PC a...

Core Process properties The process properties available in Goobi workflow can now also be displayed as a text area. They are configured using the familiar goobiprocessProperties.xml. An example confi...

Core Harvester Much of the functionality of the intranda harvester has been integrated into the Goobi workflow core. Repositories of different types can now be created and configured. The harvester qu...

Core Usability The Goobi workflow creation screen has always prevented a process with the same name from being created again. You would then receive a short error message saying that the process alrea...

Core Usability We are always looking for small areas in the user interface in order to specifically improve usability. In August, it was the area of actions within an assumed task, where we tried to c...

Coming soon GoobiScript changes Documentation of step details Core GoobiScript Templates It often happens that several GoobiScript calls have to be made in succession. Often the calls are repeated bec...

Coming soon GoobiScript templates Documentation of step details Core API Token In the settings of one's own user account, there is a new tab in which an API token can be generated and equipped with th...

Coming soon Documentation of step details Personal API Token Core Error and correction messages Error and correction messages can be sent in an accepted task. New is that now an optional dropdown menu...

Coming soon Documentation of step details Improved PDF-A generation Core User interface We have worked several hundred hours in the background on it and in the result only little changes at the surfac...

Coming soon Porting of user interface to new framework Documentation of step details Improved PDF-A generation REST API Core Periodic tasks For some time now, Goobi workflow has been able to trigger c...

Coming soon Porting of user interface to new framework Periodic tasks * Documentation of step details Core Performance A bottleneck in the performance of SQL queries with "Like" queries could be ident...

Coming soon Porting of user interface to new framework Periodic tasks Documentation of step details Core ALTO Editor The ALTO Editor for OCR correction, which can be opened in the Metadata Editor if r...

Announcements December was marked in the project by the upcoming end of the year: A lot of housekeeping and the attempt to tidy up and finish small things to start with air and a clean desk / project ...

Projects easydb Together with a partner we developed a process chain that allows to import records exported from an easydb fully automatically into Goobi workflow, to process them and to export them i...

Core Better display of validation results in the metadata editor In Goobi workflow, the rule set can be used to control which metadata may occur, for example, how often, where they are permitted and w...

Core Saving in the metadata editor Within the metadata editor, we noticed that different browsers reacted differently when users clicked on the save button. Specifically, the Chrome and Safari web bro...

Core General layout changeover to Bootstrap 5 We already announced it. Some users may have already noticed that the layout will change minimally (at first): We are gradually changing the layout of Goo...

Core Generation of URLs for the SRU Interface and the IIIF Manifest In the project settings there are now two additional fields in the tab METS Parameter to record the URL to the SRU interface of the ...

Opac Plugin for Kalliope documented The plugin has been around for a long time. But somehow we haven't found the time to document the plugin yet, and so one could almost think that Goobi has no connec...

Display of the number of images in tasks and activities Within the user interface, it is now possible to display the number of images as a column. This can be done within the task list as well as in t...

Step plugin for the generation of run sheets We have developed a new plugin that automates the generation of dockets during the workflow. Up to now, it was already possible to download routing slips i...

New GoobiScript for changing person roles For some time now, there have been various GoobiScripts that can very conveniently make changes even to metadata in bulk. In the past, we have often focused o...

Flip functionality in the QA plugin Within the plugin for the quality control of files, it has already been possible for some time that specific individual files can also be changed, provided that thi...

Extension of the user settings for individual configuration of the display mode Within the user settings, there is now the option in the General section for each user to individually define the displa...

Security vulnerability Log4j Like many other well-known software solutions and websites, Goobi workflow was also affected by the security vulnerability within the Log4j programme library. At least the...

Better display in case of metadata that cannot be imported When a process is created in Goobi workflow and data from a catalogue is to be imported for it, it can occasionally happen that it has not al...

Coming soon - Extension of the plugin for issue recognition of newspapers - Support of S3 as storage in further plug-ins - Enhanced accessibility for tables - AEON plugin development - Documentation a...

Coming soon - New plugin for editing configuration files - New plugin for editing rule sets - Adjustments to the institution display - AEON plugin Print view for metadata revised About two years ago w...

Coming soon Development of a new capture plugin for integration with Atlas AEON Development of a new plugin for editing configuration files from the user interface Development of a new plugin for edit...

Coming soon Performance optimisations for very large data sets Development of a new capture plug-in for integration with Atlas AEON Development of a plugin for simultaneous processing of metadata from...

Coming soon Outsourcing of some statistics to plugins with refreshing of the user interface Implementation of a new search syntax Revision of the internal folder structure to comply with the Maven con...

Coming soon Extension of the Archive Management Plugin Extended Java 11 support Adaptation of the export options Extension of the handling of museum data from LIDO New functionality for full text edit...

Coming soon Implementation of an ALTO editor for editing full texts Extensions to the dashboard Adaptations to the caching Major restructuring of metadata groups The metadata editor now allows metadat...

Coming soon Extension of metadata group support Flex editor for capturing manuscripts and more New pagination type for double pages Markup of double pages in METS Support for IIIF URLs within the Vari...

Coming soon Extension of the processing of GoobiScripts New rights management for the execution of GoobiScript Better support for corporate bodies and metadata groups Flex editor for capturing manuscr...

Coming soon Flex editor for capturing handwriting and more Extension of rights management for individual GoobiScripts Enhancement of the dashboard Better support for corporate bodies New function for ...

Coming soon Extension of LayoutWizzard functionalities Extension of the documentation for many existing plugins Implementation of metadata transfer from images Extension for handling corporate bodies ...

Coming soon Final work on the archive management plugin Extension of the Flex editor for provenances * Extension of the vocabulary management New single sign-on authentication for users based on HTTP ...

Coming soon Extension of single sign-on support Implementation of checksum comparisons for exports Completion of accessibility work according to WCAG Swagger support Workflow plugin for exporting a co...

Coming soon Completion of the tectonics editor Extension of the manuscript editor with provenance information Implementation of a multi-process editor Implementation of a tectonics editor Data managem...

Coming soon In the coming weeks we will probably focus on the following points: Implementation of a tectonics processing mask Extension of metadata processing for a better handling of corporate bodies...

Coming soon In the coming weeks we will probably focus on the following points: Completion of WCAG compatibility Revision of the process creation page to use the data of the respective ruleset Extensi...

Coming soon In the coming weeks we will probably focus on the following points: Extension of the folder management per process Accessibility according to WCAG * Enabling a cross-process possibility fo...

Coming soon In the coming weeks we will probably focus on the following points: LayoutWizzard Refactoring Conversion of the Goobi code to use CDI Accessibility according to WCAG 2.1 Display of audio a...

Coming soon In the coming weeks we will probably focus on the following points: Refactorization of the LayoutWizzard plugin for automatic image cropping Conversion of the Goobi code to use CDI Extensi...

Coming soon In the coming weeks we will probably focus on the following points: LayoutWizzard extensions Audio and Video integrations Documentation Extension of the vocabulary functionalities Projects...

Coming soon In the coming weeks we will probably focus on the following points: Further expansion of scalability to cloud infrastructure Completion of the flexible editor for handwriting capture Autom...

Coming soon Migration of Goobi workflow for Java 11 support Extension of the vocabulary manager * Implementation of a flexible editor for manuscript indexing Capture of image sections for structural a...

Multi-client capability in Goobi workflow With the current release, Goobi workflow is now multi-client capable. To this end, Goobi workflow now has institutions to which the routing slips, rule sets, ...

Two new GoobiScripts Two new GoobiScripts have been added: deleteUserGroup removes a user group from steps renameStep renames a step in multiple processes Single sign on with openID Connect Goobi work...

New REST endpoint for file upload into an operation. A file can now be copied to one of the image folders of an operation via multipart POST. The endpoint looks like this: POST https://mygoobi.tld/goo...

New login screen There is a new login screen that better reflects the "workflow" in the name. Removed intermediate session screen If you were already logged in as a user and tried this again in anothe...

ActiveMQ queues are now displayed Already [some time ago](/en/workflow/digests/2019/04) we added a new queue to Goobi. There hasn't been much of this queue so far, it did its work quietly in the backg...

Optimizing the image display Previously, the entire process was fetched from the database if an image from this process was to be displayed. This has now been optimized so that database queries are no...

Integration of VIAF for authority data acquisition A search in the [VIAF](https://viaf.org/) has been integrated into the metadata editor. In this way, the authority databases from 40 countries can be...

Adjustments to the mass import screen The interface for the mass import of Goobi workflow has been massively revised. Previously, users had to select the correct import mechanism and then import the p...

Thumbnails folder per process Goobi workflow has now been extended so that thumbnails can now also be used in addition to the directories already used for the master files and derivatives. After compl...

Better display of results for script executions If a GoobiScript was faulty, the red error status was a good indicator, but the cause was often not visible. Therefore the display was extended to show ...

Display of longer OCR results within the METS editor now scrollable If the results of a full-text recognition were displayed within the METS editor, the full-text recognition has been abbreviated for ...

Usability adjustments for the boxes within the METS Editor Within Goobi's METS editor, there were a few minor improvements in usability. For example, the title bars of the boxes can now be clicked acr...

Extended support of standard data via DANTE In addition to the metadata fields for texttareas, select menus, read-only fields or the connection of [GeoNames](https://www.geonames.org/) and [GND](https...

Final conversion to maven as build-tool After extensive testing, the internal management of program libraries and interaction with the 170 plug-ins currently available were converted to [Maven](https:...

Optimized image display within the METS editor The metadata editor has been reworked for a better image display. In particular for the ideal display with consideration of image height and image width ...

Individual styling of Goobi Goobi has been enhanced so that users can now influence the visual design. Using smaller CSS instructions, each user can now adjust colors, fonts, spacing and much more for...

Support of S3 as storage system for Goobi workflow After several months of development, support for S3 as a storage system for Goobi workflow has now been integrated. This means that Goobi can now be ...

Support of 3D objects in the entire workflow After several months of work on support for processing and displaying 3D objects, the first milestone has now been reached. 3D objects are now supported in...

New GoobiScript for editing metadata There are now several new GoobiScripts for manipulating metadata within METS files. This GoobiScript, like all others, can be called and executed simultaneously fo...

Storage of file sizes within the Goobi database In order to guarantee the possibility to generate further individual statistics, from now on the respective storage space within the database is also ca...

At this point we provide a detailed insight into our current developments. We try to keep them relatively up to date and to summarize for each month if possible what innovations or changes have been m...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Administration Plugin for synchronising archives from Goobi workflow with ACTApro. Nodes can be newly imported ...

Introduction This administration plugin allows you to create and update projects as TopCollection in the ARCHE system of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Installation To use the plugin, the following...

The following functions are available within the plugin for archive management: Selection of existing inventories Once the plugin has been opened, a list of available archive holdings is displayed. He...

After installing the plugin and the associated database, the plugin must also be configured. This takes place within the configuration file pluginintrandaadministrationarchivemanagement.xml and is str...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Administration Plugin for managing archive collections from within Goobi workflow. This allows the data from se...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Administration Plugin for the automated transfer of a central anchor file of a volume (e.g. from journals or mu...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Administration Plugin for automated repeated retrieval of data (e.g. from a catalog) to update records in Goobi...

To start up the Goobi-to-Goobi mechanism, various plugins must be installed and configured on both the source and target systems. These are described in detail here. 1. Source system First of all, the...

The export from the source system consists of up to three sub-steps. However, before the export can take place, it must first be specified within the role system of Goobi workflow that the user must h...

After the export directories have been created, the task folders can be copied from the source system to the target system. Depending on the amount of data involved, different methods can be used for ...

The import of data on the target system takes place using two different plugins. These must first be installed and configured accordingly. More information about their installation and configuration c...

Introduction The two plugins described here can be used to transfer data from one Goobi workflow system to another Goobi workflow system (Goobi-to-Goobi). This documentation explains how to install, c...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the administration plugin for viewing the status of various licences for OCR quotas at intranda. Installation To us...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Administration Plugin for automated pagination resetting within a large number of processes within Goobi workfl...

Introduction This plugin for Goobi workflow restores image folders that were previously archived with the plugin goobi-plugin-step-archiveimagefolder. Installation The plugin consists of the following...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Administration Plugin for automated checking of a large number of processes within Goobi workflow with the assi...

Introduction This dashboard plugin was developed to facilitate the use of a barcode scanner in the Goobi Workflow. On the right side is a form for various actions, such as accepting and completing tas...

Introduction This dashboard plugin provides an improved overview through detailed display options. For example, the most recently edited tasks or relevant statistics can be shown. Installation In orde...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the export plugin for the creation of special export packages for the Imagen Media Archive Management software. Wit...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for exporting ARCHE data to the Goobi viewer. Installation To use the plugin, the following file must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/plugin...

Introduction This plugin is used for a special export of multiple METS files per process. From a single METS file within Goobi workflow, a separate METS file with the associated image files is created...

Introduction This documentation describes how to install, configure and use an export plugin in Goobi. Using this export plugin for Goobi, Goobi operations can be exported to multiple locations simult...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Fedora Export Plugin in Goobi workflow. Overview and functionality An export step must be configured: Export DM...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Fedora Export Plugin in Goobi workflow. Installation The plugin must be installed in the following folder: bash...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Heris export plugin in Goobi. This plugin for Goobi workflow can be used to export the images and associated me...

Introduction The plugin is used to generate the METS structure for import into the German Digital Library’s newspaper portal. A separate METS/MODS file is created for each instance of the process. The...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for exporting PDF files with special folder and file naming for the National Library of Israel. The plugin creates any required subfolders in a defi...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for exporting selected images in Goobi workflow. With the help of this plugin for Goobi workflow, Goobi ...

Introduction The present documentation describes the installation, configuration, and use of the Stanford Export Plugin in Goobi workflow. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following file...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the VLM export plugin in Goobi. Using this plugin for Goobi, Goobi operations can be exported to the configured loc...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for exporting LIMB-compatible METS/MODS files. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of an export plug-in in Goobi, as required for the Klassik Stiftung Weimar within the digitization project. With the h...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the ZOP export plugin in Goobi. Using this plugin for Goobi, Goobi operations can be exported to the configured loc...

Introduction This plugin allows you to execute any configurable GoobiScripts by scanning parameterised barcodes. Installation In order to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /o...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for the mass import of existing old data of the Federal Monuments Office in Austria. The starting point ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the import plugin for archive data from a hierarchically organised Excel file. This plugin can be used to import da...

Introduction This import plugin allows data to be imported without a previous catalogue query. It inserts data into the user interface that has previously been copied from an Excel file and where the ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for mass importing data sets from Excel files. Installation The plugin must be installed in the followin...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for transferring card catalogues from the KatZoom system to Goobi workflow. Installation The following f...

Introduction The program examines the provided MAB2 file and translates the fields into metadata for a METS-MODS file. If available, an SGML file is also examined to specify the structural data. Insta...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin to import Sisis SunRise files. Installation The plugin must be installed in the following folder: bash /...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin to import journal articles from an Excel file exported from Endnote. Installation The plugin must be ins...

Introduction This import plugin allows you to import data with an ALMA catalogue query. Data that was previously copied from an Excel file is inserted into the user interface. Installation To be able ...

Introduction This import plugin allows you to import data with an CMI catalogue query. Data that was previously copied from an Excel file is inserted into the user interface. Installation To be able t...

Introduction This import plugin allows data to be imported without a previous catalogue query. It inserts data into the user interface that has previously been copied from an Excel file and where the ...

Introduction This plugin allows the modification of the publication type within the metadata editor of Goobi workflow. Installation To use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plug-in for creating structural elements per image within the metadata editor. Installation The following files...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. With the help of this plugin, data from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ariadne archive portal can be retrie...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of an XML-based database to manage EAD files and integrate them into Goobi. Installation and configuration Preparation...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. This plugin can be used to retrieve data from an external system and transfer it to Goobi. The catalog ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. You can use this plugin to retrieve data from an external system and transfer it to Goobi. The catalog ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. With the help of this plugin, data from the Kalliope database can be retrieved and transferred to Goobi...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. You can use this plugin to retrieve data from an external system and transfer it to Goobi. The catalog ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. You can use this plugin to retrieve data from an external system and transfer it to Goobi. The catalog ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. This plugin can be used to retrieve data from a Soutron system and transfer it to Goobi. Access to the ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the time-controlled plugin for importing housing subsidy files in Austria into Goobi workflow. The metadata is take...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration, and usage of the plugin for the automatic, regular update of the HERIS vocabulary. Installation A prerequisite is Goobi versi...

Introduction This REST plugin allows you to start the WU WMA import outside of the user interface by using the REST API. Installation To use the plugin, the following file must be installed: bash /opt...

Introduction This statistics plugin enables the evaluation of completed workflow steps across multiple Goobi projects. Results are grouped according to configurable collections or thematic columns and...

Introduction This statistics plugin enables statistical recording of the activity of translators and editors who edit specific metadata fields within the METS file. In particular, the translation work...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation and usage of the User Throughput Plugin. Installation To install the plugin, the following files need to be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/go...

Introduction This plugin sends image files of a Goobi process to a configurable ABBYY FineReader Server 14 to perform OCR there. The OCR results are then downloaded again as ALTO, full text and PDF fi...

Introduction This plugin is used to send information to ACTApro. Any data can be added to an existing node within ACTApro. Installation In order to use the plugin, the following files must be installe...

Introduction This plugin is used to send requests to REST APIs, e.g. ALMA, and process the returned responses. Multiple commands can be configured to compile a complicated task. The plugin executes th...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. This plugin can be used to automatically prepare METS-files, create a basic structure and set a paginat...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for importing a process into ARCHE. Installation To use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/plugins/step/pl...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for validating metadata and properties. Installation To use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/plugins/ste...

Introduction This step plugin for Goobi workflow copies image folders to an external storage connected via sftp (ssh) and creates a file that causes Goobi workflow to display a warning in the task. Th...

Einführung This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step Plugin for the generation of ARK identifiers in Goobi workflow. ATTENTION: This update can only be used to a...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for ingesting into the Libsafe long-term archiving system. Using this plugin for Goobi, the metadata obj...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for assigning a single process to a batch. This assignment is made directly from an accepted task. A new batch can either be created there or select...

Introduction This step plugin for Goobi workflow allows multiple Goobi processes that belong to a batch but have different progress in their workflows to all wait for each other at a defined workflow ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step plugin for the catalogue query to update records in Goobi workflow. Installation The plugin consists of th...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of a plugin for automatically changing workflows at runtime. The plugin can open, close or deactivate (depending on co...

Introduction This documentation describes how to install and configure this plugin to create PDF files out of images. Installation To use the plugin, it must be copied to the following location: bash ...

Introduction This documentation explains the installation, configuration, and use of the plugin. This plugin checks if a workflow has reached a specific status. Only if this is the case, a defined wor...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin that allows a workflow to be paused for a certain period of time. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: ...

Introduction The plugin is used to automatically delete data from a process. For this purpose, a configuration file can be used to define very granularly which data exactly should be deleted. Installa...

Introduction ‌This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of a plug-in to display metadata and folder contents in a workflow step. The plugin can display any metadata and fold...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of a plugin for registering DOIs via the DataCite API. Note ATTENTION: It should be noted that this plugin is a new im...

Introduction This plugin reads file IDs and hash values from configured process properties or metadata, constructs a download URL from them, downloads the files, and then compares them with the corres...

Introduction This plugin reads the value of a process property and can automatically duplicate a defined workflow step several times depending on the contents of the property. In addition, the origina...

Introduction The plugin allows digital copies to be registered with the [ePIC Service of the GWDG](https://www.gwdg.de/de/application-services/persistent-identifier-pid). Both the generation of Handle...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of a plugin for creating a METS file for long-term archiving EWIG. Installation The plugin consists of two files: bash...

Introduction This plugin allows metadata to be read from an Excel file and added to existing structural elements. Installation To install the plugin, the following file must be installed: bash /opt/di...

Introduction This plugin allows a flexible export of data of a process into a defined target directory. This plugin can be configured very granularly to include selected data in the export. In additio...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. This plugin can be used to copy or move images from a configured folder or from specific URLs to the de...

Introduction This plugin is used to upload files within the user interface of an accepted task in Goobi workflow. Installation To install the plugin the following two files must be installed: bash /op...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step Plugin for validation with configurable checking profiles. Installation The plugin consists of the followi...

Introduction This plugin enables dynamic customization of the user interface, allowing specific metadata management requirements to be efficiently implemented. Installation This plugin is delivered as...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for automatic image import. The plugin copies image data from a configured import directory into the ima...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for generating missing ALTO IDs. This is required for the ALTO editor to work properly. Some external OCR tools don't provide these ALTO IDs. This p...

Introduction The plugin allows the automatic generation of identifiers and the saving within a metadata in the METS file of the corresponding processes. Installation To install the plugin, the followi...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for generating properties. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/plugins/step/...

Introduction This step plugin for Goobi workflow automatically annotates existing "location" NER tags in ALTO files with GeoNames URLs. The first hit of the search query is always taken. It is therefo...

Introduction This Step Plugin for Goobi workflow allows the annotation with - respectively correction of - previously automatically created GeoNames identifiers in ALTO OCR results. For this purpose, ...

Introduction This plugin allows the data transfer of multiple metadata from a vocabulary into METS files. It was developed specifically for the Federal Monuments Office in Austria, so the metadata of ...

Introduction With the help of this plugin, metadata can be extracted from image files and stored within Goobi's METS files. Here, a use of the Linux programme ExifTool takes place in the background in...

Introduction This plugin allows you to scale images to a maximum size and then render watermarks into the previously scaled images. The maximum size and the watermark to be rendered can be configured ...

Introduction This plugin is used for the visual selection of images. It allows you to select, deselect and sort the selected images using drag & drop. Installation To use the plugin, these two files m...

Introduction This plugin is used to visually check the quality of images. It allows different views of images as thumbnails, in large display or even in full screen mode. In addition, the full text of...

Introduction This plugin allows an automatic import of image files, as well as the creation of a structure and pagination based on existing files of a directory. Installation To install the plug-in, t...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step Plugin for cleaning metadata for the Kiel City Archive. In concrete terms, this is about the automated eva...

The preview view includes an image area like the following for each image file. It consists of the actual image display, the controls for rotation and cropping frame, and several buttons to enter the ...

Within the preview view there is a menu with several buttons for the configuration of the image display in the left area. The functions offered in this menu have the following meaning: | Function | De...

The preview view contains a list of all images in the input folder. However, these are usually spread over several pages to keep the loading times of the images to be displayed as short as possible. D...

In the Folder and File Options area, global settings for handling files can be made. You can also reset the complete LayoutWizzard workflow from here. Switching between display modes Within the overvi...

The right area includes the display of the current image and a header area with some information about the image file. Most important here is the drop-down menu for selecting the orientation of the cu...

Below the image area are several buttons to exit the plugin and continue the workflow. | Icon | Description | | :--- | :--- | | | This button saves all configurations and image data made in the interf...

In the file list in the lower area, all image files in the input folder are listed with their file name. A click on one of the file names opens the respective image in the single page view. The file n...

The Save view usually shows the image as the cropped derivative is saved. An exception to this are images with double page orientation. These are displayed as a single image, i.e. without any division...

The work step area contains a list of all configured analysis steps. These are each listed with several buttons. | Icon | Description | | :--- | :--- | | | The background color of the step indicates w...

This area is only visible when an analysis step is selected and is then named after the respective step. It contains configuration parameters for each step, which determine the automatic analysis of t...

This area is only available if the Crop page step is selected and this option is enabled in the configuration. It shows the position and size of the crop frame for the current image. It is displayed i...

The Single Page View, sometimes also called Overview Page, contains global settings of the LayoutWizard as well as all settings for the currently viewed page. This view is divided into several section...

Most of the work in the LayoutWizzard generally takes place in the background of Goobi. This involves automatic image analysis and the final cropping of the images after a user has checked the croppin...

Program Libraries The installation consists of a total of four program libraries that must be accessible in Apache Tomcat or Goobi: | File | Location | | :--- | :--- | | layoutwizzard.jar | In the lib...

The central configuration of the LayoutWizzard takes place in a separate configuration file. This file can be located anywhere in the file system, because its path can be specified in any program comp...

The configuration file of the Goobi Step plug-in, which is the user interface for LayoutWizzard, must be located in the config directory of the Goobi installation. Its file name in current Goobi versi...

The LayoutWizzard workflow in Goobi generally consists of several Goobi workflow steps that work together. A typical LayoutWizzard workflow as part of a Goobi workflow might look like the following: I...

As the installation, configuration and technical operation require more detailed explanations, these are described in the individual chapters of this documentation. The following chapters on technical...

Introduction The LayoutWizzard is a tool for the analysis of digitized book pages and similar materials, which recognizes the position of the physical page in the digitized image and can align and cro...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for converting MEI files to PDF and audio. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goo...

Introduction This plugin allows the editing of configurable properties and metadata within the user interface of an open task without having to enter the METS editor. In addition to editing the metada...

Introduction This step plugin reads an Excel file containing exactly one row per image of a process and builds the logical structure hierarchy in the meta.xml from it. Configured columns become struct...

Introduction This plugin allows you to edit configurable metadata within the user interface of an open task without having to enter the metadata editor. You can create your own metadata for each audio...

Introduction This plug-in allows you to automatically enrich metadata within the METS files of Goobi workflow with content from controlled vocabularies managed within Goobi.Details Installation To use...

Introduction This is a technical documentation for the import of structure data from an Excel file. Installation To install the plugin, the following file must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/...

Introduction This Step plugin for Goobi workflow allows to automatically create or update specific metadata fields inside of METS files. To do so it can use the Variable Replacer or neighbor metadata ...

Introduction This documentation explains how METS files are loaded, enriched and then saved using several plugins. Installation In order to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash ...

Introduction This documentation explains the Step plugin for Goobi workflow for the automatic enrichment of METS files with the associated media files. Depending on the configuration, pagination can a...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for automatic data transfer of digitised data from a Visual Library instance to Goobi workflow. The publicly accessible METS file is retrieved from ...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for enriching MIX Metadata. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/plugins/step...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of a plug-in for OCR with mixed fonts. This plugin is only useful in combination with the plugin ["OCR Page Selection"...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for automated ingest into a MyCoRe repository. Installation To use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/digiverso/goobi/plug...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for automatic archive node creation and process splitting. The plugin creates a new archive node within ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of a page selection plugin for downstream OCR processing. This plugin can be used to determine on a single-page basis ...

Introduction This step plug-in for Goobi Workflow automatically reads the OCR results of all associated files, combines them and then saves them in a configurable metadata field within the METS file. ...

Introduction With this plugin, object identifiers for a work and all images can be retrieved from an external service and transferred to the METS file. The images are then renamed so that the file nam...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin. Installation The program consists of these files: bash pluginintrandastepolr-correction.jar pluginintra...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for manual issue control. This step plugin for Goobi workflow allows users to enrich METS files for newspaper volumes, enabling convenient definitio...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for importing book interchange data in XML format to enrich the structure and metadata of existing Goobi processes. Installation To be able to use t...

Introduction This documentation describes how to install, configure and use a plugin to extract images, full texts and the table of contents from PDF files. The plugin always extracts only what is pre...

Introduction This documentation describes how to install, configure and use a plug-in to upload documents to Goobi. With the help of this plug-in, born-digital documents such as PDF files can be uploa...

Introduction This plugin is used to generate placeholder images within the master folder of a Goobi workflow process. The number of images to be generated can be defined in the user interface. Install...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for the automated export of digitised works to a digital preservation system. For a given process the plugin generates a METS file with embedded PRE...

Introduction This documentation explains how this plugin can be used to perform file or directory operations. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /op...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin for generating structural elements that are read from a CSV file. Installation To use the plugin, the following files must be installed: bash /opt/d...

Introduction This plugin is used to conditionally rename files within the media and ocr folders of an operation of Goobi workflow. The naming is dependent on the process title and a configurable forma...

Introduction This plugin is used to conditionally rename files within the different folders of an operation of Goobi workflow. The naming is dependent on a configuration file, which may be structured ...

Introduction This step plugin for Goobi workflow renames the process with the name specified in the configuration. You can also use variables from the Variable Replacer to define the renaming of proce...

Introduction The plugin allows automatic sorting of image files that were not created continuously during creation and instead were saved separately for left and right pages. This is useful if, for ex...

Introduction This plugin is used to replace previously imported placeholder images within the master folder of a Goobi workflow process with the actual master images. The plugin is operated by simply ...

Introduction This documentation describes how to install, configure and use a plug-in to set the representative within METS files in Goobi. This plugin can be used to automatically prepare METS files ...

Introduction This step plugin for the Goobi workflow reverses the file order of images in the Goobi workflow based on the metadata field DocLanguage . Installation To be able to use the plugin, the fo...

Introduction This plugin can be used in any task to automatically generate and save a docket when the task is processed. The plugin supports PDF and TIFF files. Installation The following file must be...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step Plugin for sending emails within a task in Goobi workflow. The list of recipients and the text can be conf...

Introduction This step plugin for Goobi workflow automatically splits a batch process into multiple independent sub-processes. The logical structure elements from the METS file of the source process s...

Introduction The plugin searches the stored ECHO XML files for one with the same MPIWG ID. This file is then converted into a TEI file using a predefined XSL file and saved in a designated folder. Aft...

Introduction This plugin is used to validate images in TIF format within defined directories. The validation is done with the help of the [open source software library JHove](https://jhove.openpreserv...

Introduction The transcription plugin allows the user to edit the txt OCR results of a Goobi process. An image and a rich text editor are displayed side by side where the text can be captured. Install...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step plug-in for importing images into Transkribus Collections as well as the subsequent download of the annota...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step plug-in for OCR using Transkribus. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the plugin for automatically creating and updating archive nodes. The plugin makes it possible to create nodes in a...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step Plugin for the generation of Uniform Resource Names in Goobi workflow. Installation The plugin consists of...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin used for assigning users to specific tasks within the workflow. Installation To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed: ba...

Introduction This plugin enables automatic validation of metadata fields within METS files in Goobi workflow. It checks configurable rules such as required fields, regular expressions, allowed content...

Introduction This documentation provides a brief overview of this plugin, which is used to enrich vocabularies based on metadata found in METS-MODS files within Goobi workflows. Installation To be abl...

Introduction This documentation explains the plugin that allows a task to wait until other processes with the same property reach the same status, so that they can then continue through the workflow t...

Introduction This documentation explains the two plugins for exporting XML files for the National Library of Wales for subsequent ingest into Fedora. Installation To be able to use the plugins, the fo...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the XMP metadata plugin in Goobi. This plugin makes it possible to write various metadata from Goobi into the XMP h...

Introduction This plug-in is used to validate metadata from the Goobi METS file and visualise the validation results within an accepted task. The way the plugin works requires a configuration file of ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of the Step plug-in for generating delivery notes and invoices for user orders at the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Instal...

Introduction This plugin can be used to query individual data sets from AEON. After a record has been queried, all metadata from the so-called Metadata Cloud are retrieved and listed. The user can the...

Introduction This workflow plugin is used for flexible generation of barcodes in a multi-page PDF file. For this purpose, the user can configure different values in a user interface and define which n...

Introduction This workflow plugin enables a percentage-based quality control of entire deliveries (batches). For each batch a random sample of processes is selected automatically and their digitised i...

Introduction This workflow plugin makes it possible to close a specific step in several processes at the same time. The steps available for this are defined beforehand in a configuration file and are ...

Introduction This documentation describes the installation, configuration and use of two plugins that together make up the Artist Dictionary. With the help of these plugins for Goobi, information on a...

Introduction This workflow plugin was implemented in order to provide an individual user interface in addition to the pure import routine, which provides extensive feedback on the validation of the co...

Introduction This workflow plugin enables the bulk import of metadata from an Excel file (.xlsx, .xls) into existing Goobi processes. After uploading, the header row of the spreadsheet is analysed, co...

Introduction This workflow plugin allows a mass upload of files on the basis of which Goobi processes are automatically generated. The process template to be used as well as the publication type to be...

Introduction This workflow plugin for Goobi workflow allows a mass import of metadata from Excel files, creating not only tasks in Goobi, each of which has a METS file. In addition, an existing EAD fi...

Introduction This is the technical documentation for the workflow plugin for Goobi workflow, which is used to read metadata from multiple JSON files and create processes based on it. Installation To i...

Introduction This workflow plugin allows you to edit several images from different Goobi processes in a common LayoutWizard interface. To do this, it determines all the processes whose workflow is cur...

Introduction With this workflow plugin it is possible to create several related processes in a single creation mask. The creation mask is completely configurable and each field can be assigned to a me...

Introduction This workflow plugin allows the mass upload of files that are to be automatically assigned to the correct processes by Goobi workflow. The plugin provides its own interface for this purpo...

Introduction This workflow plugin allows the mass import of newspaper issues that are available as individual pages. For each file in a folder, the issue date and issue number are determined based on ...

Introduction This workflow plugin allows a very specific export of an entire project. For this purpose, the plugin first checks whether the configured step in the workflow has actually been completed ...

Introduction This workflow plugin allows a mass import for the brand studies and the advertising material archive at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Installation In order to use the p...

Introduction This workflow plugin allows data to be imported from XML files. An XML file can contain any number of data records. In addition to Goobi processes, nodes are also created in archive manag...

Introduction This is a technical documentation for the YerushaAim25 Goobi workflow plugin. It checks AIM25 for new EAD datasets, downloads them and creates Goobi processes for them. Installation In or...

The documentation for the Goobi viewer was created by intranda GmbH. It is divided into four different sections, each with a different focus on the same software. Configuration In the Configuration se...

The Goobi viewer is the central basis for your digital library. It handles the entire visualisation of your digital content. In order to provide you with a clear overview and a smooth use of the Goobi...

The Goobi viewer uses a consistent rights system to control who may see which content and use which functions. This page gives a conceptual overview of the model. How the individual building blocks ar...

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Note The semicolon is a reserved delimiter character in the configuration file and must be explicitly masked with a backslash if necessary! The following files can be created in the [local configurati...

The majority of text elements in the Goobi viewer are available in multilingual messages.properties files. These individual text elements can be overwritten via local messages.properties files (one fi...

The Goobi viewer contains various folder configurations, which are explained in more detail below xml=configviewer.xml /opt/digiverso/viewer/config/ ‌/opt/digiverso/viewer/ ‌/opt/digiverso/viewer/data...

The Goobi viewer offers the possibility of linking to external systems in several places. The parameters that are responsible for these links are explained here. xml=configviewer.xml https://viewer.ex...

Various providers are available for registration. These are configured in a list under : xml=configviewer.xml my first group my secondgroup The attributes in Elements have the following meaning: | Att...

For the registration of a local user account, as well as for other mail dispatch, a mail server must be configured. The configuration for this is as follows: xml=config_viewer.xml localhost do-not-rep...

Regardless of the selected authentication type, the registration of new accounts or the reset password can be deactivated. The following switch is used for this purpose: xml=configviewer.xml A securit...

In addition to personal user accounts, a Goobi viewer installation requires several technical accesses (service accounts), depending on the components in use. These are impersonal, serve the communica...

The Goobi viewer has a user area that is only accessible after prior authentication. How to configure access to this area is described in the sub-chapters. Security notes on user accounts For classifi...

The following setting allows you to specify the size (number of pages) of a record from which an alternative page loading mechanism is used to avoid memory overflows for very large records. The defaul...

If necessary, the display of images of some records can be blocked by means of an access licence. However, it may be desired to display small thumbnails of the images anyway. For this purpose, a maxim...

To restrict the sending of automatic e-mails from bots via the feedback form, or when generating PDF documents externally, a Captcha query can be used. The reCaptcha service is integrated into the Goo...

Overview There are two versions of the PDF download: 1. Real-time generation, which directly triggers a download of the requested PDF during which the PDF itself is generated. 2. The external generati...

PDF download links can be displayed in several places. These can be configured individually. xml=configviewer.xml false true true true false The parameters are explained individually in the following ...

PDF documents created in the Goobi viewer can have additional upstream pages containing optional metadata on the complete record and on individual structure elements. The metadata is read exclusively ...

PDF files can be generated for the entire work as well as for individual structural elements or images. The options are available in the widget "Cite and repurpose" or partially in the table of conten...

Records for which OCR results are available in ABBYYXML or ALTO format can be downloaded as ePub. The prerequisite for this is the use of external PDF generation. The download links are provided analo...

In the image display, it is possible to adjust the navigation above the image. In addition to the usual scroll functions in the image display, additional buttons can be added by configuration to scrol...

Via , structure types can be defined between which it is possible to navigate quickly in full screen mode (such as "next chapter or next figure"). For this, the attribute enabled="true" must be set. T...

For the image display OpenSeadragon based on the IIIF Image API is used. A separate configuration block exists for the display, in the section. The configuration block has the following form: xml=conf...

Optionally, the last used zoom level and rotation of the image display can be retained when scrolling within a record. This then applies to all types of zoomed image display within a record and a user...

External images are normally passed directly to the client in the image display. Sometimes, however, it makes sense to retrieve them from the intranda ContentServer and have them delivered by the Goob...

The intranda ContentServer, i.e. the component that loads the requested image data and delivers it to the Goobi viewer, has the ability to scale any image as desired. This is quite positive in theory....

The Goobi viewer offers the option of displaying all pages of a record in a preview view in the form of thumbnails. The following option specifies the maximum number of thumbnails that can be displaye...

An optional footer can be displayed below the image. The text it contains is configured as follows: xml=configviewer.xml SOLR:MDCOPYRIGHT urn purl The enabled attribute must be set to true for this fu...

This section explains the options available for restricting or manipulating the image display in the Goobi viewer. With the element, it is possible to add an additional CSS class to the #viewObject el...

In the URL schema of the Goobi viewer's links, there are fixed names for different page types. For example, the image display is always under /image/ and the search under /search/. To assign your own ...

It is possible to open certain document types in alternative page views. If, for example, newspapers and newspaper volumes should always be opened in the calendar view (instead of the image view), thi...

If a record contains only a few selected full-text pages, the search for them can be very difficult. This may be the case, for example, if only individual pages of a manuscript have been transcribed s...

Formats for dates in different languages can be entered in the / area. If this area is missing, the standard formats specified in the code example are used. For each language for which a different for...

General If your Goobi viewer has been installed with its own theme, the corresponding name is contained in the following configuration element: xml=configviewer.xml The mainTheme attribute contains th...

The sorting of the search hit list can be configured as follows: xml=configviewer.xml RANDOM RELEVANCE SORTCREATOR SORTTITLE SORTYEARPUBLISH\\;SORTTITLE !BOOLPRIORITIZE With the Attribute enabled the ...

The search hits are automatically faceted. The configuration is as follows: xml=configviewer.xml YEAR WKTCOORDS DC DCDYNAMIC DOCSTRCTTOP DOCSTRCTSUB MDCREATOR MDPLACEPUBLISH MDLOCATION MDOTHERVALUE MD...

There is an advanced search, where you can search specifically in individual metadata fields. In the first line, the search areas from the section are offered, see also chapter [1.17](./). Different t...

The Goobi viewer offers an entry point to the content with the timeline. It can be configured in the following section: xml=config_viewer.xml 1500 2013 36 The attribute enabled switches the timeline o...

A calendar is available for search entry. It lists all records that contain the field YEARMONTHDAY in the Solr search index. The calendar entry is activated with the following setting: xml=config_view...

Logged in users have the possibility to save search queries and retrieve them later. This functionality can be switched off with the following switch. The default value is true. xml=config_viewer.xml...

With this switch, an expand query can be built for search sub-results from current faceting, even if no concrete search terms have been entered. For example, sub-elements of a record can also be liste...

The Goobi viewer lists records in the search hit list with associated subhits. The display of the sub hits can be further controlled. With the attribute enabled the sub hits can be switched on and off...

If several versions of certain record exist, you can display a version history for the user in the sidebar. To do this, the records must each contain the identifier of the predecessor or successor ver...

Search results can be exported to a variety of formats. All export formats are configured uniformly via elements within the block of the configviewer.xml: xml=configviewer.xml PITOPSTRUCT LABEL DOCSTR...

The actual list of metadata fields shown for each search hit is configured via . See [Search hit metadata](../../19metadata/03search) for details on configuring that field list. In addition, the follo...

The search in the Goobi viewer allows a combined search both in the metadata and in the full texts. Depending on the selection, a search can also be restricted to the metadata or the full texts of the...

A digital collection can contain several hierarchy levels of subcollections. Each record can belong to any number of collections. It is also possible for a record not to belong to any collection. If a...

If a collection has been opened, the records contained in it are listed in the standard sort (by relevance) for search hits. This sorting can be overridden individually for each collection, if require...

By default, your collections are sorted alphabetically by their names in the collection overview (that is, not by the names in messages.properties). However, it is possible to define your own sequence...

It sometimes happens that certain digital collections are already present in the Solr search index but should not yet be displayed. In this case, you can use the collection blacklist: xml=configviewer...

The size of a collection is the number of records it contains. In the collection overview, this number is displayed in parentheses after the name of the individual hierarchy level of the collection. T...

The following is a list of additional collection settings. xml=configviewer.xml -1 images/collections/collectiontiled_default.jpg true true | Setting | Description | | --------------------------------...

By default, independent records and complete records (anchor) are delivered for search queries without specific search terms (such as collection listing, RSS generation, etc.). This is configured by t...

The Goobi viewer can generate an archive in BagIt format for each collection and offer it for download. Such an archive is a ZIP file with a standardised folder structure and checksums that bundles th...

Regular collections are derived from the values of a hierarchical Solr field: every value of the field DC becomes an entry in the collection tree (see [Collection hierarchy](/en/viewer/manual/configur...

This section explains how to configure the collection listing. Besides collections derived from a Solr field, [dynamic collections](/en/viewer/manual/configuration/core/collections/dynamic_collections...

The main metadata are displayed on the "Bibliographic data" page. They can be configured as follows: xml=configviewer.xml 2019 MESSAGELICENCEINFORMATION Any number of elements can be defined. Each ele...

The metadata in the sidebar must be distinguished between two display locations: 1. the display in full screen mode 2. the display within the record view When displayed in full screen mode, the metada...

The metadata for the search hits is configured in the same way as the main metadata. In addition, the optional separator attribute can be used to control whether multiple values should be displayed se...

Metadata in the archive view is configured in the same way as the main metadata. The is available for this purpose: xml=configviewer.xml The sections marked with the type attribute have the following ...

Technical metadata can be indexed for images, for example from a corresponding MIX block within the METS file. This is always displayed for the current image in a separate ‘Technical metadata’ widget ...

The configuration of authority data in the authority data popup can be configured in the following section: xml=configviewer.xml NORMIDENTIFIER NORMNAME NORMIDENTIFIER NORMNAME NORM_ALTNAME The templa...

The Browse function makes it possible to get a list of the entire dataset over a certain metadata, for example the title or name of the author. If you click on a link, all values in the database will ...

The Goobi viewer supports multilingual metadata. This is indicated by the suffix LANGXX in the index field, where XX must be replaced by the language abbreviation. Here is an example of a trilingual t...

When new records are created in the backend, a list of licenses is available. This list can be configured in the following place: xml=config_viewer.xml Each license has a label and a URL. The label is...

In this section, you will learn how to deal with metadata in detail....

The table of contents is configured in the section: xml=configviewer.xml CURRENTNOSORT CURRENTNOSORT list false true 10 GROUPIDSERIES GROUPIDCONVOLUTE PIPARENT Newspaper Periodical false 20 | Setting ...

The sidebar table of contents is configured as the toc widget under : xml=config_viewer.xml true false 60 true 2 0 | Setting | Description | | --------------------------- | ---------------------------...

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The Goobi viewer provides two views for displaying the logical document structure: the content view and the sidebar content view. The content view is a separate page, the sidebar content view is displ...

Large amounts of data in the index can significantly reduce the speed of tag cloud generation. In such cases, it is possible to reduce the sample size for individual tag cloud fields. For this purpose...

Records The Goobi viewer offers resolvers to open records via an identifier (PI), an URN or a custom identifier. | Name | URL | | -------------- | -----------------------------------------------------...

The sidebar in the Goobi viewer is divided into two configuration areas: controls which widgets appear in which view. contains the detailed configuration of each individual widget. xml=configviewer.xm...

The following elements switch different elements or functions of the Goobi viewer on or off: xml=config_viewer.xml true true true true true true 50 false true true true false false false false true | ...

The Goobi viewer offers the option of making the latest imports available in an RSS feed. In addition, an overview of the last five new entries can be displayed in the sidebar. The following section i...

The Goobi viewer has the functionality of the reading lists. Non-registered users can save records on a list within their session and send them by e-mail if required. Authenticated users can maintain ...

The comment functionality is completely configured via the backend....

The CMS module of the Goobi viewer is configured in the element block . xml=config_viewer.xml 400 The parameters are explained in detail in the following table: | Setting | Description | | -----------...

The Goobi viewer is able to transfer records from METS documents to Transkribus for the purpose of handwriting recognition. Any user with a Transkribus account can log into the Goobi viewer and add th...

Your Goobi viewer offers you the option of making files on a record available as direct downloads. These can be, for example, original versions of Born-Digital documents. To do this, the folder for or...

With the help of Piwik/Matomo statistics about the visitors can be collected. This functionality is configured in the following section: xml=config_viewer.xml example.org/piwik/ 1 The parameters are e...

For search engines, for example, an overview of the records exported after years is generated. The configuration is done in the element xml=config_viewer.xml YEAR ISWORK:true The sitelinks are availab...

Attention The API described here is outdated. We recommend switching to the REST API. General The Goobi viewer has the option of providing metadata and images for selected records in a JSON document v...

The Goobi viewer implements the IIIF Presentation API in version 2.1.1. This is configured in the following block: xml=configviewer.xml MDTITLE MDCREATOR MDPURL Production/MDEVENTACTOR Use/MDEVENTACTO...

Some REST commands require authentication via a token. The token is defined in the configuration file in the following section: xml=configviewer.xml 6326390c-b19f-11e8-a99c-08606e6a464a For authentica...

Whether CORS headers should be written can be defined in the following section: xml=config_viewer.xml * Attention This value is false by default because the CORS headers are usually written in the ups...

Two WebAPIs are available within the Goobi viewer. One delivers configurable fields as JSON, the other implements the IIIF Presentation API....

The OpenSearch standard is supported for a direct search in the Goobi viewer database. A name and description must be defined in the viewer section: xml=config_viewer.xml Goobi viewer Open source soft...

The Goobi viewer automatically generates tags for [oEmbed](https://oembed.com/), [OpenGraph](http://ogp.me/) and [Twitter Cards](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/optimize-with-cards/overvi...

The following block exists in the configuration file for maps used in the Goobi viewer xml=configviewer.xml mapsmarker1 maps_marker7 markercircle MDGEOJSONPOINT NORMCOORDSGEOJSON 5 11.073397 49.451993...

For the configuration of the translation groups offered in the backend, the following block exists in the configuration file: xml=configviewer.xml DC ACCESSCONDITION BOOLIMAGEAVAILABLE FULLTEXTAVAILAB...

A separate area in the configuration file is available for configuring the display of archival material. The metadata is configured in the archive metadata list. See chapter [Archive metadata](/en/vie...

Within the campaigns, various options can be configured globally: xml=config_viewer.xml fixed 7 5 11.073397, 49.451993 mapbox The parameters are explained in detail in the following table: | Setting |...

For the configuration of the content contributing functionality, the following section exists in the configuration file: Note In addition to this configuration, it is also necessary to store a URL to ...

The Goobi viewer can automatically collect usage figures for individual data sets. The following can be collected: the absolute number of page views (each time a page of a work is called up) unique pa...

The Goobi viewer can provide access to your own configuration files via the backend. .xml and .properties files can be displayed. The following section within configviewer.xml can be used to configure...

For outgoing connections, the Goobi viewer Core can optionally use a proxy server. xml=config_viewer.xml http://proxy.example.org 8080 127.0.0.1 The parameters are explained in the following table: | ...

There is a queue in the Goobi viewer for background tasks. ActiveMQ is used for this. The queue can be switched on and off with the following configuration. It is also possible to define the number of...

A separate page is available for developers in the backend under the URL /admin/developer/. A ZIP file with configuration settings for commissioning in a local development environment can be downloade...

The Goobi viewer can retrieve external content from Born Digital documents and process it live. This makes it possible to export only the metadata for Born Digital documents to the Goobi viewer and to...

The Goobi viewer provides a page in the administration area at /admin/logviewer/ for viewing log files live. The page is accessible to superusers only and shows the most recent log lines as well as ne...

In this section you will learn some basic details of the general configuration, how to set the corporate design, how to overwrite default configuration files and some more....

The main configuration looks as follows by default: xml=configindexer.xml 1000 2048 http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1 http://localhost:808/viewer/ CHANGEME true DC true 1 true true NORMIDENTIFIER...

For operation, a number of folders must be configured for the Goobi viewer Indexer from which files can be read or in which files can be stored. If certain folders do not exist, they are created autom...

For outgoing connections, the Goobi viewer Indexer can optionally use a proxy server. xml=config_viewer.xml 127.0.0.1 The parameters are explained in the following table: | Option | Description | | --...

The performance can be influenced by some parameters: xml=config_indexer.xml 10485760 157286400 1000 false 4 true false true 24 1000 true The parameters are explained in detail in the following table:...

Structure types can be automatically replaced by others in the index, if desired. To do this, these structure elements are entered in the following configuration list: xml=configindexer.xml false Othe...

Each metadata field to be used in the Goobi viewer must be configured in the Goobi viewer Indexer in the fields configuration element. The following schema is used for this: xml=configindexer.xml mets...

A shell script has been set up on your machine for the Goobi viewer Indexer. Only this script should be used for starting and stopping. Starting the Indexer Use the following command to start the Goob...

In order to index a record, the desired XML file (for example in METS/MODS, LIDO or TEI format) must be saved in the [hotfolder](/en/viewer/manual/configuration/indexer/folders). A separate XML file i...

In order to avoid unnecessary loads on the Solr index in connection with updates from crowdsourcing, which can also affect the performance of the Goobi viewer, it is possible to overwrite individual f...

To delete a record, a file with the name pattern .delete must be placed in the hotfolder \(for example PPN123456789.delete\). As soon as the file has been captured by the Goobi viewer indexer, the cor...

General The Solr schema used by the Goobi viewer Indexer and Goobi viewer Core is located in the Git repository of the Goobi viewer Indexer: [Link to schema.xml from the Goobi viewers](https://github....

If more than one Goobi viewer Indexer process is installed on a server, both processes log to the same file. However, the file name can be adjusted via the environment variable LOGFILENAME. This is pr...

The Goobi viewer relies on Apache Solr to search metadata and full texts. To make new records known to the Goobi viewer, they must first be indexed. This task is performed by the Goobi viewer Indexer....

The main configuration is done in the following sections Section: identifyTags xml=configoai.xml OAI Frontend http://localhost:8080/viewer/oai/ support@intranda.com transient YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ OAI-...

xml=configoai.xml true 100 DC DOCSTRCT info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Depending on the structure type displayed, different configurations can be used here, analogous to the viewer metadata. The con...

xml=configoai.xml true 100 MDACCESSCONDITIONCOPYRIGHT MDACCESSCONDITIONCOPYRIGHT Instutution XYZ https://www.example.org/rights https://www.example.org/rights DC DOCSTRCT The individual parameters at ...

xml=config_oai.xml true 10 DC DOCSTRCT Note Only records that were available in METS/MODS format during indexing can be delivered as METS. | Setting | Description | | ---------------- | --------------...

xml=config_oai.xml true 10 DC DOCSTRCT Note Only records that were available in LIDO format during indexing can be delivered as LIDO. | Setting | Description | | ---------------- | -------------------...

xml=config_oai.xml true 10 /opt/digiverso/viewer/oai/MODS2MARC21slim.xsl DC DOCSTRCT Note Only records that were available in METS/MODS format during indexing can be delivered as MARCXML. | Setting | ...

xml=config_oai.xml true 100 Article urn:nbn:de:restricted:123- DC DOCSTRCT The parameters are explained in detail in the following table: | Setting | Description | | ----------------- | --------------...

xml=configoai.xml true 100 The parameters are explained in detail in the following table: | Setting | Description | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------...

xml=configoai.xml true 100 The parameters are explained in detail in the following table: | Setting | Description | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------...

xml=config_oai.xml true 10 LANGUAGE The parameters are explained in detail in the following table: | Setting | Description | | ----------------------------- | -----------------------------------------...

xml=config_oai.xml true 10 LANGUAGE The parameters are explained in detail in the following table: | Setting | Description | | ----------------------------- | -----------------------------------------...

It is possible to define your own sets using a Solr query. xml=config_oai.xml DC A set always consists of setName, setSpec and setQuery. setName is a label for the set. This value is also displayed in...

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The Goobi viewer has an SRU interface. This can be found at the following URL \(change base URL accordingly\): text https://viewer.example.org/viewer/sru Configuration of the interface is not possible...

The Goobi viewer has an OAI and an SRU interface. Their configuration is described in the following sub-chapters....

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General The Goobi viewer can depict groups of several independent records of art - regardless of the overall record and collection to which they belong - and present them as a logical, navigable unit....

General The Goobi viewer can interpret access restrictions. For this, they must exist as metadata. The following application scenario describes how to capture and configure an access licence using a m...

This section shows you how to use subthemes in the Goobi viewer. Goobi workflow A new metadata ViewerSubTheme must be added to the ruleset. This is then also added to DocStructs that have the CatalogI...

Goobi workflow In the rule set, the attribute normdata="true" must be activated for the desired metadata so that the norm data can be entered in the metadata editor: xml=ruleset.xml Author Autor Autho...

The Goobi viewer Core is available in German, English, Spanish, French and Arabic. If available, the interface is automatically displayed in the language that the browser has defined as the default la...

General The Goobi viewer supports the display of coordinates on a map. There are different possibilities for the acquisition, the indexing and the display. These are listed on this page. Acquisition a...

General The Goobi viewer can display digital collections with a hierarchy. The functionality is described in chapter [Collection hierarchy](/de/viewer/manual/configuration/core/collections/subcollecti...

General If two or more Goobi viewer instances are to be supplied from one Goobi workflow, various requirements must be met. This section describes how to configure common questions for Goobi workflow ...

The configuration file configviewer-module-crowdsourcing.xml is located in the local configuration folder next to the other configuration files. The path to it is defined in configviewer.xml and must ...

General The Goobi viewer can display an archive record in a tree view. If a record is linked to an archive, a widget is also displayed in the record view that shows the record in the archives hierarch...

General Again and again the backend of the Goobi viewer refers to the necessity of formulating solr queries when it comes to providing a functionality only for certain records. This page will answer s...

General The Goobi viewer is often used in combination with Goobi workflow. In the Goobi workflow project configuration, various so-called METS file groups can be configured. The file groups then conta...

If active, users can contribute their own content. The Goobi viewer provides an upload form that can be used to create a process within Goobi workflow. The status of the process is checked regularly a...

General The implementation of authentication is basically similar in Goobi viewer and Goobi workflow. Nevertheless, there are the following differences: In Goobi workflow the entire application is sec...

General From version 24.12, the Goobi viewer also supports access-restricted metadata within a METS/MODS file. To configure this from start to finish, it is documented here as a use case. Goobi workfl...

In the following sections, some concrete application scenarios are explained in detail. Some of the configurations are customer-specific and may therefore not be transferable to the entire Goobi viewe...

How old is my Goobi viewer? In the source code of the page there are various meta tags at the very beginning, which provide information about the age and code base of the version used: xml "Goobi view...

A Adminbackend The admin backend describes an interface through which parts of the content and functionality of the Goobi viewer can be controlled web-based. The interface is only available to user ac...

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General Always use the following commands to update the Goobi viewer Indexer to the newest version: bash mkdir -p /root/BACKUP/$(date -I) systemctl stop solrindexer mv /opt/digiverso/indexer/solrIndex...

General Always use the following commands to update the Goobi viewer Indexer to the newest version: bash mkdir -p /root/BACKUP/$(date -I) systemctl stop solrindexer mv /opt/digiverso/indexer/solrIndex...

General Always use the following commands to update the Goobi viewer Indexer to the newest version: bash mkdir -p /root/BACKUP/$(date -I) systemctl stop solrindexer mv /opt/digiverso/indexer/solrIndex...

General Always use the following commands to update the Goobi viewer Indexer to the newest version: bash mkdir -p /root/BACKUP/$(date -I) systemctl stop solrindexer mv /opt/digiverso/indexer/solrIndex...

General Always use the following commands to update the Goobi viewer Indexer to the newest version: bash mkdir -p /root/BACKUP/$(date -I) systemctl stop solrindexer mv /opt/digiverso/indexer/solrIndex...

General Always use the following commands to update the Goobi viewer Indexer to the newest version: bash mkdir /root/BACKUP/$(date -I) systemctl stop solrindexer mv /opt/digiverso/indexer/solrIndexer....

4.13.0 Goobi viewer Core The section was taken out of the configuration file. The switch that steers whether the widget for downloading files is shown moved into the sidebar section. During an update,...

2019-12-20 Run the following SQL statement so that the descriptions of bookmark lists may be longer: sql ALTER TABLE bookshelves MODIFY description LONGTEXT; 2019-10-24 For the logging, Solr's Log4j a...

2018-12-19 The Goobi viewer Indexer and the schema belonging to it have to be refreshed and the whole set of records reindexed, so that the image dimensions are written into the Solr search index as W...

The following subpages list - in chronological order and grouped by release - the points that have to be checked, adapted and carried out when the Goobi viewer is updated, seen from a system administr...

General The files affected by changes are usually visualized as a task list and begin with the theme name. In this guide, boilerplate/ is used as an example and must be adjusted to match the correspon...

General The files referenced in changes are usually displayed as a task list and begin with the theme name. In this guide, boilerplate/ was chosen and must be adapted to the corresponding theme. 24.12...

General The files to which changes relate are usually visualized as a task list and begin with the theme name. In this guide boilerplate/ was chosen and must be adapted to the corresponding theme. 23....

General The files referenced by changes are usually visualized as a task list and begin with the theme name. In this guide, boilerplate/ was chosen and must be adapted to the corresponding theme. 22.1...

General The files to which changes relate are typically visualized as a task list and begin with the theme name. In this guide boilerplate/ has been chosen and must be adapted to the corresponding the...

4.13.1 In the customJS.xhtml the following line must be replaced. [ ] boilerplate/includes/customJS.xhtml Old: javascript var mapBoxToken = "#{configurationBean.mapBoxToken}"; New: javascript viewerJS...

2019-12-02 The following components have been removed from the core: resources/components/widgets/widgetbookshelves.xhtml resources/components/widgets/widgetbookshelfList.xhtml resources/components/wi...

2018-12-21 Refactoring LESS template. /boilerplate/css/less/viewer/widgets/widgetToc.less 2018-12-17 Changes to LESS template. /boilerplate/css/less/viewer/components/buttons.less 2018-12-07 Changes t...

The following subpages list - in chronological order and organised by release - the points that need to be checked, adapted and implemented when updating Goobi viewer from a web designer's perspective...

Introduction The following installation guide for the Goobi viewer refers to Ubuntu Linux 24.04. It is written as a step-by-step guide from top to bottom, meaning that settings and configurations buil...

Introduction The following installation guide for the Goobi viewer refers to Ubuntu Linux 24.04, but is equally valid for other operating systems. On Windows, the files should be downloaded manually i...

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Installing the database server Goobi viewer uses the database MariaDB to manage data. This must be installed on the system accordingly. Installation on Linux Installation on Ubuntu Linux is carried ou...

Initial setup A script has been created to check out the source code and download it, which performs the following tasks: - Create a database if one does not already exist - Download the demo data - C...

The setup of a development environment is described here for Eclipse, IntelliJ and Visual Studio Code. Build tooling (Gulp, Grunt, etc.) is documented under [Build tools](../04buildtools/). Tomcat Ser...

Overview This page describes the Gulp-based build process in the Goobi viewer. The goobi-viewer-core-config repository, every theme repository, and the core repository each ship their own Gulpfile.js....

Overview Older Goobi viewer releases use Grunt to build and mirror front-end assets. The goal matches the modern Gulp workflow: keep configuration files in sync, compile CSS/JS bundles, and copy resul...

Adjust circular dependencies To prevent errors from occurring when building the Goobi viewer, the following setting must be made. Preferences Java Compiler Building Build path problems Circular depend...

Attention These instructions still build on Tomcat 9 and have since been replaced by a newer version. This outdated version stays publicly visible for a few more months, for looking things up. Introdu...

For the development of the Goobi viewer, we usually work with the Eclipse development environment or with Visual Studio Code. The following pages explain how to set up a development environment and im...

JavaDoc With each release, Javadoc is automatically generated and published on Github pages. The documentation is available at the following URL: [https://intranda.github.io/goobi-viewer-core/index.ht...

A CMS template is a layout blueprint for a web page that can be defined through the CMS system of the Goobi viewer. It sets the HTML structure of the page and the contents that may be inserted into it...

Template file The template file is an XML file holding all meta information about the template, along with a list of the user-defined contents it offers. These contents are referenced from the layout ...

The various content types and what they do: | Type | Description | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

The Goobi viewer has CMS functionality. This is based on the prior creation of freely configurable templates, which can then be used as often as required within the CMS area....

The Goobi viewer lets you overwrite the XHTML pages it ships for the display of records with adapted copies - to change the design, to add page components of your own, or to take out components you do...

First Things First Attention Before a theme is moved over, make a backup branch of the theme as it stands. In Eclipse that works like this: Right-click the project -Team -Switch to -New Branch By conv...

This page holds the rules and the procedure for creating a new release. Rules No active development happens in the master branch. It happens in the develop branch, or better still in dedicated feature...

Inserting customised graphics for the image controls The graphics for the image controls in the object and full screen view can be replaced for a customised design in the theme. To do this, the .svg f...

General The Goobi viewer uses Maven as its build system. Every Java dependency is listed in the pom.xml. The Maven Versions Plugin is used on top of that to manage them. For it, the project holds an a...

General The CSS and JavaScript dependencies the Goobi viewer uses are managed with a combination of NPM and Gulp. They are kept in the package.json. Preparations On a fresh installation, make sure npm...

General To check after an update of the CSS and JavaScript dependencies that everything still works, they are listed on this page with notes on how to test them. CSS Bootstrap The following file is in...

The following pages describe how to manage and update Goobi viewer dependencies....

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About this manual The Goobi viewer documentation consists of several parts. The configuration options of the [Core](/en/viewer/manual/configuration/core), [Indexer](/en/viewer/manual/configuration/ind...

Coming soon Centralised announcements of maintenance work Support for the METS/MODS from the DDB newspaper portal Developments General There is not much visible to report from February. We mainly focu...

Coming soon Centralised announcements of maintenance work Support for the METS/MODS from the DDB newspaper portal Developments Technical The January release of the Goobi viewer contains no new feature...

Coming soon Tomcat 10 support Announcements Be sure to note We are planning various breaking changes for the January 2025 release: Support for Tomcat 10 Support for Java 21 Syntax changes in the confi...

Coming soon Access-restricted metadata Tomcat 10 support Image change via scrolling and without reloading the page Announcements Be sure to note We are planning various breaking changes for the Januar...

Coming soon Access-restricted metadata Tomcat 10 support Announcements Be sure to note We are planning various breaking changes for the January 2025 release: Support for Tomcat 10 Support for Java 21 ...

Coming soon Access-restricted metadata Metadata: Configuration and display Announcements Attention With this version, the Solr internal management of Iddocs will be changed to an alternative data type...

Coming soon Multiple masks within the advanced search Access restrictions for metadata Announcements Note In July and August, the Goobi viewer team will only be available to a limited extent due to va...

Coming soon Year selection in calendar search as overview Technical metadata from images Access restrictions for metadata Announcements Note In July and August, the Goobi viewer team will only be avai...

Coming soon technical metadata from images S3 storage Access restrictions for metadata Announcements Note In July and August, the Goobi viewer team will only be available to a limited extent due to va...

Coming soon Revision of EAD structures technical metadata from images S3 storage Access restrictions for metadata Developments Backend: Themes The Goobi viewer backend offers the option of configuring...

Coming soon Revision of EAD structures Styling of booleans in the faceting new CMS elements technical metadata from images Developments Live preparation of records The Goobi viewer can now retrieve ex...

Coming soon Live preparation of records Revision of EAD structures Accessibility Developments Widgets It's been a long time coming, but now it's finally here. The "Cite and reuse" widget has been spli...

Coming soon IIIF manifests with only one image New widgets for download, metadata, links and citation Live preparation of records Revision of EAD structures Developments Solr The biggest change in Feb...

Coming soon Solr 9 IIIF manifests with only one image New widgets for download, metadata, links and citation Live preparation of records Announcements Be sure to note With the January release of the G...

Coming soon Java 17 and Solr 9 IIIF manifests with only one image New widgets for download, metadata, links and citation Live preparation of data sets Announcements Attention On January 1, 2024, we pl...

Coming soon Search engine optimisation Live preparation of data sets Announcements Note On January 1, 2024, we plan to make Java 17 mandatory for new installations and updates. An update to the curren...

Coming soon Search engine optimisation Live preparation of data sets Announcements Note On January 1, 2024, we plan to make Java 17 mandatory for new installations and updates. An update to the curren...

Coming soon Maps Search engine optimisation * Live preparation of data sets Developments Search in CMS pages The text content of CMS pages can optionally be indexed so that they can be found in a sear...

Coming soon * Text as main view for records Developments TEI display What was previously realised via a custom module is now integrated into the Goobi viewer core: A native TEI display. The use case c...

Coming soon Search results groups Text as main view for records Developments External download links It sometimes happens that in METS files there is a DOWNLOAD file group, in which a URL to a PDF fil...

Coming soon Search results groups external download links for records Developments Highlights Whether as "object of the month", "treasures from the inventory" or simply highlights: In the backend, dat...

Coming soon Highlights Search results groups Developments Search results There have been several small developments for the display of search results. For example, search results can now optionally be...

Coming soon Highlights Search results groups Announcements Note We are hiring and looking for Web designers (m/f/d) and Java developers (m/f/d) to support our team. In the background we are fully occu...

Coming soon Highlights Search results groups Announcements Note We are hiring and looking for Web designers (m/f/d) and Java developers (m/f/d) to support our team. Developments PDF generation In Janu...

Coming soon Compact and high-resolution PDF files Highlights Announcements In February we worked a lot on projects and less on the Core itself. That's why this month's digest is shorter than usual. De...

Coming soon Compact and high-resolution PDF files Developments Faceting The new element "faceting" has been developed for CMS pages. It is a mixture of a search results list and the restriction by let...

Coming soon Compact and high-resolution PDF files Developments CMS Finally it's here. We've been talking about it for a long time and developing it for far too long, but the initial impact for the ove...

Coming soon Revision of the CMS area Compact and high-resolution PDF files Developments SAML / Shibboleth Already in April 2020, a first SAML implementation for authentication was adopted in the Goobi...

Coming soon Revision of the CMS area Compact and high-resolution PDF files Authentication Developments Search The interface for the advanced search has been completely revised. In doing so, we broke a...

Coming soon Revision of the CMS area Revision of the advanced search Announcements In September we worked a lot on the Coming Soon features. Unfortunately, these are not yet ready for the release, so ...

Coming soon Revision of the CMS area Revision of the advanced search Goobi users meeting :tada: Developments Config Editor Finally, the configuration files of the Goobi viewer can be edited directly i...

Coming soon Innovations in access restrictions Revision of the CMS area Display of access status and usage licence Access statistics Announcements In August, the Goobi viewer team will have limited av...

Coming soon Innovations in access restrictions Revision of the CMS area Developments E-Publications General Together with the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB), we are developing an open sour...

Coming soon Innovations in access restrictions Revision of the CMS area Behind the scenes In the first half of the year we have already completed many projects. We would like to mention two of them he...

Coming soon Upload of records Revision of the CMS area Innovations in access restrictions Developments Maps If many markers are to be displayed on a map, markers that are close to each other are group...

Coming soon Performance for maps with many pins Upload of records * Revision of the CMS area Developments Disclaimer Modal Time and again it happens that an additional context is necessary for display...

Coming soon Display of a disclaimer for records Comment views * Upload of records Announcements :flagua: This Digest comes at a time when war has broken out in Europe. We are receiving horrific news f...

Coming soon Cookie banner management Display of a disclaimer for records CMS page as start page for records Upload of records Developments Backend As announced in the December Digest, we have changed ...

Coming soon Changes to the search algorithm Cookie banner management Announcements Like every year, December is again a very short month for us. That's why the December release contains only minor cod...

Coming soon Changes to the search algorithm Cookie banner management Announcements As mentioned last month, we would like to work on the search in the coming months. If there is interest in designing ...

Coming soon Comments revision Changes to the search algorithm Announcements We plan to devote some time in the coming months to reworking search. As a rule, changes in these code areas are difficult t...

Coming soon Comments revision Docker container User dashboard in the frontend Developments Docker With the September release, the Docker setup is taking shape. A large number of works were published t...

Coming soon Comments revision Docker container User page in the frontend Announcements Attention As already announced in the last two digests, Java 11 will be mandatory from this release. If a system ...

Coming soon Comments revision Docker container User page in the frontend Announcements In August, the Goobi viewer team will have limited availability due to various annual vacations. Note As already ...

Coming soon Revision of the feedback form Improvements to the citation links User page in the frontend Announcements We have been using Java 11 in development for some time now. Even with new installa...

Coming soon Collection configuration in the backend User page in the frontend Developments Crowdsourcing campaigns Until now, the units in campaigns have always been the records themselves. But if, fo...

Coming soon Enhancements to the maps Crowdsourcing adjustments URL adjustments for double pages Developments IIIF The Goobi viewer Core now implements the IIIF Presentation API and the IIIF Image API ...

Coming soon Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Enhancements to the maps Crowdsourcing adjustments Developments Metadata Users who put a lot of love into their metadata can now present it even better. ...

Coming soon Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Enhancements to the maps Crowdsourcing adjustments Announcements With each release we also make available on Github a ready compiled version with the ref...

Coming soon Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Themes with right-to-left reading direction * Emptying caches from the user interface Announcements Goobi viewer has synchronised the versioning scheme w...

Coming soon Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Themes with right-to-left reading direction Record based hints with formatted text General In the last days of December there have been no significant de...

Coming soon Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Themes with right-to-left reading direction Record based hints with formatted text Announcement In the first quarter of 2021, extensive changes will be m...

Coming soon Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces WCAG Display of a tectonic Developments Campaigns The work in this version was entirely in the light of crowdsourcing campaigns. In many places there hav...

Coming soon Expansion of crowdsourcing campaigns Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces WCAG Developments Terms of use Terms of use can now be stored in the Goobi viewer backend. A new area is available i...

Coming soon Expansion of crowdsourcing campaigns Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Data sets without images on the reading lists Announcement In September, the Goobi viewer team will only be availabl...

Coming soon Expansion of crowdsourcing campaigns Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Data sets without images on the reading lists Announcement In August and September, the Goobi viewer team will only ...

Coming soon Expansion of crowdsourcing campaigns Adjustments to the IIIF interfaces Data sets without images on the reading lists Developments Backend One and a half years ago we introduced a new desi...

Coming soon :tools: improved usability in the Admin Backend :computer: REST API Developments Maps The functionality of the cards presented in April is extended with this release. From now on, the desi...

Coming soon :map: Maps :tools: improved usability in the Admin Backend :computer: REST API General This month, we will mainly report on the development itself. The new possibilities with the maps are ...

Coming soon :closedlockwithkey: Shibboleth :map: Maps :tools: improved usability in the Admin Backend General Despite the many circumstances and changes, the Goobi viewer has again seen a great deal o...

Coming soon :interrobang: Conditions for displaying metadata :closedlockwithkey: Shibboleth :map: Maps General A lot has happened in the last few weeks! Various Goobi viewer instances have been update...

Coming soon :interrobang: Conditions for displaying metadata :closedlockwithkey: Shibboleth :map: Maps General The new year is off to a cracking start. There are some great new features in the Goobi v...

Coming soon :bookmark: Public reading lists :interrobang: Conditions for displaying metadata :closedlockwith_key: Shibboleth General An updated version of Goobi-to-go was released at the end of the ye...

Coming soon :bookmark: Public reading lists :pencil: A revised guide to setting up the development environment :interrobang: Conditions for displaying metadata General We are pleased to announce the r...

Coming soon :magright: Support for the IIIF Content Search API :bookmark: Public reading lists * :pencil: A revised guide to setting up the development environment General At the user meeting it was h...

In September, the campaign functionality in the Goobi viewer was completed. This lays the foundation for further development at the open source crowdsourcing functionality. Completion was accompanied ...

August brings some minor improvements to the Goobi viewer. This month's highlight is a small change to the login screen, the first fully merged pull request from the community! Previous change request...

As announced, July was a quiet month, albeit a very special one! Never before in one month have there been so many external contributions from the community as in the past. No less than three independ...

We are pleased about the activation of MNHA Collections. Here the Musée national d'histoire et d'art from Luxembourg presents the first digitized collections. The special feature is the complete trili...

In May there was a lot going on behind and beside the scenes. There is also an important announcement. We are very happy that the Goobi viewer instance ORKA and the crowdsourcing module of the Goobi v...

April has once again brought exciting topics to the fore. There were developments in the context of social media, different things to improve the usability in the CMS or restructuring within the docum...

As always, a lot has happened over the past month. For example, the Goobi viewer at Stuttgart University Library was updated and the installation of the Vorarlberg State Library in Bregenz was put int...

In February the Goobi viewer instance of the Chamber of Labour in Vienna was updated. As part of this update, the sub-theme possibilities around the CMS were further refined in order to be able to edi...

The new year has started with fresh energy into the Goobi viewer development and there will be a lot of reports in January. First of all we would like to mention the great social media work on Twitter...

The year is drawing to a close and we look back with pride on the past 12 months of Goobi viewer development. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all users who have again contributed ...

In November the Goobi viewer of the Wiener Library in London went online. Based on METS/MODS and TEI documents, the portal presents eyewitness accounts and reports from the 1938 pogrom night. The inst...

In October we are pleased to announce the publication of the digitalized estates of Kurt W. Rothschild and Josef Steindl of WU Vienna at the following address: [https://viewer.wu.ac.at](https://viewer...

The month of September was dominated by the Goobi user meeting. All slides of the presentations can be found in the media corner on intranda.com: [https://www.intranda.com/news/media/](https://www.int...

August was also marked by the summer holidays. Beside several smaller bugfixes there were feature developments in two areas. Developments Crowdsourcing User-generated content captured in crowdsourcing...

Due to the summer holidays, the development speed of the Goobi viewer slowed down in July. Work has been done more "under the hood", but there are also new features to be seen on the surface. In addit...

In June, the University Library of Kassel held an event on crowdsourcing. ORKA and the Grimm-Portal were presented together with the crowdsourcing module and its possibilities. We are pleased about th...

In May, three customers received an update of the Goobi viewer: 1. Digital Library Mecklenburg Vorpommern 2. Digital State Library Berlin 3. eLiechtensteinensia We are also proud that the Grimm portal...

The month of April was characterised by two main themes 1. Implementation of the IIIF Presentation API. 2. Bugfixing and refactoring To the IIIF Presentation API more than first point among the develo...

Various new features have also been added to the Goobi viewer in March. This month, however, they are mainly to be found under the hood. We were delighted to hear that the Kassel UB is now represented...

In February, the University Library of Kiel and the National Library in Liechtenstein received an update of the Goobi viewer: [http://dibiki.ub.uni-kiel.de/viewer/](http://dibiki.ub.uni-kiel.de/viewer...

January's work in the Goobi viewer team was characterised above all by the development and implementation of individual customer wishes. The crowdsourcing module at HLB Fulda went online. Welcome to t...

Even though the month of December and the year 2017 are not yet over, the development work for this month has been completed. There are several new features to report. First of all, we are proud that ...

In November, two Goobi viewer instances received an update to the current stable version: [http://hauspublikationen.mak.at](http://hauspublikationen.mak.at) [https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de](...

In October we are happy about the release of the new theme of the HLB-Fulda: [http://fuldig.hs-fulda.de](http://fuldig.hs-fulda.de) [https://www.hs-fulda.de/hlb/ueber-die-hlb/aktuelles/meldungsdetails...

Developments In September, the Goobi viewer was used for various development projects, which are summarized here once again in a nutshell. Search In the search there were improvements and bugfixes. Fo...

At this point we provide a detailed insight into our current developments. We try to keep them relatively up to date and to summarize for each month if possible what innovations or changes have been m...

This documentation describes the process of bootstrapping the vocabulary server. Download and Installation - Download [Latest Build](https://github.com/intranda/goobi-vocabulary-server/releases/latest...

Below are some snippets that illustrate how the vocabulary server can be put into operation using the example of a Goobi-to-go instance: Test for content in the vocabulary server bash curl "http://loc...

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Vocabularies are a very powerful tool to store arbitrary structured data. Therefore, the process of creating vocabularies isn't trivial. In this documentation, we will cover all aspects of vocabularie...

This documentation will guide you through the process of migrating existing vocabulary data to the new vocabulary server. You can check if there are any existing vocabularies with: bash mysql goobi -e...

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About this manual This document describes the new vocabulary server. Until version 24.06, vocabularies were part of Goobi Workflow and saved in Goobi's database. Since version 24.07, everything relate...

The intranda TaskManager is a flexible application designed to coordinate various CPU-intensive tasks. Its modular structure makes it possible to add individual job types to the TaskManager and config...

The intranda TaskManager is an administrative interface for coordinating and inspecting background jobs. By design it has no user management of its own: there are no personal user accounts, no passwor...

The intranda TaskManager does not receive tasks (jobs) through its own interface but through an HTTP interface. The TaskManager's web interface is used solely for monitoring; the actual submission of ...

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If you open TaskManager as a web application using a web browser, you will initially be shown the dashboard. This gives you an overview of all the main information for each of the job types in use wit...

If you wish to search for and check the processing of a particular job, you can make use of TaskManager’s detailed search function. This allows you to conduct a search for individual fields. By way of...

TaskManager contains a separate menu item in the menu bar for each installed plugin. Selecting a plugin from the menu allows you to list all the jobs for that plugin by their current status. The resul...

The intranda TaskManager’s user interface is generally divided into three areas: the dashboard (overview section), the search box and the individual plugin sections. Each of these is described in deta...

This plugin sends data to the Lurawave JPEG 2000 converter service. Starting the plugin To start the plugin, Goobi issues a command such as the one shown below: bash /usr/bin/java -jar /opt/digiverso/...

Working with the intranda TaskManager allows Goobi to outsource various CPU-intensive tasks to external devices. One such scenario in the case of digitisation projects involves generating image deriva...

Cooperating with the intranda TaskManager allows Goobi to outsource the time-consuming job of generating JPEG 2000 to external devices. Starting the plugin The following call instruction is required i...

Since version 1.9.2, Goobi has supported the use of validation plug-ins as part of workflow processing. In order to validate JPG2000 images, intranda has developed a validation plug-in that can be cal...

To automatically execute a text recognition the TaskManager can be used by connecting it to Goobi with this plugin. Dependent on the configuration you can define which data formats shall be transferre...

SoapGenerator Preservica ingest is made up of three parts. The first two of these are performed by a program called SoapGenerator. First of all, the program copies all the data being ingested to the r...

Working with the intranda TaskManager also allows Goobi to efficiently harvest the Internet Archive. For this to happen, two criteria have to be met. The WebDavCommunicator plugin must be present in T...

The intranda TaskManager allows Goobi to outsource the CPU-intensive job of generating ALTO files (including recognition of running heads and page numbers) to external servers. Starting the plugin The...

The intranda TaskManager allows Goobi to outsource the downloading of multi-volume source works from the Internet Archive to an external, specifically ordered queue. Starting the plugin The following ...

The intranda TaskManager allows Goobi to outsource the task of importing multi-volume source works (previously downloaded from the Internet Archive) to an external, specifically ordered queue. Startin...

This plugin sends data for validation to the JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment (JHOVE) framework. The framework can be used to check that images are complete, do not contain any bitstream er...

Using the Goobi plugin LayoutWizzard, images from your digitised material can be analysed automatically for additional processing, and the results can be automatically validated. In addition, the intr...

The intranda TaskManager Storage Balancer plugin can be used to distribute data from Goobi to different network shares. The plugin is integrated into Goobi in an automated step and is usually schedule...

The EPUB plugin generates ebooks in EPUB format based on ABBYY XML or ALTO files and the corresponding METS files from Goobi. The plugin uses the formatting, tables and images from the ABBYY files to ...

This TaskManager plugin creates PDF files based on METS/MODS documents and writes them to the file system. PDF file creation jobs are created through the TaskClient and can be monitored through a REST...

This plugin creates a PDF document for a Goobi operation and saves it in the file system. It uses the structure of the METS file of the Goobi process for the table of contents and the image files refe...

This plugin uploads the files intended for long-term archiving to EWIG via SFTP. The files required for this are usually created by the [Goobi EWIG Export Plugin](/en/workflow/plugins/step/goobi-plugi...

About this manual This manual describes how to use the intranda TaskManager and its functions. In addition, all currently available job types are explained in detail. Contact If you have any questions...

In this document, the internal, universal document model of the UGH library is first briefly outlined and then the general configuration and the individual serialization formats are discussed. The sou...

This document provides a brief overview of the document model and its customisability using a rule set. Some classes and their configuration options for serialising the data are also described here. I...

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Structure data describes the structure of a document. For this purpose, however, a rather extensive structural term is used, which does not only concern the internal, hierarchical structure of a docum...

Each structural unit can also be assigned content files, whereby an m:n relation between structural units and content files is possible. These files contain the actual content of the document either a...

Both content files and structural units can have metadata. A metadata is characterized by the fact that it has a specific type and value and is assigned to either a structural unit or a content file; ...

Since version 1.10.0 there is the possibility to group metadata. This makes it possible, for example, to divide titles into a nonSort and a Sort part and to maintain this coherence even across many di...

An anchor is a document structure that is more virtual in nature and can combine other structural units into a group. Such anchors are, for example, the structures Multi-volume Work or Journal, which ...

[Structural data](/en/other/ugh/documentmodel/structuraldata) [Content files](/en/other/ugh/documentmodel/contentfiles) [Metadata](/en/other/ugh/documentmodel/metadata) [Metadata groups](/en/other/ugh...

A metadata type is defined within the element. This element must be the only child of the element, which contains the internal name of the metadata type. The internal name is also used to reference th...

A metadata group is defined within the element. This element must be the only child of the element, which contains the internal name of the metadata type. The internal name is also used to reference t...

Structure types are defined similarly to metadata types. The element for defining a structure type is called DocStrctType and just like the metadata types, the elements Name and Language have the same...

The document model described above is quite general, it does not specify any metadata or structure types. To be able to create instances of structural units and metadata at all, it is necessary to def...

The format MARC (MAchine-Readable Cataloging) is a data format developed for the exchange of bibliographic data. The format contains metadata on a single structural unit. Structure data cannot be desc...

The configuration takes place in the rule set within the element. A element can be created there. Within this element the four elements , , and are allowed, each of which must be linked to an internal...

Example: Mapping of metadata Data from MARC XML: xml [Stammbuch Pauline Pichler] Manuskript Mapping in the rule set for data transfer: xml TitleDocMain 245 a any 0 Example: Removing brackets Data from...

Serialization classes: text=de.intranda.ugh.extension.MarcFileformat...

The METS/MODS XML format can completely serialize the internal document model, both read and write methods are implemented. Since it is only a subset of METS - not all METS elements are used - a descr...

Serialization in METS/MODS with the MetsMods class does not require any further configuration, almost all tags within the tag in the Format section of the ruleset refer exclusively to the MetsModsImpo...

Document structures and metadata The mapping of document structure types of the document model - that is, the structure types defined in the rule set - to METS structure types is defined in the lower ...

For various possibilities of the zvdd/DFG-Viewer METS format, no equivalent data are provided in our document model. However, these data are essential for a proper METS export. Setter and getter metho...

To convert the serialisation formats of the used document model described above between each other independently of an external application, UghConvert can be used. It is a Java application that can r...

Serialization classes: text ugh.fileformats.mets.MetsMods (v1.9) ugh.fileformats.mets.MetsModsImportExport (v1.9)...

The PICA+ format is mainly used in library catalogues and describes only the bibliographic unit; only metadata for a structural unit can be found in PICA+ and no structural data at all. If necessary, ...

The PICA+ configuration takes place within the enclosing element, which is directly subordinate to the element. Within the element, the type-specific elements , and are used, each of which maps an int...

Serialization class: text ugh.fileformats.opac.PicaPlus (v1.3)...

Serialization class: text ugh.fileformats.mets.XStream (v1.2) Serialization via XStream initially replaced the RDF/XML schema to be independent of mappings and additional entries in the rule set. XStr...

The RDF/XML format is the data format originally developed for the AGORA document management system (AGORA DMS), which is supported by the AGORA document management system for import. Furthermore, the...

The configuration of the format takes place exclusively in the enclosing \' element. Structure types are simply mapped 1:1. Therefore, the ' element only includes the two subelements' and '.contains t...

Serialization class: text ugh.fileformats.exel.RDFFile (v1.2) For compatibility reasons, the serialization format RDF/XML is part of the UGH library (for example, to read old RDF/XML files that are to...

The AGORA DMS system is based on a clearly defined database structure. This database structure is so flexible that different meta- and structure types can also be defined in it. However, the structure...

The configuration is located in the enclosing element, which is subordinate to the element. First, some basic parameters of the database must be specified. These are in detail: | Parameter | Descripti...

Furthermore, some functionally relevant information must be provided. For example, the element determines which metadata type is valid for the persistent identification of a structural unit. This elem...

The element contains all the metadata types that are to be inherited from a structural unit to underlying structural units. Corresponding entries are duplicated in the database and thus allow fast acc...

A value list can replace certain values when writing to the database. This can then be useful for rewriting language codes. In a corresponding mapping file, the old values (from the API) are compared ...

However, the main part of the configuration for this serialization class is the mapping of the metadata types to specific tables and table columns. To understand the explanations described below, it i...

The document structure type is mapped relatively simply. As the name of the structure type is also stored in the database but is linked to the actual structural unit by means of a separate table via a...

The AGORA database serialization is no longer included in the UGH library, but the following chapter has been retained for documentation reasons!...

Data created using the API should of course be able to be read and written. For this purpose the API has an internal JAVA interface, which can be implemented by different classes and provides methods ...

About this manual Document management has always been the main task of libraries. With the beginning of the digitisation of information, the task has changed dramatically. Metadata is increasingly use...