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Installation overview

The article provides an overview of the installation process for ResourceSpace, a standard PHP/MySQL application. The installation process is similar to other PHP/MySQL applications, and most issues encountered relate to the default php.

Installing on Ubuntu Linux

The article provides a step-by-step guide to install ResourceSpace on Ubuntu Linux. The installation process involves installing programs and dependencies, configuring PHP, creating a database, checking out ResourceSpace, finishing installation via a web browser, setting up the cron job for relevance matching and periodic emails, setting the file and folder permissions, and setting up Apache correctly.

Installing on CentOS Linux

The article provides a guide for installing ResourceSpace on CentOS Linux. The installation process involves updating the system, installing MySQL Community Repo, and then installing mysql-server. Other packages that need to be installed include httpd, php, php-dev, php-gd, php-mysql, php-mbstring, subversion, vim, nano, ghostscript, ImageMagick, poppler, antiword, ExifTool, and FFmpeg.

Installing on SuSE

The article provides a guide for installing ResourceSpace on SuSE. It directs users to a guide for setting up a LAMP stack with a virtual host for ResourceSpace. The article then lists the packages required for installation and provides a command for installing them.

Installing on macOS

The article provides a step-by-step guide to install ResourceSpace on macOS. The installation process involves installing Homebrew, programs, and dependencies, PHP extensions using pecl, enabling PHP in Apache, configuring PHP, creating a database, checking out ResourceSpace, and finishing the installation via a web browser.

How to restore your ResourceSpace installation

This article provides guidance on how to restore a ResourceSpace installation to a replacement server in the event of server failure or migration. The steps described in the article restore the existing ResourceSpace configuration, but do not cover custom ResourceSpace code, external directories used by ResourceSpace, DNS changes, or web or proxy server configuration.

Admin overview

Accessible from the top navigation bar, the Admin menu provides a whole range of tools to help manage ResourceSpace and its contents.

How to back up your ResourceSpace installation

Ensure that your ResourceSpace open source Digital Asset Management system has appropriate backups in place.

Installing on Windows Server

The article provides a step-by-step guide to installing ResourceSpace on Windows Server. The instructions include setting up the IIS Web Server role, installing Web Platform Installer to help with PHP and MySQL install, configuring php.

Alternative installation

ResourceSpace offers alternative installation options for users who are unfamiliar with installing applications or unable to install ResourceSpace on their server. One-click installers are available for Windows, Linux, and OS X, which are self-contained packages with everything needed to run ResourceSpace.

General installation requirements

ResourceSpace requires a MySQL compliant database, a web server, and PHP to operate on the LAMP stack. The supported versions of PHP are 7.4, 8.0, and 8.1, and the following PHP extensions are required: php-mysqli, php-curl, php-dom, php-gd, php-intl, php-mbstring, php-xml, php-zip, php-ldap, php-imap, php-json, php-apcu, and php-cli.

LinkrUI for Adobe

LinkrUI for Adobe is a Connector plugin that integrates ResourceSpace with Adobe software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. This integration allows users to easily search, open, and place assets stored in ResourceSpace directly into their Adobe applications.

Welcome to ResourceSpace

The ResourceSpace Knowledge Base provides a library of guides and information to help individuals and businesses with their Digital Asset Management System.

New to ResourceSpace?

Find out from the Knowledge Base how to get started with the ResourceSpace Digital Asset Management System.

Knowledge Base structure

Article to explain how the ResourceSpace Knowledge Base is structured to assist with finding content specific for the reader

Accounts & access

A ResourceSpace Knowledge Base article explaining user accounts and access within ResourceSpace for users.

Language options

ResourceSpace is a platform that supports multiple languages and allows users to change their language preferences. The platform can detect and suggest the default language based on the user's browser.

System Administrators

ResourceSpace Knowledge Base article to introduce the System Administrators role within ResourceSpace

Searching in ResourceSpace

The ResourceSpace search feature is a powerful tool that allows users to quickly find the resources they need. Users can start with a broad search and then refine the results to find the most relevant content.

PDF contact sheet

The article explains how to create a PDF contact sheet for a collection in ResourceSpace. A contact sheet is a quick reference overview of what is in a collection, which can be printed or downloaded. To create a contact sheet, users need to choose the "Contact Sheet" option in the collection Actions list.

Embed slideshow

This article provides instructions on how to generate HTML for embeddable collection slideshows on remote sites using a function. The process involves creating a dynamic collection, selecting 'Share' from the collection options, choosing the size, preview duration, and maximise option, and then generating the HTML.

Youtube publish

The YouTube Publish plugin allows users to publish video resources to a configured YouTube account. The plugin uploads data and has configurable mapped fields to automatically add descriptions, titles, and tags.

Useful user permissions

The article provides an overview of user group permissions and how they affect user actions when accessing and interacting with resources. The permissions are divided into different categories, including searching/access, metadata fields, resource types, resource creation/management, collections, and administration.

Resource types

Resource types are a key way to organise metadata in ResourceSpace, allowing users to record different metadata for different types of assets. Resource types can be created as needed, and separating resources into types allows users to apply certain media-specific fields only where they will be useful, saving time and effort.

Writing your own plugins

A plugin in ResourceSpace is a collection of PHP code, language files, graphics, CSS files and other related files that are structured to conform to the ResourceSpace plugin architecture. For deployment, the files that constitute a plugin are packaged together into a self-contained file called a ResourceSpace Plugin (.

Customising the header image

The article provides a simple guide on how to customize the header image of an installation. Users can access the option to replace the header image by navigating to the "System Configuration" option under the "System" menu on the admin page.

CSV upload

The CSV upload plugin for ResourceSpace allows users to edit existing resource metadata and create new resources by uploading a CSV file. The plugin is recommended for administrators and users with elevated permissions due to the risk of inserting incorrect data into ResourceSpace.

Advanced workflow

workflow, process, publish, embargo, archive, review,state, status

API

ResourceSpace implements a RESTful API that returns JSON. All requests must be signed using a shared private key specific to each user. This can be performed via GET or POST.

Upgrading

The article provides instructions for upgrading ResourceSpace, a digital asset management system, using Subversion (SVN). Before upgrading, users should ensure that their system meets the general installation requirements.

LibreOffice integration for Microsoft Office previews

The article provides instructions on how to install and use Unoconv, a utility that allows conversion between different document formats in Open Office. The article explains that in order to preview files in common office document formats such as .

Translations

The article provides a guide on how to create an official standard translation and a custom translation for a system. Before starting an official translation, it is important to verify that no other translator is already working with the language.

Simple LDAP

The Simple LDAP plugin enables consistent sign-on (CSO) for ResourceSpace users, allowing them to log in using the same credentials they use to log in to their organisation's network. The plugin has been tested with Microsoft Active Directory and Oracle Directory servers.

Google Vision API

The Google Vision API plugin sends images to Google's Cloud Vision API on upload and sets appropriate metadata in pre-configured fields based on what has been recognised in the image. The plugin can be found under the 'Asset processing' category.

Simple SAML

This plugin allows users to log on to ResourceSpace using a SAML compliant single sign-on (SSO) Identity Provider (IdP)

Metadata read/write mapping

ResourceSpace can map between embedded metadata stored in original files and the metadata fields in ResourceSpace itself. This synchronisation can be two-way, so that imported metadata can be automatically extracted into a configured field, but also that metadata added to the resource after import is written back to the file at download.

Action dates

The 'action_dates' plugin will automatically perform certain actions based on resource metadata, for example, archiving a resource when an expiry date is reached.

IIIF

IIIF is an API specification that aims to improve interoperability between digital image repositories. ResourceSpace provides basic support for the IIIF presentation API, which was originally created to link with the TMS plugin to enable publishing of resources related to a specified TMS object as a IIIF manifest.

Troubleshooting

The article provides a troubleshooting guide for common issues encountered while using ResourceSpace. The guide suggests visiting the Installation Check page to resolve any error messages, checking server logs to resolve error code 500, and ensuring the latest version of ResourceSpace is being used by running the command 'svn update' in the web root.

Image banks

The Image Banks plugin allows users to search external image banks for photos without having to navigate manually to the external system. Users can run searches in the external image bank using the simple search box and the dropdown selector called "Search external image banks".

The config file

The article provides an overview of the configuration file for ResourceSpace, which can be found in the 'include' folder. The file contains various PHP variables that can be changed to configure the system.

Adobe link

This plugin allows you to import files from ResourceSpace directly into Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.

Resource bot

The Resource Bot plugin is a new feature that integrates Chat Bot functionality from the main ResourceSpace website with your ResourceSpace installation. This plugin provides on-hand assistance for your users and offers support for those who are less confident.

Developers

The article provides information for developers interested in working with ResourceSpace, an open source project written in PHP and Javascript. The code is freely available to browse via SVN, and the article provides links to the project structure and database schema.

Coding standards v2.0

The article provides coding standards for developers working on the ResourceSpace project. The standards cover various aspects of coding, including security, documentation, functionality, PHP version, MySQL strict mode, backward compatibility, file format, coding style, indentation, line length, control structures, function calls, function definitions, MySQL statements, readability of code blocks, returning early, and avoiding cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Debugging ResourceSpace

The article provides three methods for debugging ResourceSpace, an open-source digital asset management system. The first method is to use the internal function called debug(), which writes debug text to a file specified in the config file.

Access control

The article discusses access control and how it enforces policies to prevent users from acting outside of their intended permissions. Failures in access control can lead to unauthorized information disclosure, modification or destruction of data, or performing a business function outside of the limits of the user.

Injection

Injection attacks are a type of attack vector that occur when an attacker can send hostile data to an interpreter as part of a command or query, which alters the execution of that program. The most common injection flaws are cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injections (SQLi), command injections which can lead to remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, and LDAP injections.

ResourceSpace Plugins

Explore the range of plugins that are available to expand ResourceSpace's base functionality, including integrations with third party software and systems.

Query caching

Query caching is a technique that can be used to cache the results of selected queries to disk. This is useful where the same query is likely to be called a large number of times, for example, queries that are common across several pages and the same for large groups of users.

Project structure

A breakdown of the folders used within ResourceSpace, and their typical contents and function.

Fixed list fields

ResourceSpace has various metadata field types, including text boxes, check box lists, dropdown lists, date fields, category trees, and radio button lists. Some of these fields can have their options defined by an administrator of the system, and these fields are called fixed list fields.

Downloading multiple resources

Users can download multiple resources in one go by adding the resources to a collection or selecting a number of resources from the search results page and clicking on 'Download' from the 'Actions' dropdown box.

ResourceSpace plugin for WordPress

A new WordPress plugin has been developed that allows users to embed resource files from ResourceSpace in their posts. The plugin was funded by ADRA International and developed by Codecide. To install the plugin, users should download the WordPress plugin zip file, navigate to Plugins->Add plugins from the WordPress Admin menu and click 'Upload plugin', or manually upload the zip file to the wp-content/plugins directory of the WordPress installation.

RSS Feed

The RSS Feed plugin generates RSS URLs for a resource search in ResourceSpace using the API. After enabling the plugin, a new link appears at the bottom of the Simple Search area, which takes the user to the RSS feed for the 50 most recently uploaded resources.

User preferences

The article provides instructions on how to access user preferences on a website. Users can click on the user profile icon at the top right of the screen and select "Preferences" to make changes to the functionality and interface available to them.

System reset

The article describes the use of the System Reset plugin in ResourceSpace, which allows users to completely reset their installation by deleting all files and data. To activate the plugin, users must select System then Plugins from the top right menu, and then select the System Reset option from the System menu.

The Digital Asset Management Buyer's Guide

In this guide we look at what DAM software actually is, the problems it solves and some questions to ask a vendor before making a buying decision.

Upgrading PHP versions

ResourceSpace has updated its PHP requirement to version 7.4 for its version 10.0 to maintain compatibility with the third-party file uploader library (Uppy) and to maintain security. The company has warned that PHP 7.

API Webhooks

API Webhooks is a plugin that allows developers to synchronise data between ResourceSpace and third-party systems. The plugin enables remote scripts to be called from within ResourceSpace, allowing users to drive the timing of the synchronisation between the two systems.

Integrating with Uppy Companion

Uppy Companion is an open-source server application that can be linked to the Uppy uploader used by ResourceSpace. It allows users to select files directly from sources such as Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive without having to download the files locally first.

Setting up scheduled tasks/cron

To ensure that ResourceSpace can send notifications and perform regular tasks, it is necessary to set up scheduled tasks or cron jobs. These tasks should be configured to run at least once daily, but may need to run more frequently depending on certain configuration options.

Progressive Web App

ResourceSpace can be installed as a Progressive Web App (PWA) by using the manifest.json file. This file sets various properties for the web application, such as the application name, app icons, UI colors, shortcuts, and screenshots.

StencilVG

StencilVG is a plugin that allows users to generate new documents using SVG template files with placeholder values. Users can create template SVG files by adding text placeholders surrounded by square brackets.

Table: plugins

The article provides a table named "plugins" that lists all active plugins on the system and stores their configuration. The table has several columns, including name, descrip, author, update_url, info_url, inst_version, config, config_json, config_url, enabled_groups, priority, disable_group_select, title, and icon.

Table: activity_log

The article describes the structure of the "activity_log" table, which is used to log all user activity across the system. The table contains several columns, including "ref", which is an auto-incrementing index, "logged", which records the date and time of the activity, "user", which refers to the user who performed the activity, and "log_code", which is a single character code defining the type of activity.

Table: annotation

This article provides a table called "annotation" that is used for resource annotations. The table contains columns such as "ref", "resource", "resource_type_field", "user", "x", "y", "width", "height", and "page".

Table: annotation_node

The article provides information about the "annotation_node" table, which is a join table that connects resource annotations to keyword nodes for annotating resources with fixed list metadata. The table has two columns: "annotation" and "node," both of which are of type "int(11).

Table: collection

This article provides a table that outlines the structure of a collection in ResourceSpace, which is a group of resources. The table includes columns such as ref, name, user, created, public, theme, theme2, theme3, allow_changes, cant_delete, keywords, savedsearch, home_page_publish, home_page_text, home_page_image, session_id, description, type, parent, thumbnail_selection_method, bg_img_resource_ref, and order_by.

Table: collection_keyword

The collection_keyword table is a join table that connects collections with keywords to enable rapid collection searching. It contains two columns: collection and keyword, both of which are of type int(11).

Table: collection_log

The collection_log table is a log of all activity related to a collection. It contains an auto-incrementing index, date, user, collection, type, resource, and notes. The user and collection columns reference the user and collection tables, respectively, while the resource column references the resource table.

Table: collection_resource

The article provides a table called "collection_resource" that defines the contents of a collection. The table consists of 11 columns, including "collection," "resource," "date_added," "comment," "rating," "use_as_theme_thumbnail" and "sortorder.

Table: collection_savedsearch

The article provides information about the "collection_savedsearch" table, which is a list of saved searches that can exist within collections. The table has several columns, including "ref," which is an auto-incrementing index, "collection," which refers to the collection table, "search," which is the search string, "restypes," which is the resource types used when searching, "starsearch," which is an integer value, "archive," which is a comma-separated list of workflow states, "created," which is the date created, and "result_limit," which is the maximum number of results to return.

Table: comment

This article provides a table schema for the ResourceSpace software's comment feature. The table is called "comment" and contains columns such as "ref" (an auto-incrementing index), "ref_parent" (the reference of the parent comment), "created" (the timestamp of when the comment was created), "hide" (a boolean value indicating whether the comment should be hidden), "collection_ref" (the reference of the collection the comment is associated with), "resource_ref" (the reference of the resource the comment is associated with), "user_ref" (the reference of the user who created the comment), "fullname" (the full name of an external commenter), "email" (the email of an external commenter), "website_url" (the website URL of an external commenter), and "body" (the text of the comment).

Table: daily_stat

The article describes the structure of the "daily_stat" table, which is used to store daily statistics grouped by day, user group, and activity type. The table has columns for the year, month, and day when the activity took place, the user group that carried out the activity, the activity type code, the ID of the table in question, the count of how many times the activity was carried out on the object in the day in question by any user, and whether the activity happened via an external share.

Table: dash_tile

The article provides a table schema for the "dash_tile" table, which is used to display dash tiles on the home page. The table contains columns such as "ref" for an auto-incrementing index, "title" for the title text, "txt" for the tile text, "all_users" to indicate if the tile is published to all users, "default_order_by" for the default order, "url" for the anchor link href URL, "link" for the link text, "reload_interval_secs" for the reload interval in seconds, "resource_count" to indicate the number of resources if the tile is a search/collection tile, and "allow_delete" to indicate if the tile can be deleted.

Table: dynamic_tree_node

The dynamic_tree_node table is a list of nodes used for category trees. It has four columns: ref, resource_type_field, parent, and name. The ref column is an auto-incrementing index, while the resource_type_field column refers to the resource_type_field table.

Table: external_access_keys

The article provides a table called "external_access_keys" that is used for externally sharing resources. The table contains several columns, including "resource," which refers to the resource being shared, "access_key," which is the external access key, "user," which refers to the user who created the share, "usergroup," which refers to the user group that the share belongs to, "collection," which refers to the collection that the share belongs to, "request_feedback," which is a boolean value that determines whether external contacts can provide feedback when accessing the share, "email," which is the email address that the share was created for, "date," which is the date the share was created, "lastused," which is the date the share was last accessed, "access," which is the access level (0 for open, 1 for restricted), "expires," which is the share expiration date, "password_hash," which is the hash of the share password (NULL if not set), and "upload," which is set to 0 for standard external view access share and 1 for an external upload share for a collection.

Table: filter

This article provides a table definition for the "filter" table, which is used for search, edit, and derestrict filters on user groups. The table has three columns: "ref," which is an auto-incrementing index; "name," which is the name of the filter; and "filter_condition," which defines which rules must be met to satisfy the filter.

Table: filter_rule

The "filter_rule" table is a part of the ResourceSpace database schema and defines the rules that make up a filter. It has two columns: "ref" and "filter". The "ref" column is an auto-incrementing index, while the "filter" column is a reference to the "filter" table.

Table: filter_rule_node

The article provides a table called "filter_rule_node" that defines the nodes and conditions that make up a filter rule. The table has three columns: "filter_rule," "node_condition," and "node." The "filter_rule" column is an integer that refers to the "filter_rule" table, while the "node_condition" column is a boolean that indicates whether the given node is required to be present or absent to satisfy the rule.

Table: ip_lockout

The article provides information about the "ip_lockout" table, which is used for denying access after a certain number of invalid login attempts. The table has three columns: "ip" for storing the client IP address, "tries" for storing the number of login attempts, and "last_try" for storing the time and date of the last attempt.

Table: job_queue

The job_queue table is a list of active offline jobs such as preview processing. It contains several columns, including ref, which is an auto-incrementing index, type, which is the job type, job_data, which is the JSON-encoded job data, start_date, which is the earliest time to start the job, user, which is the user ID, status, which is the job status code, success_text, which is the text to include in the message if the job completes successfully, failure_text, which is the text to include in the message if the job fails, job_code, which is a unique hash used to prevent duplicate jobs, and priority, which is the job priority.

Table: keyword

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Table: keyword_related

The "keyword_related" table defines related keywords in ResourceSpace. When a keyword is searched for, related keywords are also searched for. The table has two columns: "keyword" and "related". The "keyword" column is of type int(11) and refers to the "keyword" table.

Table: mail_log

The mail_log table is a log that stores all emails sent, mainly for diagnosis purposes. It has six columns: ref, date, mail_to, mail_from, subject, and sender_email. The ref column is an auto-incrementing index, while the date column stores the date and time the email was sent.

Table: message

The "message" table is a database table used for user messages, which can be used for system and user-to-user messaging. The table has several columns, including "ref," which is an auto-incrementing index, "created," which is a datetime column, and "owner," which is a reference to the user who owns the message.

Table: node

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Table: node_keyword

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Table: preview_size

The article provides a table called "preview_size" that defines the preview sizes used for resource preview and thumbnail generation. The table has ten columns, including an auto-incrementing index, a short code, width and height in pixels, a boolean value to add padding to make the image the required size, a friendly name, a boolean value for system use to prevent deletion, and two boolean values to show a link to preview this size on the resource view page and allow users with restricted access to see this preview size.

Table: report

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Table: report_periodic_emails

The report_periodic_emails table is a database table in ResourceSpace that stores information about users who have subscribed to receive a report regularly. The table has several columns, including ref, user, send_all_users, user_groups, report, period, email_days, last_sent, and search_params.

Table: report_periodic_emails_unsubscribe

The article provides a table report_periodic_emails_unsubscribe, which lists the users who have unsubscribed from a periodic email. The table has three columns: id, user_id, and periodic_email_id. The id column is an integer type, while the user_id and periodic_email_id columns are both of integer type and refer to the user and periodic email tables, respectively.

Table: request

The "request" table is a database table in ResourceSpace that tracks resource requests made by users with restricted access and fulfilled by admin users. The table has several columns, including "ref," which is an auto-incrementing index, "user," which refers to the user who made the request, and "collection," which refers to the collection the requested resource belongs to.

Table: research_request

The article provides information about the "research_request" table, which is used in ResourceSpace, a digital asset management system. The table stores information related to research requests, which are requests for appropriate resources for a project.

Table: resource

The article provides a table of the resource, which is the central record within ResourceSpace mapping to a single asset/file. The table includes various columns such as ref, title, resource_type, has_image, is_transcoding, hit_count, new_hit_count, creation_date, rating, user_rating, user_rating_count, user_rating_total, country, file_extension, preview_extension, image_red, image_green, image_blue, thumb_width, thumb_height, archive, access, colour_key, created_by, file_path, file_modified, file_checksum, request_count, expiry_notification_sent, preview_tweaks, geo_lat, geo_long, mapzoom, disk_usage, disk_usage_last_updated, file_size, preview_attempts, modified, last_verified, integrity_fail, and lock_user.

Table: resource_alt_files

The article provides information about the "resource_alt_files" table in ResourceSpace, which is used to store alternative files for a resource. The table contains columns such as "ref" (an auto-incrementing index), "resource" (a reference to the main resource), "name" (the name of the alternative file), "description" (a description of the alternative file), "file_name" (the name of the file), "file_extension" (the file extension), "file_size" (the size of the file), "creation_date" (the date the file was created), "unoconv" (a flag indicating whether the file has been processed by ResourceSpace's unoconv extension), "alt_type" (the type of alternative file), and "page_count" (the total number of pages in a multi-page document).

Table: resource_custom_access

The article provides information about the resource_custom_access table in ResourceSpace, which defines custom access for a resource. This table contains four columns, including resource, usergroup, user, access, and user_expires.

Table: resource_dimensions

The article provides information about the "resource_dimensions" table, which is a part of the ResourceSpace database schema. This table contains additional metrics for a resource, including width, height, file size, resolution, unit information, and total page count for multi-page previews.

Table: resource_keyword

The article provides information about the "resource_keyword" table, which is used to store indexed keywords for free text metadata. The table has six columns, including "resource," which is a foreign key referencing the "resource" table, and "keyword," which is a foreign key referencing the "keyword" table.

Table: resource_log

The resource_log table is used to log all activity related to a resource in ResourceSpace. It contains an auto-incrementing index, the date the log was recorded, the user who performed the action, the resource that was affected, the type of log, and any notes related to the log.

Table: resource_node

The resource_node table in ResourceSpace links fixed metadata nodes with resources to store metadata for fixed metadata types such as dropdowns. The table has three columns: resource, node, and hit_count.

Table: resource_related

The "resource_related" table defines related resources in ResourceSpace. It has two columns: "resource" and "related". The "resource" column is an integer that refers to the ID of the resource in the "resource" table.

Table: resource_type

This article provides a table of the resource_type database schema used in ResourceSpace, a digital asset management system. The resource_type table contains information about the types of resources, such as photo, video, or case study, and determines the metadata fields that a resource has.

Table: resource_type_field

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Table: site_text

The site_text table is used to store any custom site text that the user has entered, replacing that stored in the language folder. The table has six columns: page, name, text, ref, language, and specific_to_group.

Table: slideshow

The Table: slideshow is a database table that stores the images used in the home page slideshow of a website. The table has four columns: ref, resource_ref, homepage_show, and featured_collections_show.

Table: sysvars

The article provides information about the sysvars table, which is used by upgrade scripts and other non-user functions. The table has two columns: name and value. The name column is of type varchar(50) and represents the variable name, while the value column is of type text and represents the value of the variable.

Table: user

The "user" table in ResourceSpace stores all user information, including their username, password, full name, email address, user group, and last activity date. It also includes information on whether the user is currently logged in, their browser user agent string, and their IP address.

Table: user_collection

The article provides information about the user_collection table, which is used to determine which internal users a collection has been shared with. The table has three columns: user, collection, and request_feedback.

Table: user_dash_tile

The article provides a table schema for the user_dash_tile table in ResourceSpace. This table defines which dash tiles are available to a user and allows for the customization of the order in which they appear.

Table: user_message

The article provides information about the user_message table, which is used to define which users will see a message and which have seen it. The table has three columns: ref, user, and message. The ref column is an auto-incrementing index, while the user column refers to the user table, and the message column refers to the message table.

Table: user_preferences

The user_preferences table stores all user preferences and system configurations. It has three columns: ref, user, parameter, and value. The ref column is an auto-incrementing index, while the user column refers to the user table.

Table: user_rating

The article provides information about the user_rating table in ResourceSpace's database schema. This table stores user ratings for a given resource, with columns for the user ID, rating (out of 5), and resource ID.

Table: user_report

The article provides a table schema for the user_report table, which is used to store user-specific report parameters. The table has four columns: ref, name, user, and params. The ref column is an auto-incrementing index, while the name column stores the name of the report.

Table: user_userlist

The article provides information about the user_userlist table, which is used for creating custom lists of users if $sharing_userlists is enabled. The table has four columns, including ref, user, userlist_name, and userlist_string.

Table: usergroup

The article provides a table called "usergroup" that defines user groups. The table contains several columns, including "ref," which is an auto-incrementing index, "name," which is the name of the user group, and "permissions," which is a list of permissions that the user group has.

Table: usergroup_collection

The usergroup_collection table is a database table in ResourceSpace that stores collections shared with user groups. It has three columns: usergroup, collection, and request_feedback. The usergroup column is an integer that references the usergroup table, which contains information about user groups.

Table: usergroup_dash_tile

The usergroup_dash_tile table is a configuration table in ResourceSpace that stores dash tiles for user groups. It has five columns, including an auto-incrementing index, usergroup, dash_tile, default_order_by, and order_by.

Table: search_log

Search log. Log every search made by the system. Column Type Note ref int(11) Auto incrementing index search_string mediumtext Actual search string resource_types mediumtext Resource types filter archive_states mediumtext Archive states filter logged datetime Date and time of search user int(11) User executing the search result_count int(11) Result count This table is empty by default.

Table: tab

This article provides information about the "tab" table, which is used for organising metadata fields on the edit and view pages. The table has three columns: "ref", which is an auto-incrementing index; "name", which is a varchar(255) type; and "order_by", which is an integer type.

Table: resource_type_field_resource_type

Links resource_type_field records to resource_type. Used when the global column in resource_type_field is set to 0; Column Type Note resource_type_field int(11) See table resource_type_field resource_type int(11) See table resource_type Default contents are as follows.

OpenCV (facial recognition)

OpenCV is a library used by ResourceSpace for facial recognition capability. The article provides instructions on how to install OpenCV on Ubuntu and how to check the Python and OpenCV versions. The facial recognition feature in ResourceSpace can be configured by setting the path to Python, the field used to store the name of the person suggested/detected, the location for the face recognizer model state(s) and data, and enabling facial recognition.

ResourceSpace file storage (filestore)

ResourceSpace stores resource files in obfuscated folder paths on the server and not in the database. The folders are not meaningful to an administrator browsing the folders on the server because they are derived from the unique resource ID and are not related in any way to metadata or collections that the resources belong to.

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces an authenticated user to execute unwanted actions on a web application. The attack targets state-changing requests, not data theft, as the attacker has no way to see the response to the forged request.