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You can add notes, citations, and dates to most of these fields. Learn more at Using Notes, Using Dates, Using Citations. |
General Information
This contains the identifier for the Knowledge Map, and lets you make the place private or public.
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Names for the Knowledge Map. The name of a place can change across languages or time: you can track those changes here. You can also list popular names for a place, like "C'ville" for "Charlottesville." Learn more about this feature with Add Alternate KMap Names.
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Place | An alternate name for the place. | short text |
| Name Type | This sets whether the name is official or popular. | checkbox |
| Language | The language of the name. This is independent from the 'writing system,' which you can learn more about below. | controlled vocabulary |
| Writing System | The alphabet or symbol system used to represent the language. For example, English uses the Latin script. | controlled vocabulary |
| Etymology | The etymological origin of the alternate name. | WYSIWYG |
| Primary for Popular Romanization View? | Popular romanization is an easy-to-pronounce version of names in roman script, which is intended for audiences around the world. | checkbox |
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A single image that is representative of the subject or place. It appears next to the summary on the main page for the Knowledge Map. Other images, including those that relate to the subject or place but do not illustrate it, can be added using Images in Mandala. Learn more about this feature with Add Illustrations to KMaps.
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Language | The language of the caption. Each caption should only have one language. If you need to include a translation, add a new caption. | controlled vocabulary |
| Caption | The text of the caption. This should be shorter than 140 characters. Make sure it's general and clear enough to identify the feature from a list. | checkbox |
| Author | The author of the summary. By default, this is set to your username. | controlled vocabulary |
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| Geocode Type | The type of geocode. For example, 'Zip Code.' | controlled vocabulary |
| Value | The value of the geocode. For example, for Zip Code the value might be '22903.' | short text |
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Locations
The latitude and longitude of the place. This is a single point which represents your Place on a map. If you have a GIS shapefile which represents your place, contact mandala@virginia.edu.
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You can assign related places here. This is also used to create child KMaps for a subjectplace. Learn more about adding children at Add a New KMap.
To assign an existing related place:
- In the "Feature Relations" metadata section, click New Place Relation
A list of places will appear
- Click Select next to the place you want to connect to the original place
New fields will open
- Fill out the form using the table below to guide you
- Click Create
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| Place | The name of the new place you're creating, or the existing place you're relating to the current place. | ||
| Feature relation type | The type of relationship between the original place and the related place. | controlled vocabulary | |
| Perspective | The perspective for the relationship. Perspectives let you display faceted understandings of a place. They let you switch between different place trees, each with a different "perspective" or focus. You can learn more at Perspectives. | controlled vocabulary |
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This is a legacy option. You should use Texts in Mandala if you want to add a longer essay to your Knowledge Map.
Homepage Texts
Homepage Texts are featured on the overview page for your place. This lets you add longer content than summaries or captions. To add a homepage text, you'll first work in Mandala Texts:
- Create your content in Mandala Texts: use this guide for help. You can also use an existing Mandala Text.
- Tag your text with the place: use this guide for help. For example, if I wanted the text to appear on the Lhasa overview page, I would tag it with Lhasa.
- Return to the Places editorial interface to add your Homepage Text
In the Homepage Texts section:
- Click New Homepage Text
- Choose your text
- If you don't see the text, make sure you tagged it with the appropriate place (see above)
- Choose the language of the text
- Click Create
Controlled Vocabularies
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