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Configuration Changes for Sakai 2.6

Several new XML configuration elements are available. These are illustrated below.

The Citations functionality is enabled by default. You may need to provide the name of your Sakai instance for Google Scholar import, or set up the Search Library Resources feature for your institution.

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Note: Should you want to disable the Citations Tool completely, or disable an individual feature ("Google Scholar import" or "Search Library Resources"), use the XML configuration file (the preferred technique) or the legacy sakai.properties configuration mechanism.

Compatibility with Previous Releases

Citations configuration for the Sakai 2.6 release is largely compatible with previous releases. Unless you plan on using a new feature introduced in Sakai 2.6, you can continue to use your existing post-2.4 and 2.5 Citations configuration files "as is". Information on configuring the Citations Helper for Sakai 2.4 and 2.5 is still available.

New XML configuration elements 

 
<!-- Extended Repository ID --> 
<!-- 
The Extended Repository ID identifies a specific metasearch 
implementation. The Extended ID applies only to the "http" 
repository OSID: 

edu.indiana.lib.osid.base.repository.http 

Possible Values: 

360 Search Repository (Serials Solutions 360 Search) 
Web2 Repository (Sirsi SingleSearch - Web2 Bridge) --> 

<extended-repository-id>360 Search Repository</extended-repository-id> 

<!-- Maximum databases --> 
<!-- 
This determines the maximum number of databases a user can search 
at one time. The default is eight if no other value is provided. --> 

<searchable-databases>30</searchable-databases> 

<!-- Direct URL handling --> 
<!-- 
Possible Values: 
title-link (use the direct URL (if any) as the title link) 
related-link (use the direct URL (if any) as a related link) 
false (do not use direct URLs) --> 

<provide-direct-url>title-link</provide-direct-url> 

<!-- Direct URL prefix text (for proxy access) --> 

<direct-url-prefix>http://example.com/cgi-bin/proxy.pl?url=</direct-url-prefix>


Continue on for further details on Citations configuration.

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