django-dublincore

A Django plugin app for applying Dublin Core Metadata to any Django model.

This uses the Django contenttype framework and generic relations to apply a varying number of metadata terms to any Django model.

[Dublin Core Metadata Terms]

Quick start

1. Install django-dublincore:

   1. git clone https://github.com/mredar/django-dublincore.git
   2. cd django-dublincore
   3. python setup.py install

   or

   easy_install intall django-dublincore

   or

   pip install django-dublincore

4. Add "dublincore" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
           ...
          'dublincore',
   )
   

5. Run python manage.py syncdb to create the dublincore db tables.

6. Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to attach some Dublin Core metadata to your objects. (admin app must be installed)

7. Add this to models you wish to add dublincore attributes to:

   from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
   from dublincore.models import QualifiedDublinCoreElement
   ...
   
   class Thing(models.Model):
       '''Some Thing
       with dublincore metadata attached
       '''
       QDCElements = generic.GenericRelation(QualifiedDublinCoreElement)
   

TODO:

0. Make tests work from clean install
1. improve install process (one cmd)
2. performance analysis - i've read that abstract classes containing datbase fields have a bad performance hit.
3. sample views and usage
4. Better Documentation
5. support dublin core terms (currently just element with "qualifier")