Products and services

Products and services are the same record type in the MICHAEL system.

1) Overview of the form

Product or service records may be created with a form divided in five parts or screens:

A) Identification and description

Identifier and title form the Identification section. The description section contains fields for description, language, maintenance, legal status, etc..

B) Access and location

Access is about access type, accessibility, WAI compliance level, access conditions and technical requirements. Location lets you provide an online location.

C) Links towards other records and external resources

Links may be created to store a relationship with an institution responsible for the service or which has created it.

D) System metadata and local data

As for any record type, some system information is defined here.

Most of the information is contained within the first two screens.

2) Location

Location plays an important role for an online resource. Typically, it will contain the URL address, for a Web site for instance.

You may add many locations to one service or product record. For each location, you can provide two pieces of information:

Description

The description is a simple explanation for the location, particularly useful when you have more than one location. It can contain, for instance, a statement such as South-American mirror site .

Address

The address is usually a URL. Please note that a valid URL should be provided, including the leading http:// .

Both fields are optional.

A location may also contain information to obtain a product not available online. For instance, you can store information in how to purchase a CDROM. In this case, use the description field.