EPrints Directory Structure Tree

EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects

A graphical representation of the EPrints3 directory structure after executing the install.pl command. Initially the "archives" directory is empty, it is populated when executing (as the eprints user) the "bin/epadmin create" command. The new repository is created using the data in the EPrints_Directory_Structure/eprints3/lib/defaultcfg directory.

perl_lib

[perl routines]

bin

[command line and crontab tools]

cgi

[dynamic (cgi) EPrints web pages]

cfg

[apache configuration for the whole site]

testdata

[tools and sample test data]

var

[apache include files plus indexer log]

lib

cfg.d

[core config files]

citations

[how to render data objects]

defaultcfg_zero

[the content of archives/ID/cfg/ is copied from here]

lang

XX (langid)

phrases

[system-wide phrases]

static

[web pages and icons]

namedsets

[options for namedset fields]

plugins

[extra EPrints plugins]

static

[files to be copied to the html directory]

syscfg.d

[system config files]

templates

[web page templates]

XX (langid)

[theme phrases]

[theme language-specific pages]

static

[theme CSS and images]

templates

[theme templates]

workflows

[workflows for data objects]

flavours

pub_lib

[see 3.4+ publication flavour]

ingredients

[see 3.4+ ingredients]

archives

ARCHIVEID

[see below]

The content of the "archives/[ArchiveID]/" directory. Any change you make here has effect on the particular repository only.

documents	[uploaded files, extracted words, abstract pages, etc.]
html	[static files for the repository on all languages]
var	[various repository dependent files]
cfg	subjects [used for importing the subject tree]
	static	images	[files to be copied to the html directory]
		javascript	[files to be copied to the html directory]
		style	[files to be copied to the html directory]
	cfg.d	[general configuration files as perl script fragments]
	autocomplete	[data files for the autocompletion feature]
	citations	[directories for citations for different data objects]
	namedsets	[files containing the possible values for different sets]
	workflows	[directories for workflows for different data objects]
	lang	XX (langid)	phrases	[phrases used locally]
			static	[templates for static html pages]
			templates	[default html page template]