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Installing Isite for Windows
The Isite Administrator Console is a graphical user interface designed to facilitate the indexing and management of your metadata for Clearinghouse service. It is a Windows-based GUI but the basic commands, Iindex and zserver, described in the tutorials, are also available at the DOS prompt for fine tuning. It is recommended that the IAC be used for all interaction with Isite.
If you have NOT previously used the Isite Administrative Console (a graphical user interface) before and wish to do so, you will need to do the following:
1 Run the Isite207i-NT.exe or Isite207-9x.exe executable to install the Isite Administrator under Windows NT/2000 or Windows 95/98 respectively.
2. After installation, click on Start | Programs | Isite | Isite Admin Console and the Windows application will appear. The tabbed interface provides all the control settings required to create and manage your metadatabase.
3. Click on the Zserver Values tab. The port number listed here is the one you will need to register later with the FGDC.
4. Click on the Database tab and Add a new database, also known as an index. The name you enter in the Name box will be the name of the database you will need to register with the FGDC. Identify the location of the Metadata Directory to be indexed and Browse to the location of the directory containing the SGML or XML files. Either SGML or XML files can be indexed by Isite. Choose or create an Index Directory into which the searchable index will be written. The index speeds up the retrieval of the metadata. Do not change the Field Maps field and press the Save button. This will store your database definitions.
5. When your database is selected in the Database tab, a Parse and Index section will appear in the lower part of the Window. To index your metadata, unselect "Use Parsed Dir" and the "Records Found" should indicate how many metadata files found with an xml extension. If it finds no files, go to the Options tab and change the Iindex file extension to correct suffix you use (e.g. sgml) and return to the Database tab. Either XML or SGML is now permitted as an input format for metadata. Once the entries are found, you can press the "Run Iindex" button and they will be indexed in a popup DOS window for you based on the options expressed in the command line below the button there.
6. Once the index has been created, close the notification window and go to the Zserver service tab. Click on the green light button that says "Start Z39.50 Service". In Windows NT/2000 this will start a Windows Service, viewable under the Control Panel | Service icon. If it is started, it will now restart after reboot. Under Windows 95/98 the service will be run in a DOS window. The process will be stopped if you kill this DOS window (95/98 only).
If you move your service to a different computer, or change the database/index name or port number you used, please make changes in the Clearinghouse Registry: http://registry.fgdc.gov/registry so they will be propagated into the search pages.
If you need assistance, contact us at support@clearinghouse3.fgdc.gov.
