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Field Types

In general, there are three categories of fields that can be used.

  • System: These are predefined fields that refer to system or specification information when filled by the end users. The available system fields are the following:
    • Title: Refers to a title of an entity.
    • Description: Refers to a description of an entity.
    • Language: Refers to the language to be used. The languages being displayed to the end user are discussed here.
    • Contact: Refers to contact information about who should be responsible for the entity.
    • Access: Indicates if an entity is publicly available. The end user will have to select between Public or Restricted.
    • User: Refers to users registered to the platform.
  • External Reference: These are fields that connect to a locally defined or an external source (an external API in most cases). There is more information available in the Reference Types section.
  • Custom: These are generic fields that can be added to provide any type of information. The available data types are the following:
    • Text: a regular text box (one line)
    • Rich Text: a rich text editor
    • Date: date input
    • Number: number input
  • Upload: A file as input. This field type requires extra configurations:
    • Max File Size: It is required to limit the size of the files uploaded by the user.
    • File types: You can force the upload of specific file types.
    • Other file types: If the file type is not available in the dropdown, you must add your own by giving a name and the specific MIME type you want.