File handling

Various actions are available for file handling in Coscine:

• Downloading
• Sharing
• Uploading
• Deleting

Archiving is not possible at the file level, but only for resources. See archiving for resources.

Select files

Files are selected in the Coscine web interface using the file explorer, the window in the middle of the resource view. You can select files individually by clicking on the document icon on the left-hand side.

Multiple Selection

You can select multiple files simultaneously in the file explorer and handle a subset of the selected files in the metadata manager (see Figure 1). If you want to select all files, you can click on the checkbox in the header.

Info

For simultaneous editing, the "ALL FILES" area must be selected in the metadata manager.

Example

The files cat.jpg and cat2.jpg are selected simultaneously in file explorer (left). In the meta data manager (right) only the first file (file index 1) is selected for editing (see figure 2).

Figure 1 - Multiple selection of files

Files and folders in Coscine

Files in Coscine are individual entities of data in a specific file format, which then are stored under a path. Folders in Coscine are just the path. They do not exist as individual data entities. Their function is offering a name for extending the path to group files together, e.g.: ../myFolderName/File1.png and ../myFolderName/File2.png

When it comes to folders, keep in mind the best practices regarding versioning.