Sample library.info file

Here is an example library.info configuration file for a collection called Dictionary.

To create a configuration file for your own collection, follow the instructions below or use the web-based library.info file generator.

[Library]
name = Dictionary
global_name = org.logos.dictionary
long_name = children's dictionary
library_version = 1
host_version = 1
l10n = false
locale = en
category =  books
subcategory = reference
icon = library-dictionary.jpg
activity = Browse
activity_start = index.html

General Notes

.info files follow a key/value pair format, similar to the fd.o desktop entry spec

Entries

Entries in the file are {key,value} pairs in the format: Key = Value

Space before and after the equals sign is ignored; the = sign is the actual delimiter.

Value Types

The value types recognized are string, boolean, and numeric.

Values of type string may contain all ASCII characters except for control characters (space, newline, tab, carriage return, etc.). To include any of these characters, use the appropriate escape sequence. Strings should be delimited by double quotation marks, e.g. "This is a string".

Values of type boolean must either be true or false.

Values of type numeric must be a valid floating point number, e.g. 13 or -2.5.

Multiple Values

Some keys can have multiple values. In such a case, the value of the key is specified as a plural: for example, locales. The multiple values should each be separated by a semicolon. Those keys which have several values should have a semicolon as the trailing character. Semicolons in these values need to be escaped using \;.

Keys and Values

The core categories are : activities, books, health, images, media, science, search

See library.info for a description of keys and values. Other optional keys include:

activity = Browse
activity_start = index.html

Browse is the only supported activity at the moment; you could change your start page, however, for instance if you were converting a collection of OCW courses to be content bundles (they name their homepage differently).