A Bookmark is used to store the state of a Weave map. The following map properties are stored as part of the map state : map extent, visible layers, active entity, existing redlines and selected features (from version 2.5 29). When a bookmark is created, the user gives the bookmark a name and nominates the map properties that are to be stored with the bookmark :
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The Manage Bookmarks menu option opens a form that is used to modify the properties of existing Private, Published and Shared bookmarks.
Bookmarks As a minimum, bookmarks and their properties are stored within a browser’s profile settings, for a subject user. Bookmarks created and managed by logged in Weave users, however, will be stored on the Weave Server, see Persistent storage, below .
A user interface guide to using the Create Bookmark menu option is available here : https://cohgawiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/WUG/pages/3248145/Create+Bookmark
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weave.bookmark
Sub-tags
Name | Type | Cardinality | Default | Description |
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extent | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should the current extent be includable in the bookmark? |
| layers | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should the current ToC content be includable in the bookmark? |
| redlines | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should the current redlines be includable in the bookmark? |
| entity | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should the current active entity be includable in the bookmark? |
| selection | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should the selection for the active entity be includable in the bookmark? |
| categories | boolean | 0..1 | true | Disable the use of categories. You only need to set this attribute (to false) if you have configured the bookmarks to include categories but you want to include one of the bookmark tools in a client without the categories. If you have not configured a data definition for the categories in the bookmark config then this flag will not do anything, regardless of it being set to true or false. |
| groups | boolean | 0..1 | true | Disable the use of groups, you only need to set this attribute (to false) if you have configured the bookmarks to include groups but you want to include one of the bookmark tools in a client without the groups. If you have not configured a data definition for the groups in the bookmark config then this flag will not do anything, regardless of it being set to true or false. |
| baseUrl | URL | 0..1 | Overwrite base URL when generating a shared bookmark. It will use the URL used to start the client if not specified. | |
| create | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should the "Create Bookmark" option be included in the menu? |
| publish | boolean | 0..1 | true - if the user is logged in | Should the "Publish Bookmark" option be included in the menu? Note that this also determines if the publishing functions are included in the Bookmark Manager unless the publisher flag is used to override it. |
| publisher | boolean | 0..1 | taken from | Should the publishing functionality be included in the Bookmark Manager? |
| published | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should the published bookmarks themselves be included in the menu? |
| share | boolean | 0..1 | true - if the user is logged in false - if the user is anonymous | Should the "Share Bookmark" option be included in the menu? |
| manage | boolean | 0..1 | true - if the user has persistent storage available false - if the user does not have persistent storage available | Should the "Manage Bookmarks" option be included in the menu? |
| warning | boolean | 0..1 | true | Should delete actions be verified? |
| grouped | boolean | 0..1 | false | Changes the way groups are displayed This pre-dates the addition of the |
- Persistent storage - If the user is logged in they will have persistent storage available. The information is sent to the server for storage against their user id, and so their bookmarks will be available from any browser the user logs in from. If, however, the user is not logged in, they may still have persistent storage available if their web browser supports it, which these days is more than likely. But it means that their bookmarks will only be available if they use the same browser that they created the bookmark in.
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The following is an example of two inline data definitions that will contain the data definition used for the bookmark samples following it. They do not have to be inline data definitions, any data definition type will work, but their use here makes it easier to follow this example.
Bookmark grouping data definitions
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