Table 8.1. wacs.cfg: Tables
Variable | Description | Typical Value |
---|---|---|
models |
name of the models tables. This is indirected to allow for databases
to be owned by a different user than the wacs system runs as or for porting
considerations to other database platforms. In Oracle you might call it
| models |
idmap | name of the idmapping table - this is the one that links a local model to a model name/number for a specific site. | idmap |
assoc | name of the associations table, ie the one that links a model to a given set. A single set can have many associations, if it has a lot of known models in it. | assoc |
sets | name of the sets table - the main database table of the WACS system. Very little will work if the wacs programs can't find this one! | sets |
download | name of the download table. This is used to identify the source information for a set. Depending on status can either be a task list, or a check list of what we already have. | download |
photographer | name of the photographer table. Where the list of known photographers is. | photographer |
tag | name of the tag table. This is the search results and bookmarking mechanism's workspace. | tag |
vendor | name of the vendor table. This contains information on various source web sites, how to parse them and download from them and how to link to them. | vendor |
conn | name of the connections table. This is the new mechanism for arbitary connections between sets, models and photographers - the key difference between tags and connections, is that the WACS applications will flag up when a set is a member of a connection. | conn |
keyword | name of the keywords table. This is used for guessing attributes and locations from key words found in the description | keyword |