A source is the origin silo of a document and is defined based on the following criteria:
- The format of the input data, depending on its CCMS (Author-it, DITA, DocBook, etc.).
- The specific instance of the data-generating CCMS.
- The category of the documentation (technical, marketing, etc.).
By default, the following sources are available:
- Default Author-it for Author-it generated content.
- Default DITA for DITA generated content.
- Default UD for Unstructured Documents.
Selecting the Manage sources tab in the Knowledge Hub section of the Administration menu opens an interface where ADMIN and KHUB_ADMIN users can create a source, modify its characteristics, and clean its content as follows:
- A button to create a source.
- This column displays the name and description of the source, as entered in the "Name" and "Description" fields of the source creation window.
- This column displays the source ID, as entered in the "ID" field of the source creation window.
- This column displays the source type, as selected in the "Source type" drop-down menu of the source creation window.
- This column displays the category ID of the source, as entered in the "Category ID" field of the source creation window.
- This column displays the "Installation status" of the source. Green means the source was successfully created. Orange means an error occurred.
- This column displays the number of resolved documents processed through this source.
- When selecting the name of the source, the following buttons are displayed:
- Edit: select this button to modify the source.
- Clean: select this button to clean the source.
Fluid Topics creates default sources during installation for the relevant source type(s) used by a tenant.
Processing the same data through different sources creates duplicates of that data.