submission metadata default values

[Bill Tantzen]

In DSpace 7.3 item submission, is it possible to set a default value for a metadata field and remove it from the input form?  For instance, for a Thesis collection, I would like to remove the Type field from the input form, but set dc.type = "thesis" for all items submitted to this collection.

I know how to remove the field from the form, but I'm not sure how to set a default value...

Thanks for any advice or pointers to documentation!

~~Bill

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Bill Tantzen    University of Minnesota Libraries
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[Tim Donohue]

Hi Bill,

DSpace 7 still supports "Item Templates" for a Collection (look in the Edit Collection UI).  That's the traditional (and still supported) way to automatically fill out specific fields with specific default values on a collection-by-collection basis.

Tim