Template Basics
- Template Structure
- Metadata
- Pages
- Review
- Template Elements
Template Structure
All templates follow the same structure: metadata, template sections, and review.
Metadata
Metadata is a standard page across all templates to improve registration discoverability and includes the following information:
- Title
- Description
- Contributors
- Category
- License
- Subject
- Tags
Pages
A page is a collection of questions that a research team answers when submitting a registration. You can have multiple pages, and each page can have multiple sections and questions (read more). This flexible structure allows your community to structure questions in a manner that is most conducive for you.
The registration below has 6 pages, each with their own group of questions.
Review
The Review page shows questions and answers across all pages. This helps Admin contributors review registration response prior to submission and readily see what questions needs further refinement.
Page Elements
Pages are built with any combination of the elements listed below. Each element has their own default formatting, as shown by the picture at the bottom. Feel free to setup an account on our Test Server and create a registration with our sample template to see how it will be displayed on the system.
| Element | Description |
| Page Heading |
Name of the group of questions |
| Section Heading | Heading for a group of questions |
| Subsection Heading | Heading for a subset group of questions |
| Question | Question research teams should answer |
| Instructions | Additional instructions to help researchers answer the question |
| Example | Example text on how to answer the question |
| Paragraph | Additional context or information not associated with a specific question |
| Radio Button | Input where researchers select one out of several options |
| Checkbox | Input where researchers can select multiple options |
| Text Box | Input where researchers can give free text |
| File Upload | Input where researchers upload a specific file |
Page elements with their default formatti
