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The poolparty.properties File

Find the poolparty.properties file in these paths:

  • Linux: <PPAppDir>/config

  • Windows: drive>:\<PPAppDir>\config\

It allows to define basic parameters for the PoolParty setup.

Pattern for Date and Date & Time used in PoolParty:

The settings you define here are used to display date and time in lists and tables throughout the interface. All other instances of date and date-time formats in PoolParty are by default formatted and stored according to the UTC standard.

date.format.pattern=dd.MM.yyyy
datetime.format.pattern=dd.MM.yyyy - HH:mm

PoolParty URL Relevant Setting for the Linked Data Frontend and the Suggest API Method:

(Default: http://localhost/PoolParty)

ppt.url=http://localhost/PoolParty

Enable Enhanced HTTP/HTTPS Resolution for the LD Frontend

A parameter affects the LD frontend and enabling the enhanced HTTP/HTTPS resolution of resources for it.

Add this parameter to the file:

ld.frontend.http.https.conversion

LOD Cache Used for All Linked Data Functionalities in PoolParty:

(Default: http://lod.semantic-web.at/sparql)

lod.cache.endpoint=http://lod.semantic-web.at/sparql

Base URL for Custom Schemes / Ontologies, Projects and Users:

This is the URI used per default when creating projects or custom schemes / ontologies.

# base url for custom schemes
url.base.scheme=http://schema.yourdomain.com
# base url for Thesauri
url.base.vocabulary=http://vocabulary.yourdomain.com
# base url for Users
url.base.user=http://poolparty.local/user
# base url for graph namespaces (as of version 7.2.0)
url.base.context=url.base.scheme

Note

The key url.base.context is mandatory as of version 7.2.0.

Optional Parameters

The following parameters can be optionally set in the poolperty.properties file:

  • poolparty.session.timeout

    This parameter allows you to change the default timeout of a PoolParty session. (Default: 30min)

  • feed.url

    Legacy parameter that defines the URL of a custom RSS feed to be used in PoolParty. The support of this feature has been discontinued sine PoolParty 2022 R1.

  • feed.entries

    Legacy parameter that defines the number of RSS feed entries to be displayed. The support of this feature has been discontinued sine PoolParty 2022 R1.

  • feed.timeout

    Legacy parameter that defines the timeout of feed fetch requests in ms. The support of this feature has been discontinued sine PoolParty 2022 R1.

  • ld.frontend.http.https.conversion

    This parameter allows you to enable or disable the enhanced LD frontend HTTP/HTTPS resource resolving. (Default: true)

  • ldf.timeout.connect.msec

    Sets the connection timeout for generic HTTP requests to resolve labels in PoolParty's Linked Data Frontend in milliseconds. The default connection timeout is 2000 ms.

  • ldf.timeout.request.msec

    Sets the request timeout for generic HTTP requests to resolve labels in PoolParty's Linked Data Frontend in milliseconds. The default request timeout is 20000 ms.

  • ppgs.max.title.length

    Sets the maximum number of characters in the title parameter in the Web Service Method: Create Indexed Document and Web Service Method: Update or Create an Indexed Document. The default character limit is 1250 characters.

  • ppgs.max.text.length

    Sets the maximum number of characters in the text parameter in the Web Service Method: Create Indexed Document and Web Service Method: Update or Create an Indexed Document. The default character limit is 12048 characters.

    Caution

    Change the character limits with caution. Retrieving excessively large text fields may result in server resource overuse.

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