EDI Template Data Types

This is a list of the data types available as of EDI version 1.0.

Data Type	Description	Default rendering
string	Short string type.	<input type="text" />
text	Long string type	<textarea />
int	Integer	<input type="number" />
real	Real number	<input type="number" />
date	Date	<input type="text" /> embedded in Bootstrap datepicker
dateRange	Date Range: start and end date controls are generated automatically as date pickers	Pair of <input type="text" /> embedded in Bootstrap datepicker
autoCompletion	Text box with auto completion based on a SPARQL query. Parameter is represented by a $search_param token in the query.	<input type="text" class="autocomplete" />
URN	A string representing a URN	<input type="text" />
URI	A string representing a URI	<input type="text" />
boundingBox	Four text boxes representing a bounding box.	4x<input type="text" />
ref	An item referring to the value stored at a different path (referring path must be declared AFTER the path it refers to, but it can refer to paths outside current element's scope). This type implies isFixed="true".	<input type="hidden" />
dependent	An item running a SPARQL query depending from the current value of an autoCompletion item (inside the same element).	<input type="text" />