Simple Taxonomy Data Source¶

Data source to select or create content to be used on the form.

Form Control Data Source Simple Taxonomy

Configuration¶

Name	Description
Data Source Basics
Title	Data source title to show on the form
Name	Name of variable to store the final result in
Properties
Data Type	Key Value pairs type (String, Integer, Float, Date, HTML).
Component Path	Path where to browse the datasource items.

Creating an XML file for the data source¶

The Simple Taxonomy Data Source uses xml files to get the components that are going to be used. You can create your own component to use as data source by following the instructions on creating a component and just skip creating the view and controller part of the content type if needed.

Form Control Data Source Simple Taxonomy Example

Here’s a sample xml snippet of a simple taxonomy data source file:

<items>
    <item>
        <key>guy</key>
            <value>Guy</value>
        </item>
        <item>
            <key>gal</key>
            <value>Gal</value>
        </item>
</items>
    <file-name>segments.xml</file-name>