4.3.2 Defining variants

By default, Daisy predefines one branch and one language variant: the branch main and the language default.

You can yourself define other ones, in the Daisy Wiki you can do this via the administration screens.

The definition of a branch or language consists of a numeric ID (assigned by the repository server), a name and optionally a description. Internally, the ID is used, but towards the user mostly the name is shown.

The built-in main branch and default language each have as ID 1.

Once a branch and/or language is defined, you can create new document variants using them.

Defining the branches and languages is something that can only be done by users who have the Administrator role, but adding variants to documents (which is almost the same as creating documents) can of course be done by any user, as far as the ACL allows the user to do so.

Deleting a branch or language definition is only possible when there are no more document variants for that branch or language. You can easily delete all document variants for a certain branch or language using the Document Task Manager, similarly to what is described further on for creating a variant across a set of documents.