Able to add media (from node > media tab) that does not get associated with node

[kspurgin]

Example 1

I have created a node for an image object. The image contains some text that automated text extraction wouldn't handle well...

Being clever, I transcribe the image text in chicken.txt, and add this as "Extracted Text" media on my node (node > Media > Add Media > Extracted Text):

Of note:

• the url has the node id as the target id, but the form does not show me the "Media of" field.
• the form does not allow me to select a "Media use" value

When I save the media, it is not connected to my node, and has no "Media use" value:

Example 2

For no valid reason at all except that it totally looks like I can, I want to get rid of the FITS XML on this node and upload my own FITS XML file.

So I delete the FITS Media/File and then:

• go to my node
• Media > Add media > FITS Technical metadata
• I get this form:

My node ID (85) is in the URL in the target, but there is no way to upload my XML file, see the Media Of field value, or set a Media Use value.

I save and:

The media:

NOTES

I am able to add a Document media type with chicken.txt and Media Use = Extracted Text that actually gets added as expected:

I can re-generate the FITS within the system from the admin/content page, but I can find no way to upload my own FITS XML.

Solution -- DEPENDS ON INTENT

If you are supposed to be able to add these kinds of media via the UI, the forms/processes for adding them need to be fixed

If certain media types are intended to ONLY be generated/added by internal system processes, they need to be removed as options for manually adding media via the UI

In the meantime documentation/tutorial or help text within the system should clarify this.

[kstapelfeldt]

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