Coding standards
Security in ResourceSpace
Developer reference
- Project structure
- Database schema
- Fixed list fields
- Debugging ResourceSpace
- Writing your own plugins
- Context help links
- Custom fields ("user" defined)
- Query caching
- All user permissions
- Client side API calls
- Modals
- Sending user notifications
- Progressive Web App
- Managing (PHP) code dependencies
- Managing (JS) code dependencies
- OpenAPI documentation
Database
- Table: activity_log
- Table: annotation
- Table: annotation_node
- Table: collection
- Table: collection_keyword
- Table: collection_log
- Table: collection_resource
- Table: collection_savedsearch
- Table: comment
- Table: daily_stat
- Table: dash_tile
- Table: dynamic_tree_node
- Table: external_access_keys
- Table: filter
- Table: filter_rule
- Table: filter_rule_node
- Table: ip_lockout
- Table: job_queue
- Table: keyword
- Table: keyword_related
- Table: mail_log
- Table: message
- Table: node
- Table: node_keyword
- Table: plugins
- Table: preview_size
- Table: report
- Table: report_periodic_emails
- Table: report_periodic_emails_unsubscribe
- Table: request
- Table: research_request
- Table: resource
- Table: resource_alt_files
- Table: resource_custom_access
- Table: resource_dimensions
- Table: resource_keyword
- Table: resource_log
- Table: resource_node
- Table: resource_related
- Table: resource_type
- Table: resource_type_field
- Table: resource_type_field_resource_type
- Table: search_log
- Table: site_text
- Table: slideshow
- Table: sysvars
- Table: tab
- Table: user
- Table: user_collection
- Table: user_dash_tile
- Table: user_message
- Table: user_preferences
- Table: user_rating
- Table: user_report
- Table: user_userlist
- Table: usergroup
- Table: usergroup_collection
- Table: usergroup_dash_tile
Table: resource_type
Resource types, such as photo / video / case study. The choice of resource type will determine the metadata fields a resource has.
| Column | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ref | int(11) | Auto incrementing index |
| name | varchar(200) | Resource type name. |
| allowed_extensions | TEXT | List of allowed extensions for this resource type. |
| order_by | int(11) | Order defined by the adminstrators. |
| config_options | text | Supports separate configuration options for resources depending on resource type. |
| push_metadata | int(11) | If set, the metadata for this resource will be displayed on the resource view page for any related resources. |
| colour | smallint | Colour used for map marker when using map view search results. |
| icon | tinytext | Lucide class name for icon displayed in thumbnail search results. |
| tab | int(11) | Reference to a system tab. See the "tab" table. |
| pull_images | smallint | Use images from related resources if not one present for the current resource? 0 by default |
Default contents are as follows.
| ref | name | allowed_extensions | order_by | config_options | push_metadata | colour | icon | tab | pull_images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photo | image | |||||||
| 2 | Document | file-text | |||||||
| 3 | Video | video | |||||||
| 4 | Audio | music |
Please see the schema overview for context. This document was last updated on the 19th of August 2026 at 16:05 (Europe/London time).