This chapter describes the ConText data dictionary objects provided with ConText for text loading. A source specifies the options used by ConText to load text automatically into a column using ctxload and ConText servers with the Loader personality. Sources are stored in the ConText data dictionary. In addition to the preferences for a source, users specify a name and text column for the source.
Users can also specify a description and a refresh rate for directory scanning.
The sources created by a user must be unique for the user. As such, the same source for a user cannot be assigned to more than one column. To define a source, a user specifies a name and column for the source, and optionally a description and refresh rate for the source. The column in the source indicates the column to which text is loaded by ConText servers. Preferences in Sources To define a source, the user specifies a preference for each of the three supported categories.