The render_quiet attribute of EPrints::MetaField is used in two similar but different contexts. One ensures that nothing is displayed rather than an UNSPECIFIED when a value is not set, the other ensures a column in compound field is not rendered if not value is set for that sub-field. Up until now no conflict in this uploaded is found. However, some repositories may be reliant on the structure of a table to read-off different values so if some columns disappear this may be an issue but at the same time displaying a load of UNSPECIFIEDs will impact on the layout of the table.
Therefore, this functionality should be split up into two attributes render_quiet was first defined to avoid displaying UNSPECIFIEDs so that should keep its name. The hiding of columns with no value set should be changed to render_column_quiet.
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render_quietattribute ofEPrints::MetaFieldis used in two similar but different contexts. One ensures that nothing is displayed rather than anUNSPECIFIEDwhen a value is not set, the other ensures a column in compound field is not rendered if not value is set for that sub-field. Up until now no conflict in this uploaded is found. However, some repositories may be reliant on the structure of a table to read-off different values so if some columns disappear this may be an issue but at the same time displaying a load ofUNSPECIFIEDs will impact on the layout of the table.Therefore, this functionality should be split up into two attributes
render_quietwas first defined to avoid displayingUNSPECIFIEDs so that should keep its name. The hiding of columns with no value set should be changed torender_column_quiet.