Thanks Fatih!

I'm assuming the person data is from our authors list/index. Do we need to 
do any special handling of the person data before importing? 

Best,
Genny

On Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 7:23:17 PM UTC-4 Fatih Güneş wrote:

> Hi Genny,
> I will try to answer your questions in short. 
> Q: Is there a way to populate existing author records into Person entities?
> A: Yes. Create a collection for it. Then import all your Person data into 
> that collection. Don't forget to add metadata dspace.entity.type:Person to 
> each record.
>
> Q: collapse/combine before implementing?
> A: surely, it is better to do the cleaning before transformation.
>
> Q: can they be deleted/combined after implementation?
> A: yes, but better before (you won't do a mistake when creating a 
> relationship)
>
> Q: Other metadata clean up recommendations before proceeding?
> A: Nothing special. Just clean and tidy your metadata. Don't forget to add 
> dspace.entity.type:Publication to Research Output to trasform them from 
> Items to Publications.
>
> Q: Once implemented, would we need to create a Person entity record for 
> each new author prior to creating a new publication record? 
> A: Yes. (see answer below)
>
> Q: Are Person entities required for all authors, even external 
> collaborators?
> A: It depends on your strategy. It is possible. But as best practice from 
> our implementations, we only create peson entities for institution authors. 
> We leave external authors just as plain text.
>
> Q: Recommendations for handling Person entities for self-submitted records 
> that dspace administrators may never see?
> A: I see person entities as catalogue records. So I would not let Person 
> entities for self-submissions. A workflow can be defined for administrators 
> to be aware of as well.
>
> I hope my answers help.
> BR
> Fatih
>
> On Thursday 10 October 2024 at 21:58:31 UTC+3 Genny Jon_York wrote:
>
>> (Cross-posted to DSpace Technical Support)
>> Hi everyone, 
>> We would love some info on what overall steps are required to plan for 
>> Person and other entities. 
>>
>> We are most interested in implementing Person entities to start. Some 
>> preliminary questions:
>>
>>    1. Is there a way to populate existing author records into Person 
>>    entities?
>>    2. Duplicate author entries 
>>       - collapse/combine before implementing?
>>       - can they be deleted/combined after implementation?
>>    3. Other metadata clean up recommendations before proceeding?
>>
>> Once implemented, would we need to create a Person entity record for each 
>> new author prior to creating a new publication record? 
>>
>>    - Are Person entities required for all authors, even external 
>>    collaborators?
>>    - Recommendations for handling Person entities for self-submitted 
>>    records that dspace administrators may never see?
>>
>>
>> Many thanks for any info/tips experience you can share.
>>
>> Best,
>> Genny Jon, York University, Toronto
>>
>

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