Keith,
As Allen mentioned, a shell script with a simple task of converting your TSV
metadata text file can do what you want to do. I am using such a solution
myself for importing thousands of documents about the Iranian historical
monuments and sites at http://eiah.org/arch . I extract the metadata for
each monument from an spreadsheet and construct the dublin_core.xml file.
All I am using is two simple python and bash shell scripts. and there is no
worry about how many items you have, tens or thousands.
Good Luck
Saeed
Saeed Moaddeli
IT Department
Encyclopaedia of Iranian Architectural History
No.2175 Valiasr Ave. Tehran 1511913511, Iran
Tel: +98 (21) 88728125-7 W3: http://eiah.org
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Allen Lam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Keith,
>
> The best way is to batch import, using the shell script command "import"
> in dspace/bin.
> Details see the dspace manual.
>
> Now your metadata is in tsv. You need some programming effort to
> transform them into dublin_core.xml.
> There are existing converters for creating the xml files. They may or
> may not suit your special needs. Sometimes writing your own converter is
> faster than search-and-test for existing programs.
>
> Best,
> Allen Lam.
> HKU Hub Administrator, http://hub.hku.hk
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>
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> Keith Michael Pickett wrote:
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> > Greetings!
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> > This is my first post to this list. We have recently purchased a
> > large storage server to run DSpace on. The idea is to make our
> > collection of historical court archives available to the world. Right
> > now, everything is scanned with metadata in tab-delimited text files.
> > Can anyone suggest the best way to enter a LOT of items quickly with
> > metadata?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
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