Right after I sent this email, I found a solution to my problem. I just added
the following line to all my xml files and the records import fine now:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
Sue
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thornton, Susan
M. (LARC-B702)[NCI INFORMATION SYSTEMS]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Kimbrough, Glenn W. (LARC-B7)[NCI INFORMATION SYSTEMS]; Smail, James W.
(LARC-B702)[NCI INFORMATION SYSTEMS]
Subject: [Dspace-tech] encoding issue in DSpace 1.4.2/PostgreSQL 8.2 on
SunSolaris 10 machine
We have 2 production instances of DSpace:
1. new site - DSpace 1.4.2 / PostgreSQL 8.2 - database was built with
UTF-8 encoding
2. old site - DSpace 1.2.2 / PostgreSQL 7.3.4 - database was built with
UNICODE encoding
We are trying to shut down the old site and have been exporting all the
documents out of it and importing them into the new one. Unfortunately we have
been having problems with the Import failing on numerous records. After much
research, I finally figured out why these records were failing: special
characters in the metadata in the XML files, especially in Author names such as:
<dcvalue element="contributor" qualifier="author">Carreño, John
A.</dcvalue> (note the special character over the "n" in the author's last
name)
What can we do about this? Is there a simple solution to this problem??
Thanks,
Sue
Sue Walker-Thornton
ConITS Contract
NASA Langley Research Center
</></>Integrated Library Systems Application Administrator/DBA
130 Research Drive
Hampton, VA 23666
Office: (757) 224-4074
Fax: (757) 224-4001
Pager: (757) 988-2547
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