Thanks, Shane: I don't think Dorothea's articles describes what I want to do. What I am wondering is if I can add descriptions to the bitstreams using the importer. Let me demonstrate with an example:
Here is an excerpt of the item display of something that I uploaded : Title: Cornell Chronicle Vol. 26, No. 1 - No. 43, 1994-1995 Keywords: Cornell University Issue Date: 1995 Publisher: Cornell University Abstract: The Cornell Chronicle, the official weekly of record for Cornell University. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/7753 Appears in Collections: Cornell Chronicle Files in This Item: File Description Size Format 026_43.pdf 2.97 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_42.pdf 3.28 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_41.pdf 3.4 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_40.pdf 3.61 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_39.pdf 3.31 MB Adobe PDF View/Open What I want to import is the descriptions of the PDFs as follows: Title: Cornell Chronicle Vol. 26, No. 1 - No. 43, 1994-1995 Keywords: Cornell University Issue Date: 1995 Publisher: Cornell University Abstract: The Cornell Chronicle, the official weekly of record for Cornell University. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/7753 Appears in Collections: Cornell Chronicle Files in This Item: File Description Size Format 026_43.pdf Volume 26, No. 43 2.97 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_42.pdf Volume 26, No. 42 3.28 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_41.pdf Volume 26, No. 41 3.4 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_40.pdf Volume 26, No. 40 3.61 MB Adobe PDF View/Open 026_39.pdf Volume 26, No. 39 3.31 MB Adobe PDF View/Open That's what I don't know if we can do that with import, and I didn't see that mentioned in Dorothea's article. At 04:39 PM 5/8/2008, Shane Beers wrote: >Here is a nice post from Dorothea about using the batch importer: > >http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/archives/2008/01/07/the-dspace-batch-importer/ > >And yes, you can add dublin core metadata through the importing process! > >Shane > >-- >Shane Beers >Digital Repository Services Librarian >George Mason University >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mars.gmu.edu >703-993-3742 > > > >On May 8, 2008, at 1:27 PM, George Kozak wrote: > >>OK... >> >>Mark Diggory says there are no "dumb" questions for the list...but I >>have a dumb question. >> >>I have been doing batch imports now for almost 6 years (and on 4 >>different releases), and what I've always done is upload items (and >>bitstreams) and then later go into DSpace and edit the items entering >>the descriptions for multiple bitstreams. As I was showing this >>process to someone today, I was asked the question: "Can't the >>importer do this for you?" >> >>So, my question is: "Can File descriptions for multiple bitstreams be >>added via the importer?" >> >>*************************** >>George Kozak >>Coordinator >>Web Development and Management >>Digital Media Group >>501 Olin Library >>Cornell University >>607-255-8924 >>*************************** >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference >>Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save >>$100. >>Use priority code J8TL2D2. >>http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone >>_______________________________________________ >>DSpace-tech mailing list >>DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > *************************** George Kozak Coordinator Web Development and Management Digital Media Group 501 Olin Library Cornell University 607-255-8924 *************************** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
