On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:59:40AM -0700, upload wrote: > Is creating the contents and dublin_core.xml files manually to upload the > documents the bestway to do mass importing? We have a lot of documents to > import and were wondering if other people use the same method to do the > importing. I wonder if there's more automated way of doing the importing...
Sad to say, there are probably as many automated ways of building batches as there are DSpace sites. What you do will depend on the form in which you can get the data. For example, one of our DSpace instances has been blessed with many outside agencies who are willing to contribute their collections. Each one has its own way of cataloging its holdings. We've been fortunate that most have agreed to a somewhat standard way of delivering metadata in a spreadsheet, which a Librarian works over for quality control and then exports to me as flat TSV records. I've built -- well, I continue to build :-) -- a Perl script that turns a directory full of document files and a TSV metadata file into a batch directory tree. But that may not be the way you should build your batches; the best form for you to receive the material may be quite different. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he means the exact opposite.
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