I've always gotten an empty/blank mapfile when I try to run an import or
export and my mapfile already exists. Try writing the output from your
job to an output file - normally if I get a blank mapfile, the error(s)
that were encountered show up in detail in the output file.
Example:
./dsrun org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport
--add -eperson=whoever
--collection=2121/25491
--source=/usr/local/pgsql/dspaceLoad/jane/LWP
--mapfile=sueuploadFiles/LWP.map > sueuploadFiles/LWP.out
Hope this works! It should at least tell you what's going on (in the
.out file), especially if it's not the problem of the already-existing
mapfile.
Sue
-----Original Message-----
From: Cann, Stephanie [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Dspace-tech] Empty/Blank Mapfile
Hello all,
I am currently working on migrating metadata and items fron InMagic to
Dspace. The XML generated by InMagic is not sufficient and full of
ill-formed statements. I've made a report form that InMagic can generate
in XML Dublin Core format and sparsed the file into multiple pieces. The
main issue is when the record is almost complete, meaning there is a lot
of data (18 different fields), the object won't import and a mapfile is
generated but it is blank or empty. The XML is well-formed but there are
some weird spacings.
The Batch Import command works just fine with other objects. The
contents file, the object and the xml file are in one folder and the
mapfile is put into a dedicated folder. Everything should be easy peasy
from here.
At first, I thought the import wasn't working because there was an '&'
in the data but I fixed that and put in the appropriate coding. Still
didn't work.
I have tried a number of solutions. I have taken out each line of the
metadata and tried to import the object and metadata and the mapfile is
always empty/blank. I do not get any error messages and it always
generates the empty mapfile. I have also done the reverse. The only
thing I can see that isn't happening is that Dspace is not reading the
metadata at all, as if would with other imports.
I have tried to put barely no data in the xml file and the same result:
empty/blank mapfile.
I think I have come to the end of my rope. I have found some other
issues like this in the archive but there doesn't seem to be a final
workaround or solution. I'm not sure if it has to do with the object
(I've also tried to change the object and the contents file, no success)
or if it has to do with the construction of the XML file from InMagic. I
have also fixed all the spaces and tried that and again: empty/blank
mapfile.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions or knows what on earth is going
on, I would greatly appreciate anything. I hope I have laid out this
issue clearly enough :)
Cheers//
Stephanie Cann
Digital Preservation Work Study
Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives
The Banff Centre
Phone (403) 762.6401
Email [email protected]
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