Hi Sue, > We are considering interfacing our DSpace 1.5+ instance(s) with some > legacy applications and I’m wondering if SWORD might work for us. I’ve > looked over some of the documentation, but I’m wondering if someone who’s > implemented SWORD can give me a brief overview of the effort involved. I > imagine that there is some mapping of fields from the legacy app to DSpace > and assume the data ends up in the standard DSpace import files format. I > would appreciate any comments or recommendations anyone can give.
Making use of DSpace's out-the-box SWORD typically requires two things - 1) Packaged content. Typically this involves zipping up the file(s) with a mets.xml manifest containing the metadata. You will need to create something that takes the data from your legacy systems and creates these packages. In terms of effort, it is probably the same as writing something to that the same data and convert it into the classic importer file structure. 2) Some way of firing the deposits at DSpace. SWORD is a web service, so packages are POSTed to a collection. This can be as simple as one-off deposits using a command line tool such as curl, to a more complex script. The hardest part will probably be generating the packages, and then potentially adjusting [dspace]/config/crosswalks/sword-swap-ingest.xsl to crosswalk whatever data you put in the mets.xml. One slight caveat to watch - DSpace 1.5.2 introduced a slightly different package format identification, so SWORD deposits to 1.5.1 or lower, differ very slightly to 1.5.2 or higher. Any more questions, please ask, or email https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sword-app-tech with specific technical questions. Thanks, Stuart Lewis Digital Development Manager Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Ph: +64 (0)9 373 7599 x81928 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
