BTW, the replicate code does all this - serializes and deserializes bags to DSpace objects
Richard On Jul 27, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Stuart Lewis wrote: > Hi Hardy, > > SWORD is completely agnostic about what packages it transports, however out > the box, DSpace does not know how to ingest bags via SWORD. You might > therefore need to write a bag ingester than knows how to unpack and ingest > the contents of the bag. This would make an excellent addition to DSpace :) > > 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 > > > > On 28/07/2011, at 9:29 AM, Pottinger, Hardy J. wrote: > >> Thanks, Mark, that code from MIT looks interesting, I will look into it >> more. I did notice that the Bagit spec is supported by the SWORD protocol, >> and when I mentioned this to our archivist, he went and looked and it does >> appear that the BIL 3.9 can send a "bag" using SWORD (see output of the >> BIL -h command, pasted below). So, it looks like Bagger and/or BIL + >> turning on SWORD for our repository will get us what we want. Huzzah! >> >> ***** >> BagIt Library (BIL) Version 3.9 >> Usage: bag <operation> [operation arguments] [--help] >> Parameters: >> <operation> >> Valid operations are: baginplace, bob, checkpayloadoxum, create, >> fillholey, generatepayloadoxum, makecomplete, makeholey, retrieve, >> splitbagbyfiletype, splitbagbysize, splitbagbysizeandfiletype, sword, >> update, updatetagmanifests, verifycomplete, verifypayloadmanifests, >> verifytagmanifests and verifyvalid. >> Operation explanations: >> baginplace: Creates a bag-in-place. The source must be >> a directory on >> a filesystem and may already have a data directory. >> bob: Sends a bag using BOB. >> checkpayloadoxum: Generates Payload-Oxum and checks >> against >> Payload-Oxum in bag-info.txt. >> create: Creates a bag from supplied files/directories, >> completes the >> bag, and then writes in a specified format. >> fillholey: Retrieves any missing pieces of a local bag. >> generatepayloadoxum: Generates and returns the >> Payload-Oxum for the bag. >> makecomplete: Completes a bag and then writes in a >> specified format. >> Completing a bag fills in any missing parts. >> makeholey: Generates a fetch.txt and then writes bag in >> a specified >> format. >> retrieve: Retrieves a bag exposed by a web server. A >> local holey bag is >> not required. >> splitbagbyfiletype: Splits a bag by file types. >> splitbagbysize: Splits a bag by size. >> splitbagbysizeandfiletype: Splits a bag by size and >> file types. >> sword: Sends a bag using SWORD. >> update: Updates the manifests and (if it exists) the >> bag-info.txt for a >> bag. >> updatetagmanifests: Updates the tag manifests for a >> bag. The bag must >> be unserialized. >> verifycomplete: Verifies the completeness of a bag. >> verifypayloadmanifests: Verifies the checksums in all >> payload manifests. >> verifytagmanifests: Verifies the checksums in all tag >> manifests. >> verifyvalid: Verifies the validity of a bag. >> [--version] >> Prints version of BIL and exits. >> [--help] >> Prints usage message for the operation. >> Examples: >> bag verifyvalid --help >> Prints help for the verifyvalid operation. >> >> >> >> -- >> HARDY POTTINGER <[email protected]> >> University of Missouri Library Systems >> http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ >> "No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, >> turn back." --Turkish proverb >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 7/26/11 5:31 PM, "Mark Diggory" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hardy, >>> Be aware that MIT / Richard Rodgers also has some Bagit work available, >>> currently nested within the modules directory here: >>> >>> http://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/modules/dspace-replicate/trunk/src/main/jav >>> a/org/dspace/pack/ >>> >>> >>> <http://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/modules/dspace-replicate/trunk/src/main/ja >>> va/org/dspace/pack/>Mark >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I've done a bit of googling on Bagit, and I see that Dryad (and @mire) >>> have done some work with Bagit as a repository interchange mechanism. I am >>> interested in something a bit more mundane. There exists a very nice tool >>> for constructing a "bag", called Bagger: >>> >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/loc-xferutils/files/loc-bagger/ >>> >>> >>> Which would be ideal for adapting for our needs--we need a tool that a >>> scanner technician can use to feed scanned images into our repository. >>> >>> Bags, in my mind, are not much different than SAF packages. It would be >>> trivial to script a converter between the two formats, though I'm thinking >>> someone is likely to have walked this path already. If so, and if you can >>> share any code, or just talk about your approach, I'd love to hear from >>> you. Thanks! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> HARDY POTTINGER <[email protected]> >>> University of Missouri Library Systems >>> http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ >>> "No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, >>> turn back." --Turkish proverb >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. >>> Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. >>> Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DSpace-tech mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark R. 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