Hello Vika, you can specify the description for a bitstream in the contents file, e.g.
foo.pdf \tdescription:YourDescription \t refers to a tab whitespace. Hope that helps Claudia Jürgen Am 27.07.2011 17:25, schrieb Zafrin, Vika: > I've been importing digitized manuscripts into our test DSpace instance, one > item per manuscript, each page in its own file. Everything's working fine, > but I can't figure out a way to set the file descriptions during this > process. Is there one? > > I've also tried exporting metadata, but file descriptions aren't part of the > item metadata, so I can't set them by editing and reimporting it. > > Thanks for your help, > > Vika Zafrin > Institutional Repository Librarian > Boston University > +1.617.358.6370 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 -- Claudia Juergen Universitaetsbibliothek Dortmund Eldorado 0231/755-4043 https://eldorado.tu-dortmund.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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

