On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:30 PM, helix84 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Dimitris Makris > <[email protected]> wrote: >> But I don't understand what exactly crosswalks do. Thus, I would like to ask >> you what are the differences between an Ingestion Crosswalk and the >> ItemImporter. > > Hi Dimitris, > > in this case, a crosswalk is an XSLT stylesheet that transforms one > XML format into another. Ingestion crosswalks transform some format to > DIM (the DSpace intermediate metadata format) and dissemination > crosswalks transform DIM to some other format. > > As you can see, crosswalks deal with metadata only. OTOH, item > importer also needs to take care of bitstreams (dspace terminology for > attached files), access rights and handles. > > Regards, > ~~helix84
It's also described here: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Functional+Overview#FunctionalOverview-CrosswalkPlugins Regards, ~~helix84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
