Hi,
I hope to find time to update the document analyzer within the next weeks.
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Matthias
Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2017 08:15:37 UTC+2 schrieb Roberto Rosario:
>
> The document analyzer can extract file metadata and store it as Mayan
> metadata, but the plugin has not updated for recent versions of Mayan. It
> is done by @startmat so hopefully he is tracking the mailing list and might
> update the app.
>
> As for a native approach, I not favor the approach of a second metadata
> file with the same name. Potential for many stray files and extensions on
> Mayan has no meaning due to OS differences. The approach I would like to
> see implemented is the 'metadata mapping' talked about a while ago. It will
> be a single file containing metadata for several documents. This way it can
> assign metadata when the documens are being uploaded or assign the metadata
> much later after the files have been uploaded, all with the same code base.
> It can also be applied to the email sources with almost no change. The
> metadata map file will be another attachment in the email. The only thing
> that remain for this feature is defining the file format. JSON and CSV are
> the competing suggestions. JSON has the potential to provide more
> information but it harder to write by hand and is not exported by
> spreadsheet programs. CSV is more archaic but can be produced more easily.
> Then there is the matter of defining the 'key' column, that will match the
> document to the metadata map row, should we use a single field? Support
> multiple combinations? Support transformations to combine multiple fields?
> Those two are the blockers for the feature and discussion along with test
> cases from those experienced in the topic will help reach a decision and
> add the feature. Since you already have a need and a test case for it your
> input will be very helpful.
>
> On Monday, July 17, 2017 at 4:59:45 AM UTC-4, JSDCKR Family wrote:
>>
>> Thanks so much, Jonathon
>>
>> ...have you installed this plugin successfully? Not sure why (probably
>> inexperience), but when I run mayan-edms.py migrate, it throws :
>>
>> File
>> "/usr/share/mayan-edms/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py",
>>
>> line 124, in check_apps_ready
>> raise AppRegistryNotReady("Apps aren't loaded yet.")
>>
>> ...are you able to help with this, by any chance?
>>
>> Thank you again,
>>
>> Jamie
>>
>>
>> On Monday, July 17, 2017 at 6:16:43 PM UTC+12, Jonathon wrote:
>>>
>>> It sound like the analyser plugin might do this for you:
>>> https://gitlab.com/startmat/document_analyzer
>>>
>>> Jonathon
>>>
>>> On Jul 16, 2017 12:45 PM, "JSDCKR Family" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Kia ora, dear Mayan Team
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for such incredibly impressive software. We run a small
>>>> charity, and Mayan EDMS (which we recently happened upon by chance) is
>>>> revolutionary for us.
>>>>
>>>> My question is this : It would speed up our workflow tremendously if
>>>> there were a way to automatically add metadata when uploads take place
>>>> from
>>>> the Watch folder. The metadata could either be stored in a file associated
>>>> with the document (eg by filename with a different extension); or
>>>> transferred from an existing metadata field (eg 'Subject' from a PDF).
>>>>
>>>> I see there has been some discussion of this in the past. Is there an
>>>> existing way of achieving this (which I've missed?) - OR any suggestions
>>>> on
>>>> how I might go about making it happen with your remarkable API?
>>>>
>>>> Your with grateful thanks again
>>>>
>>>> Jamie
>>>>
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