Thanks Matthias!
On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 3:21:43 AM UTC-4, Matthias Löblich wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I hope to find time to update the document analyzer within the next weeks.
>
> br
> 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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