Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
Well, I was mostly filling a csv file with variations of a single row. But Kevin, I like the way you think, that *would* be cool. For my use case faker ought to do just fine. But, shiny new project... Shiny... --Hardy Sent from my iPad > On Dec 8, 2013, at 12:27 PM, "Kevin S. Clarke" wrote: > > When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it your metadata > but native support for most of our commonly used metadata records... so the > interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it spits that out... You could > get fancy and say, "Give me X number of METS records that wrap TIFFs and > JPGs and that uses MODS, etc." That's not as trivial as hooking into an > lorem ipsum machine, but it'd be pretty cool, imho. > > Kevin > > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. < > pottinge...@missouri.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd better >> take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me that there's a >> service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like "Lorem Ipsum" but >> you feed it your fields and it gives you nonsense metadata back. But, it >> looks right enough for testing. Yesterday, I had to make up about 50 rows >> of fake metadata to test some code that handles paging in a UI, and I had >> to make it all up by hand. This hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such >> a service exists, and link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or >> else, I may just make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to >> go coding some new service if it already exists, because that sort of >> thing is for chumps. >> >> >> -- >> HARDY POTTINGER >> University of Missouri Library Systems >> http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ >> https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ >> "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed >>
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it your metadata but native support for most of our commonly used metadata records... so the interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it spits that out... You could get fancy and say, "Give me X number of METS records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc." That's not as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but it'd be pretty cool, imho. Kevin On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. < pottinge...@missouri.edu> wrote: > Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd better > take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me that there's a > service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like "Lorem Ipsum" but > you feed it your fields and it gives you nonsense metadata back. But, it > looks right enough for testing. Yesterday, I had to make up about 50 rows > of fake metadata to test some code that handles paging in a UI, and I had > to make it all up by hand. This hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such > a service exists, and link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or > else, I may just make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to > go coding some new service if it already exists, because that sort of > thing is for chumps. > > > -- > HARDY POTTINGER > University of Missouri Library Systems > http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ > https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ > "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
I'm not sure what you're trying to work on but a number of languages have a features for this. As mentioned above ruby has the Faker gem, python has a few lorem libraries https://pypi.python.org/pypi/loremipsum/ and https://pypi.python.org/pypi/loremipsum/ In whatever language you could just prase a quick way for grabbing lorem text from http://www.lipsum.com/feed/xml On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Caplan, Priscilla wrote: > Drupal has a lorem ipsum generator: > https://drupal.org/project/drupal_ipsum > > General purpose lorem ipsum generator: http://www.lipsum.com/ > > Priscilla Caplan > Florida State University Libraries > > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Sean Hannan > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 7:00 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? > > In ruby, there's the ffaker gem (https://github.com/EmmanuelOga/ffaker), > which itself is a port of Perl's Data::Faker. > > -Sean > > From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of > Pottinger, Hardy J. [pottinge...@missouri.edu] > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 11:51 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? > > Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd better > take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me that there's a > service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like "Lorem Ipsum" but > you feed it your fields and it gives you nonsense metadata back. But, it > looks right enough for testing. Yesterday, I had to make up about 50 rows > of fake metadata to test some code that handles paging in a UI, and I had > to make it all up by hand. This hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such > a service exists, and link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or > else, I may just make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to > go coding some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing > is for chumps. > > > -- > HARDY POTTINGER University of Missouri Library > Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ > https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ > "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed > -- *Scott Turnbull* APTrust Technical Lead scott.turnb...@aptrust.org www.aptrust.org 678-379-9488
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
Drupal has a lorem ipsum generator: https://drupal.org/project/drupal_ipsum General purpose lorem ipsum generator: http://www.lipsum.com/ Priscilla Caplan Florida State University Libraries -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Hannan Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 7:00 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? In ruby, there's the ffaker gem (https://github.com/EmmanuelOga/ffaker), which itself is a port of Perl's Data::Faker. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Pottinger, Hardy J. [pottinge...@missouri.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 11:51 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me that there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you nonsense metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing. Yesterday, I had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code that handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may just make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go coding some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing is for chumps. -- HARDY POTTINGER University of Missouri Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
In ruby, there's the ffaker gem (https://github.com/EmmanuelOga/ffaker), which itself is a port of Perl's Data::Faker. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Pottinger, Hardy J. [pottinge...@missouri.edu] Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 11:51 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me that there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you nonsense metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing. Yesterday, I had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code that handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may just make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go coding some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing is for chumps. -- HARDY POTTINGER University of Missouri Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed
