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[EP-tech] Re: import plugins supported by 3.2.8

Hi,

Do:
./bin/import [archiveid] eprint

For a list of installed Import plugins for eprint objects.

In my experience XSLT is the easiest way to shift data from one system
to another, but it depends what you're familiar with.

All the best,
Tim

On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 10:50 +0000, Ranju Upadhyay wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> Will someone be able to tell me what are the import plugins that are
> supported by eprints 3.2.8.I know it supports XML but can we also
> import Dublin Core or some other formats?
> 
> We have a scenario where we need to bring metadata from other
> system.At present this process is all manual entry but we want to make
> it more efficient.We want to do bulk import of metadata.
> 
> One of the possiblilties I saw was that I get the XML format from
> other system, write an XSLT to transform it to match the eprints XML
> format and then use the import command to import the data.
> 
> But would like to know if it is possible to do it differently i.e.
> without writing XSLT perhaps?
> 
> Thanks
> Ranju Upadhyay
> National Universty of Ireland Maynooth. 
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