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

Hi Ranju,

after many years of frustration, the best way to edit a XSLT file is
vim (or emacs...)

then process it with xsltproc and cross your fingers to find errors

Denis

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Ranju Upadhyay <Ranju.Upadhyay@nuim.ie> wrote:
> many thanks Tim.
>
> I know it is not relevant to eprints but any suggestions on some open-source
> XSLT editors?
>
> Thanks
> Ranju.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Brody <tdb2@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
> Date: Monday, March 5, 2012 1:46 pm
> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: import plugins supported by 3.2.8
> To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
>
>> 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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