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

On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 15:51 +0000, Ranju Upadhyay wrote:
> Thanks Tim and Denis.I guess I could use xsltproc for debugging my
> xslt but looking for something more windows based here as the
> transformation will actually be done in windows environment.
> 
> Moreover the editors are good for making recommendations for tags and
> applying conditions, hand crafting can be bit hard!

Download the oXygen XML trial - it's Java so works x-platform.
(I imagine XML Spy and others can do the same job)

Pretty UIs normally require paying for :-)

By the by, libxslt (xsltproc) supports callbacks and can be used via
XML::LibXSLT. E.g. for the migration I've just done I needed to map some
values using large lookup tables, so I wrote a thin Perl script that
loaded the mapping table + xslt and applied it to the source XML. That
way, you can use XSLT to do the XML heavy-lifting and a scripting
language to do the complex value mapping.

/Tim.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Denis Pitzalis - STARC <d.pitzalis@cyi.ac.cy>
> Date: Monday, March 5, 2012 3:26 pm
> Subject: [EP-tech] Re: import plugins supported by 3.2.8
> To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> 
> > 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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