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[EP-tech] Re: editing subjects from GUI

Yup.

Thanks
Ranju.

----- Original Message -----
From: Yuri <yurj@alfa.it>
Date: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:07 pm
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: editing subjects from GUI
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk

> modify the xml before importing.
>
> Il 21/05/2012 15:31, Ranju Upadhyay ha scritto:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We have XML data coming to eprints from a different system.We
> want to
> > do a bulk import of this data, which we can do.However I have
> come up
> > with some problem with the value for subjects field.The value
> of
> > subjects that come in this XML from another source do not
> match our
> > subject tree.Hence when the data is imported a wrong value
> gets in
> > subjects field.We can always edit the subject field and assign
> a
> > correct value.But that means there are two values for subjects
> i.e.
> > the wrong value and the right value.Is there some way we can
> delete
> > the wrong value through the user interface? I may be able to
> do it
> > through an update or delete statemet from the database.But
> that is not
> > useful for us.We want the person doing the editing from the
> user
> > interface be able to delete it.
> >
> > For example an eprint record from external source has subject
> assigned as:
> >
> > <subjects><item>Management</item></subjects>
> >
> > This value of "Management" does not quite match our subject
> tree.So
> > once we have done the bulk import, which bring the data in the
> review
> > area, our editor can go in and assign the right subject to
> this eprint
> > , which in our case would be
> >
> > School of Business, Design & Innovation, Management
> >
> > But this gives her two values for subjects:
> >
> > Subjects: ?? Management ??
> > <http://xeprints.nuim.ie/view/subjects/Management.html>
> > Social Sciences > School of Business, Design & Innovation,
> Management
> > <http://xeprints.nuim.ie/view/subjects/scls-bulw.html>
> >
> > And she wants to be able to delete the wrong value herself
> from the
> > user interface.
> >
> > This is not a case of one record. This is a case of monthly
> import
> > with a large number of records imported every month.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ranju Upadhyay
> > National University of Ireland Maynooth.
> >
> >
> >
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