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Re: [EP-tech] Field author missing

Hi Hans,

I think your first issue may a question of terminology.  In EPrints, the term "creator" rather than author is used, as it more applicable to the different types of publication or research contribution that may be deposited.  Creator is pretty much equivalent to Dublin Core's creator [1].  EPrints also has an editor field but by default this is only available to be filled in for certain types of items.  Beyond this there is the contributor field the ability to assign both a name and a role for how a person is associated with a deposited item.  There is a useful page will a fairly comprehensive listing of terminology used within EPrints repository software at:

https://wiki.eprints.org/w/EPrints_Glossary

Similarly the "Identification Number" (id_number) field is what is typically used to store DOIs and this can take a DOI value (e.g. 10.1234/5678) and convert it into a link to discover the item from its publication (e.g. journal).  However, I can appreciate that beyond terminological differences there may be bespoke fields you want to add.  This requires a number of steps.  Here is a guide for how to do this:

https://wiki.eprints.org/w/HOW_TO:_Add_a_New_Field

It may be a little out of date but I think most of the instructions are still the same for EPrints 3.4.

Regards

David Newman

[1] https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/elements11/creator/

On 05/01/2023 14:30, Trimmel Johann via Eprints-tech wrote:
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Hello,

 

I am very new to eprints, I managed to make an installation of 3.4.

I tried to add a deposit which basically works. But for me some fields I would need for a publication are missing – i.e. possibility to enter an Author or other fields like the DOI. Where do I configure that? Are these Metadata fields I have to configure in the XML File?

 

Kind regards,

Hans Trimmel


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