SUNScholar/Export and Import Artifacts

Introduction

This wiki help page assumes that you have used the three system setup procedures to install an Ubuntu server with DSpace software.

The functionality to export communities, whole collections and items using the XMLUI, only became available with DSpace versions => 1.7.0.

For older versions of Dspace please check the following procedures and instructions.

Determining Collection and Item ID's

Collection ID's are the ones that appear in the browser URL when you hover over the collection with a mouse. Check the URL for the full handle. The collection ID is shown after handle prefix, ie. If you have not registered with CNRI, the number that appears after 123456789/.

Help Info

/home/dspace/bin/dspace export

It takes the following parameters:

-d,--dest          destination collection directory
-h,--help           help
-i,--id                 collection/item ID
-n,--number    sequence number to begin exporting items with
-m,--migrate   strips out any per-repository-specifics
-t,--type           type: COLLECTION or ITEM

/home/dspace/bin/dspace import

It takes the following parameters:

-s,--source              source collection directory/folder
-c,--collection        destination collection handle
-e,--eperson           email of authorised person
-m,--mapfile           collection/item map file name 
-a,--add                   add items
-d,--delete              delete items listed in mapfile
-r,--replace             replace items listed in mapfile 
-w,--workflow       send submission through collection's workflow
-p,--template         apply template
-t,--test                    test run - do not actually import items
-R,--resume            resume a failed import (add only)
-h,--help                  help

References

• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC3x/Importing+and+Exporting+Items+via+Simple+Archive+Format
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Importing+and+Exporting+Items+via+Simple+Archive+Format
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC17/System+Administration#SystemAdministration-ItemImporterandExporter
• http://www.dspace.org/1_6_2Documentation/ch08.html#N159FE
• http://www.dspace.org/1_5_2Documentation/ch09.html#N13795
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/GSOC/Google+Summer+of+Code+2008+Batch+Import
• http://tools.dspace.cam.ac.uk/metadatamapper
• https://github.com/checkraiser/csv2dspace

Command Line Help

Go to: http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/SelfHelp for more help about the command line programs used in this procedure.

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