Purpose

Short:
Convert dublin core metadata stored in text files to other machine-readable
formats to be used by other software.

Long:
Assist in cataloguing batches of similar or series-based items from a collection by:

• decreasing the complexity of logging each individual item/issue
• minimizing repetitive typing and template editing
• combining the information that is shared across items in a collection in one place

Usage

Process Instructions

1. Edit Config File:
   If desired, edit the configuration file to customize the format of the header
2. Edit Shared File:
   Edit the settings to include any and all shared metadata applicable to all
   of the items in the given batch (e.g language, publisher, etc.)
3. Create Text File/s:
   Create a text file of the basic metadata for each item in the collection.
4. Run Script:
   Run the script to create, in that directory, the desired output/s encoded with
   the dublin-core metadata you logged in the text files.
5. Check and Utilize Output:
   Ensure that everything has been placed in the appropriate field by checking a
   few individual item representations.
6. Clean up or Reference Text Files:
   After completion of the above tasks, the text files can be discarded as
   irrelevant, or used as a quick reference to the metadata info along-
   side where you’re storing the files themselves.

Output Types

Raw Help Output

Use -h at any time to get (something like) the following:

usage: dublin-core-text-parser
A cataloguing tool for converting specially formatted text files
containing dublin core metadata into various formats
 -c,--config <arg>   Reference to a file containing alternative header
                     arrangements
 -C,--csv            Create a single .csv  file containing metadata of
                     each item
 -h,--help           Display the help information
 -J,--json           Create a single .json file containing metadata of
                     each item
 -M,--mrk            Create a single .mrk  file containing metadata of
                     each item
 -o,--output <arg>   Name the output file
 -s,--shared <arg>   file location of the shared.csv file containing the
                     shared fields
 -X,--xml            Create a single .xml  file containing metadata of
                     each item

External Links

• Wiki for this program!
• Dublin Core documentation
• Sample Dublin Core JSON object
• DSpace SimpleArchiveFormat documentation