Fwd: Re: [Dspace-general] Import items - Replace option

[MacKenzie Smith]

Beatriz -- this is now a tech question so I'm redirecting your question to 
the dspace-tech list.
Sorry I don't know the answer to this myself.

MacKenzie


>Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:05:20 -0300 (ART)
>From: Beatriz Langiano <bialangiano at yahoo.com.br>
>Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] Import items - Replace option
>To: MacKenzie Smith <kenzie at MIT.EDU>, Lista Dspace <dspace-general at MIT.EDU>
>
>Hi MacKenzie and all,
>
>So, something is wrong in my replace option, for
>example:
>
>I'd like to replace the item 1884/576, but when I run:
>
>dsrun org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport --replace
>--eperson=beatriz at inf.ufpr.br --collection=4
>--source=/home/dspace/test --mapfile=mapfile
>
>A new handle was created... see:
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>Replacing:  1884/576
>Adding item from directory 1
>
>         Loading dublin core from
>/home/dspace/test/1/dublin_core.xml
>         Element: language Qualifier: iso Value: po
>         Element: contributor Qualifier: author Value:
>Test, Final
>         Element: title Qualifier: none Value: Teste
>final para ver se o replace funciona
>
>Processing contents file: /home/dspace/test/1/contents
>Processing handle file: handle
>It appears there is no handle file -- generating one
>----------------------------------------------------
>
>The handle item now is 1884/577.
>Could you help me?
>
>
>Thanks, Beatriz
>
>
>
>  --- MacKenzie Smith <kenzie at MIT.EDU> escreveu:
> > When you add a new item it gets a new Handle (i.e.
>
> > persistent identifier).
> > When you replace an item the metadata and/or
> > bitstreams are updated but the
> > Handle
> > remains the same as before, so citations to that
> > item continue to resolve.
> > When you remove an item the Handle continues to
> > resolve to a tombstone for
> > the item
> > so people can see that it used to exist but is out
> > of circulation.
> >
> > MacKenzie
> >
>
> > At 08:52 AM 1/14/2005 -0300, Beatriz Langiano wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I'm reading about Importing items in dspace
> > documentation, and there are
> > >three oprtions: add, replace and remove items.
> > >
> > >I didn't understand about the replace option.
> > >The documentation says:  "Replacing items uses the
> > map file to replace the
> > >old items and still retain their handles".
> > >
> > >What does mean "still retain their handles"?
> > >
> > >
> > >Thanks, Beatriz
>
>
>=====
>Beatriz Langiano
>Mestrado em Informática
>Universidade Federal do Paraná - Brasil