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For more information see AIP Backup and Restore.

Transferring Items using Simple Archive Format

Migration of Data

Where items are to be moved between DSpace instances (for example from a test DSpace into a production DSpace) the Item Exporter and Item Importer can be used in conjunction with a script to assist in this process.

First, you should export the DSpace Item(s) into the Simple Archive Format, as detailed at: Importing and Exporting Items via Simple Archive Format

After running the item exporter, each dublin_core.xml file will contain metadata that was automatically added by DSpace. These fields are as follows:

• date.accessioned
• date.available
• date.issued
• description.provenance
• format.extent
• format.mimetype
• identifier.uri

In order to avoid duplication of this metadata, run

[dspace]/bin/dspace_migrate [/path/to/exported-item-directory]

prior to running the item importer. This will remove the above metadata items, except for date.issued (if the item has been published or publicly distributed before) and identifier.uri (if it is not the handle), from the dublin_core.xml file and remove all handle files. It will then be safe to run the item importer.

Transferring Items using OAI-ORE/OAI-PMH Harvester

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