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A simple module to extend islandora solution pack install processes by adding technical metadata extraction via the File Information Tool Set (FITS).
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Clone the fits tool which can be found here. Make sure it is in a location where the apache user can get access. Navigate to the fits folder and make sure fits.sh has executable permissions so the apache user can run the script.
Install as usual, see this for further information.
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Set the path for fits.sh and create a name for the Technical metadata stream ID in Administration » Islandora » Islandora Utility Modules » FITS Tool (admin/islandora/tools/fits).
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If you run an ingest and you don't get any technical metadata, check to make sure the permissions on the fits folder and the fits.sh script are correct and the apache user can run the script.
Some images and audio files will cause problems during metadata extraction. These are not fatal errors, but appear to be formats the fits script can't understand. In these cases, you will get some error reporting in the technical metadata datastream that may help determine what happened.
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Q. Why didn't I get any technical metatadata?
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