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After you have altered the matadatametadata, you can import it back into the repository quite simply. You just need to go to the homepage.

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On this page you can see which changes you have made within the CSV-file. You can now either accept these changes and click "Apply changes" or not, in that case click "Return".

JSP User Interface

In a few easy steps you can export metadata from a collection, change the metadata and import the changed metadata back into the repository. These screenshots were taken on the demo DSpace.

1) Exporting metadata for a particular collection

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Whenever you are on a collection, you will have the possibility to export the metadata of that specific collection. You just have to click "Export Metadata" in the Admin tools.

2) Go to the Administrator Tools

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After you have altered the metadata, you can import it back into the repository quite simply. On (almost) every page of the repository you can access the administrator tools.

3) Go to the Import Metadata page

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Once you are in the administrator tools, just click on "content" and then you only have to select "import metadata" from the list that drops down.

4) Choose file and upload CSV

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Choose a file from your computer and click on "Upload CSV"

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On this page you can see which changes you have made within the CSV-file. You can now either accept these changes and click "Apply changes" or not, in that case click "Return".

Command Line Functionality

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[dspace]/bin/dspace/ metadata-import -f /dImport/new_file.csv -e joe@user.com -w -n -t

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If an action makes no change (for example, asking to withdraw an item that is already withdrawn) then, just like metadata that has not changed, this will be ignored.

Migrating Data or Exchanging data

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It is possible that you have data in one Dublin Core (DC) element and you wish to really have it in another. An example would be that your staff have input Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Subject field (dc.subject) instead of the LCSH field (dc.subject.lcsh). Follow these steps and your data is migrated upon import:

1. Insert a new column. The first row should be the new metadata element. (We will refer to it as the TARGET)
2. Select the column/rows of the data you wish to change. (We will refer to it as the SOURCE)
3. Cut and paste this data into the new column (TARGET) you created in Step 1.
4. Leave the column (SOURCE) you just cut and pasted from empty. Do not delete it.

Common Issues

Metadata values in CSV export seem to have duplicate columns