Fedora digital objects can be encoded in several formats that can be ingested and exported in a variety of ways. This document gives an overview of the formats and methods by which Fedora objects can be ingested and exported.

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Fedora Object Formats

• Fedora Object XML (FOXML)
• Fedora Atom
• Fedora METS

Ingest and Export Methods

Via the Fedora Web Administrator

The Fedora Web Administrator provides options to ingest and export single objects from the repository using a web-based user interface.

Via the Fedora Swing Administrator

The Fedora Swing Administrator also provides options to ingest and export objects. It allows multiple objects to be ingested or exported at a time.

Via Command Line

The Fedora installation also includes command line utilities for ingesting and exporting Fedora objects, fedora-ingest and fedora-export, respectively. More information about those can be found in the Client Command-line Utilities

Via Fedora's Web APIs

You can also ingest and export Fedora objects using the SOAP or REST APIs.

• Fedora SOAP API - API-M
• Fedora REST API