CARARE guide to MINT
  • Introduction
  • Getting started
    • Your workspace
  • Importing Metadata
    • Importing your dataset
      • Import methods
      • Monitoring progress of the import
      • Dataset options
    • Define items
    • Dataset statistics
  • Metadata Mapping
    • Mapping options
    • Create a new mapping
    • Introduction to the mapping editor
    • Carrying out a mapping
  • Previewing Your Mapping
    • Previewing
  • Transforming and Publishing your Dataset
    • Transforming your dataset
    • Invalid items
    • Transformation dataset statistics
    • Repeating the transformation
    • Publishing your dataset
  • USERS AND ORGANISATIONS
    • Registering
    • Organisations
    • Roles
    • Adding users
  • References
    • References
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  1. Importing Metadata
  2. Importing your dataset

Import methods

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You can import datasets into MINT using three different methods. This section describes the methods in more detail. The most common methods are:

  • HTTP upload - for small datasets exported from native systems in XML, CSV or TXT formats

  • OAI-PMH harvest - for larger datasets where an OAI-PMH repository has been establlished

HTTP upload

To upload your datasets using this method, you will first make an export from your home system. Here are a few points to bear in mind as you prepare your file for upload:

  • XML is the preferred format especially if your metadata is written in a language that uses an extended character set.

  • CSV file uploads are accepted but you should take care to choose UTF-8 encoding to preserve accents and special characters in your national language

  • When preparing XML for upload

    • export each metadata record as a separate XML file and then create a zip archive containing all the individual records.

  • When uploading a CSV file you will need to specify:

    • the delimiter or field separator used in the file

    • the escape character if any

Remote FTP/HTTP upload

You can upload a file from a remote location using either FTP or HTTP. The general recommendations on preparing XML and CSV files (above) apply to this method.

OAI-PMH

If you have established an OAI-PMH repository on your system, MINT can use this to harvest your metadata. Before starting the harvest you will need to contact the CARARE support team (support@carare.eu) to ask for your OAI URL to be white-listed on MINT.

When you specify the import on MINT, you enter the base URL of the OAI-PMH repository, and then click on the magnifying glass icon to check its validity. If the base URL has not yet been white-listed this process will return an error. Once the base URL has been validated you can fetch data from the repository based on:

  • OAI Set

  • Namespace prefix or

  • a specific date intervals by specifying the From date and To date