Ethos
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Useful Ethos Links
Guide to using an existing repository
Eprints 3 users - the OAI interface to expose UKETD_DC is already bundled with the Eprints 3 distribution. However, it is still necessary to configure your installation to allow entry of metadata conforming to EThOS requirements. To this end you may find the EPrints v3 Configuration Notes helpful.
Guide to using an existing repository
EPrints v3 Configuration Notes
UKETD_DC: The metadata core set recommended by EThOS
Mandatory Fields
| Ethos Field name | EPrints field used by Ethos plugin | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Title | title | |
| Author | creators_name | |
| Awarding Institution | institution | |
| Type | type | |
| Qualification level | thesis_type | Default thesis_type values mix qualification level (eg. Masters) and qualification name (eg. PhD). Suggest refining thesis_type values and optionally adding new thesis_name field. |
| Thesis Date | date | Implicitly assumed that this is date on title page of thesis. |
Optional Fields
| Ethos Field name | EPrints field used by Ethos plugin | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Alternative Title | alt_title | Not in EPrints defaults. |
| Supervisor(s)/advisor | advisor | Not in EPrints defaults. Plugin expects single value text field. Suggest adding multi-value name field and adjusting plugin, or using default contributors field (adjust plugin to look for contributors with advisor role - you will need to add this role to the contributor_type set). |
| Subject keywords | subjects | |
| Abstract | abstract | |
| DDC | ||
| LCC | ||
| LCSH | ||
| MESH | ||
| UDC | ||
| Author Affiliation | department | |
| Publisher | publisher | Note publisher not in default thesis workflow. |
| Sponsors | sponsors | Not in EPrints defaults. |
| Grant number | ||
| Qualification name | thesis_name | Not in EPrints defaults. |
| Language | language | Not in EPrints defaults. |
| Institution item page URL | Note plugin uses both $eprint->get_url and official_url for dc:isReferencedBy. | |
| Citations | citations | Not in EPrints defaults. |
| Included/Quoted work | referencetext | |
| Rights | rights | Not in EPrints defaults. |
| Embargo Type | ||
| Embargo date | date_embargo | Not in EPrints defaults. Not to be confused with document.date_embargo. |
| Embargo reasons | embargo_reason | Not in EPrints defaults. Plugin expects single value text field. |
| Identifier | Plugin uses $document->get_url |
Deprecated Fields
| Ethos Field name | EPrints field used by Ethos plugin | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| File Format | document.format | |
| File Size | ||
| Checksum | checksum | Not in EPrints defaults |
| File Version |
Other (not in Ethos spec)
| Ethos Field name | EPrints field used by Ethos plugin | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Editor?/Contributor? | editors_name | dc:contributor |
