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Useful Ethos Links

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