XML Export Format

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Any Data Object may be expressed as XML. The XML schema is specific to the repository as the fields, and extact meaning of the fields vary from repository to repository (although will be quite similar).

The XML format can be used to both export data from the repository and import it in.

Multiple Fields

Compound Fields

<related_url>
  <item>
    <url>http://www.publisher.com/url>
    <type>pub</type>    
  </item>
  <item>
    <url>http://www.author.com</url>
    <type>author</type>
  </item>
</related_url>

Name Fields

<name>
  <honourific>Dr</honourific>
  <family>Notley</family>
  <given>A.</given>
  <lineage>III</lineage>
  <id>person@people.com</id>
</name>

Documents

<document xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">
  <docid>5</docid>
  <rev_number>1</rev_number>
  <eprintid>5</eprintid>
  <pos>1</pos>
  <format>application/pdf</format>
  <language>en</language>
  <security>public</security>
  <main>paper.pdf</main>
  <files>
    <file>
      <filename>paper.pdf</filename>
      <filesize>12174</filesize>
      <url>http://demoprints3.eprints.org/5/1/paper.pdf</url>
    </file>
  </files>
</document>

Files

<file>
  <filename>paper.pdf</filename>
  <filesize>12174</filesize>
  <url>http://demoprints3.eprints.org/5/1/paper.pdf</url>
</file>


Examples

EPrint

(not including base-64 encoded file)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<eprints>
 <eprint xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">
   <eprintid>1</eprintid>
   <rev_number>3</rev_number>
   <eprint_status>archive</eprint_status>
   <userid>1</userid>
   <dir>disk0/00/00/00/01</dir>
   <datestamp>2006-12-13 18:00:06</datestamp>
   <lastmod>2006-12-13 18:00:07</lastmod>
   <status_changed>2006-12-13 18:00:06</status_changed>
   <type>conference_item</type>
   <metadata_visibility>show</metadata_visibility>
   <creators>
     <item>
       <name>
         <family>Lericolais</family>
         <given>Y.</given>
       </name>
       <id></id>
     </item>
   </creators>
   <title>African Elephants and Man</title>
   <ispublished>pub</ispublished>
   <subjects>
     <item>GR</item>
     <item>QR</item>
     <item>BX</item>
     <item>PN2000</item>
   </subjects>
   <full_text_status>public</full_text_status>
   <pres_type>paper</pres_type>
   <abstract>This is where the abstract of this record would appear. This is only demonstration data.</abstract>
   <date>1998</date>
   <event_title>4th Conference on Animal Things</event_title>
   <event_location>Dallas, Texas</event_location>
   <event_dates>1-9 June</event_dates>
   <documents>
     <document xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">
       <docid>1</docid>
       <rev_number>1</rev_number>
       <eprintid>1</eprintid>
       <pos>1</pos>
       <format>application/pdf</format>
       <language>en</language>
       <security>public</security>
       <main>paper.pdf</main>
       <files>
         <file>
           <filename>paper.pdf</filename>
           <filesize>12174</filesize>
           <url>http://demoprints3.eprints.org/1/1/paper.pdf</url>
         </file>
       </files>
     </document>
   </documents>
 </eprint>
</eprints>