Importer

The importer is used to batch create entities using a .csv file. This page describes the setup of said file.

Parent Path

You must specify the path of the entity in the entity tree divided with \\

Attribute Type Formats

• Boolean
• Date
• Dimensions
• Dropdown (Single)
• Dropdown (Multiple)
• Entity (Single)
• Entity (Multiple)
• Epoch
• Floating Point Number (Double)
• Geometry
• Integer
• List
• Percentage
• Richtext
• RISM
• String
• String Field
• Table
• Time Period
• User List

Symbolism

• ... - is a placeholder for various content
• [...] - Stand for optional syntax, the squared brackets should be ignored
• [... ⟳] - Stands for an expression that can be repeated indefinetly

Boolean

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Represents true if the text is either 'true' or 't' or it can be parsed to an integer i; i > 0 else it's false

Date

FORMAT: DATE

name	description
DATE	?

Dimensions

FORMAT: (WIDTH|LENGTH|HEIGHT|UNIT)

name	description
WIDTH	Floating point number
LENGTH	Floating point number
HEIGHT	Floating point number
UNIT	Text

Dropdown (Single)

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Content URL of the Thesaurus concept, e.g. https://spacialist.escience.uni-tuebingen.de/spacialist/description#20240126125421

Dropdown (Multiple)

FORMAT: TEXT[;TEXT ⟳]

name	description
TEXT	Content URL of the Thesaurus concept, e.g. https://spacialist.escience.uni-tuebingen.de/spacialist/description#20240126125421

Entity(Single)

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Path to entity separated with \\ in the format of TEXT[\\TEXT ⟳]

Entity(Multiple)

FORMAT: TEXT[;TEXT ⟳]

name	description
TEXT	Path to entity separated with \\ in the format of TEXT[\\TEXT ⟳]

Epoch

FORMAT: (START;END;CONCEPT)

name	description
START	the starttime as integer (can be negative for bc)
END	the endtime as integer (can be negative for bc) needs to be bigger than start
CONCEPT	the string of the concept uri

Floating Point Number (Double)

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Floating point number

Geometry

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	A text string as valid WKT

Integer

FORMAT: Number

name	description
Number	A whole number

List

FORMAT: TEXT[;TEXT ⟳]

name	description
TEXT	Any text

Percentage

FORMAT: Number

name	description
Number	A whole number

Richtext

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Any text (can contain markdown syntax)

RISM

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Any text

String

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Any text

String Field

FORMAT: TEXT

name	description
TEXT	Any text

Table

Cannot be imported via importer

Time Period

FORMAT: (START;END)

name	description
START	the starttime as integer (can be negative for bc)
END	the endtime as integer (can be negative for bc) needs to be bigger than start

User List

FORMAT: USER_ARRAY

name	description
USER_ARRAY	JSON encoded array containing a list of USER_OBJECTS
USER_OBJECT	? ]