OJS NativeXML Conversion Script

Usage

On the command line:

$ python3 convert.py [input_filename.csv]

Input File

csv file format, comma-delimited, utf8 encoding

Interactive user input

Script prompts user to input these data points at run-time.

• "Please input issue title and press enter: "

  Optional.

• "Please input volume number and press enter: "

  Required; must be integer

• "Please input issue number and press enter: "

  Required; must be integer.

• "Please input issue year and press enter: "

  Required; Format YYYY

• "Please type output file name and press enter: "

  Required; XML format; Enter full path to output file e.g. /tmp/outputfile.xml

• "Please type full file path for galleys and press enter: "

  Required; PDF galley path/location e.g. /tmp/Files

Fields

• authors

  Required; Format author name as "last_name, first_name". Group multiple authors in one column and seperate with semicolon.

• keywords

  Optional; Group keywords in single column and seperate with commas.

• title

  Required.

• abstract

  Optional.

• copyright

  Optional.

• galley

  Name of file for upload, include name with extension e.g. "article_example1.pdf"

• section

  Required; Use abbreviation codes e.g. "ART" for Article section.

Wrinkles

• File mimetypes are hard-coded as "application/pdf". Other types will require source code change
• Section definitions are hard-coded in the script, change in the source code.