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[EP-tech] A long-standing bug in EPrint versioning
From: Stevan Harnad <harnad AT ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 06:55:09 -0400
| Threading: | • This Message → [EP-tech] Re: A long-standing bug in EPrint versioning from lac AT ecs.soton.ac.uk |
*** ↵ http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/id/%3C10AA0E00-FEAF-4E60-92B6-C1A528B11AD9%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%3E *** EPrints community wiki - http://wiki.eprints.org/ --Apple-Mail-3-872675257 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Les & Chris, Every now and then I come up against a longstanding bug in the way EPrints handles successive versions and updates: This paper was originally deposited as an unpublished preprint. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/15753/ Then it was updated as a published book chapter, with book editor, book title, book publisher. But the only thing that appears in the displayed metadata is the editor of the book -- not the title or publisher. (It's there, in the entered and stored metadata, but not in the displayed metadata.) I tried today to deposit it as a new version, but still the title and publisher never got through. I think the underlying problem is in two parts: (1) New versions might switch categories, e.g., unpublished preprint to published book chapter, or conference paper to published journal article. The metadata fields for the categories are often not the same, and the cloning/update mechanism does not equate them correctly. (There aren't that many categories, so the fix might be to map the categories ontoone unique, differentiated master list of all metadata, equating the equivalent ones, etc.) (2) The display of the reference is not correct. What should be showing is Authorname(s) date, paper title, journalname (or editor, book title, publisher), volume, issue, pagespan etc. That display should be picking up its parameters from the master list of metadata, not from the very first deposit's metadata. Hope it can be fixed. Chrs, Stevan --Apple-Mail-3-872675257 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: ↵ space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Les & = Chris,<div><br></div><div>Every now and then I come up ↵ against a = longstanding bug in the way EPrints handles successive versions and = updates:</div><div><br></div><div>This paper was ↵ originally deposited as = an unpublished ↵ preprint.</div><div><br></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ↵ "><a = href=3D"http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/15753/">http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac= .uk/15753/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Then it was updated as a = published book chapter, with book editor, book title, book = publisher. </div><div><br></div><div>But ↵ the only thing that = appears in the <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" ↵ style=3D"text-decoration: = underline;">displayed</span> metadata is the editor of the book ↵ -- not = the title or publisher. (It's there, in the entered and stored metadata, = but not in the displayed ↵ metadata.)</div><div><br></div><div>I tried = today to deposit it as a new version, but still the title and publisher = never got through.</div><div><br></div><div>I ↵ think the underlying = problem is in two ↵ parts:</div><div><br></div><div>(1) New versions ↵ might = switch categories, e.g., unpublished preprint to published book chapter, = or conference paper to published journal = article.</div><div><br></div><div>The metadata ↵ fields for the categories = are often not the same, and the cloning/update mechanism does not equate = them correctly. (There aren't that many categories, so the fix might be = to <i>map the categories ontoone unique, differentiated master list of = all metadata</i>, equating the equivalent ones, = etc.)</div><div><br></div><div>(2) The display of ↵ the reference is not = correct. What should be showing is Authorname(s) date, paper title, = journalname (or editor, book title, publisher), volume, issue, pagespan = etc. </div><div><br></div><div>That ↵ display should be picking up = its parameters from the master list of metadata, not from the very first = deposit's metadata.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope ↵ it can be = fixed.</div><div><br></div><div>Chrs, ↵ Stevan</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3-872675257--
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