UWDC
Synopsis
Gem for accessing University of Wisconsin Digital Collection items from our Fedora Commons repository.
Install
gem install uwdc
Usage
METS
Obtain the METS metadata for a UWDC object.
require 'uwdc'
mets = UWDC::Mets.new('33QOBSVPJLWEM8S')
mets.mods
mets.mods.titles
# => ["A life idyl"]
mets.mods.
# => {:titles=>["A life idyl"], :names=>[], :dates=>["1869"], :forms=>["text"], ...}
UWDC METS will contain:
- MODS
- Origin (PREMIS)
- RELS-EXT
- FileSec
- StructMap
MODS
Obtain the MODS metadata for a UWDC object.
mods = UWDC::Mods.new('33QOBSVPJLWEM8S')
mods.titles
MODS top-level elements are boiled in Ruby to something more dot-syntax friendly.
| UWDC::Mods method | MODS Element | Example output |
|---|---|---|
| mods.titles | titleInfo | ["A life idyl", ...] |
| mods.names | name | [OpenStruct.new(:name, :role), ...] |
| mods.dates | originInfo | ["1869"] |
| mods.forms | physicalDescription | ["text"] |
| mods.abstracts | abstract | ["Green leather with gold stamping...", ...] |
| mods.subjects | subject | ["Bookbinding--Techniques--Gold stamping", ...] |
| mods.access_conditions | accessCondition | [OpenStruct.new(:rights, :reuse), ...] |
| mods.related_items | relatedItem | [OpenStruct.new(:label, :name), ...] |
Transform via to_* calls. Supports JSON, Ruby and XML
mods.to_json
mods.to_ruby
mods.to_xml
Changelog
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Contributors
Eric Larson
Copyright
UWDC © 2013 Board of Regents - University of Wisconsin System. UWDC is licensed under the MIT license. Please see the LICENSE for more information.