DSpace exports

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This page analyzes the structure of DSpace exports from an uncustomized (i.e. out of the box) DSpace installation.

Collection export

Used the following command to export a two-item collection with the handle 123456789-6:

./dspace packager -d -a -t AIP -e <user name> -i 123456789-6 calamy.zip

This results in the export of three zipped packages: one for the collection and one for each of the items:

• calamy.zip
• ITEM@123456789-7.zip
• ITEM@123456789-8.zip

The extracted contents of each zipped file are shown in this screenshot:

Collection-level mets.xml file

The mets.xml file for the collection is structured as follows:

• <mets ID="DSpace_COLLECTION_123456789-6" OBJID="hdl:123456789/6" TYPE="DSpace COLLECTION" PROFILE="http://www.dspace.org/schema/aip/mets_aip_1_0.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/METS/ http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets.xsd">
• <metsHdr>
• <dmdSec> (contains MODS metadata for collection-level description)
• <dmdSec> (contains DSpace Intermediate Metadata (DIM) for collection-level description; some overlap with MODS metadata)
• <amdSec> (contains information on DSpace users and groups associated with the collection)
• <fileSec> (references the collection's logo, if there is one)
• <structMap> (references the collection's logo, if there is one, plus the two items in the collection)
• <structMap> (references the collection's DSpace Community)

Item-level METS file

• <metsHdr>
• <dmdSec> (contains MODS metadata for item
• <dmdSec> (DIM
• <amdSec>
• <amdSec>
• <amdSec>
• <amdSec>
• <amdSec>
• <fileSec>
• <structMap>
• <structMap>