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Metadata Management

This guide is about managing external data in Primo/Alma and other platforms.

Norm Rule Examples

Add prefix / suffix: the example below adds 'SDSU Library Guide to ' in front of all titles
- rule "copy title"
  when
  exist "//*[local-name()='title']"
  then
  copy "concat('SDSU Library Guide to ', //*[local-name()='title'])" to "dc"."title"
  end
Set customized value for discovery field
- rule "create type for SpringShare Guides"
  when
  (true)
  then
  set "research_guides" in "discovery"."resourceType"
  end
Get substring
- rule "copy date (updated)"
  when
  exist "//*[local-name()='datestamp']"
  then
  copy "substring(//*[local-name()='datestamp']/text(),0,11)" to "discovery"."local13"
  end
Find tag by attributes
- rule "copy advisor.2"
  when
  "//*[local-name()='name']/*[local-name()='role']/*[local-name()='roleTerm']" equals "Advisor"
  then
  copy "//*[local-name()='name']/*[local-name()='role']/*[local-name()='roleTerm'][text()='Advisor']/../../*[local-name()='namePart']" to "discovery"."local8"
  end