This repository contains general Python functions for METS XML handling.
Installation and usage requires Python 3.9 or newer. The software is tested with Python 3.9 on AlmaLinux 9 release.
Installation on Linux distributions is done by using the RPM Package Manager. See how to configure the PAS-jakelu RPM repositories to setup necessary software sources.
After the repository has been added, the package can be installed by running the following command:
sudo dnf install python3-mets
Import the library with:
import mets
All the functions can now be used with calling mets.<function>.
For example, the div() function in structmap_base.py can be used with:
div_elem = mets.div(type_attr='xxx')
This creates a METS <div> element to div_elem as lxml.etree.
Please, see the METS documentation for more information: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
Create a virtual environment:
python3 -m venv venv
Run the following to activate the virtual environment:
source venv/bin/activate
Install the required software with commands:
pip install --upgrade pip==20.2.4 setuptools pip install -r requirements_github.txt pip install .
To deactivate the virtual environment, run deactivate.
To reactivate it, run the source command above.
Copyright (C) 2018 CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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