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Allows users to import items from a simple CSV (comma separated values) file, and then map the CSV column data to multiple elements, files, and/or tags. Each row in the file represents metadata for a single item. This plugin is useful for exporting data from one database and importing that data into an Omeka site.

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CSV Import (plugin for Omeka) [fork]

Summary

Allows users to import items from a simple CSV (comma separated values) file, and then map the CSV column data to multiple elements, files, and/or tags. Each row in the file represents metadata for a single item. This plugin is useful for exporting data from one database and importing that data into an Omeka site.

This plugin is a fork of the original plugin that allows import of metadata of files.

For more information on Omeka, see Omeka.

Installation

Uncompress files and rename plugin folder "CsvImport".

Then install it like any other Omeka plugin and follow the config instructions.

Warning

Use it at your own risk.

It's always recommended to backup your database so you can roll back if needed.

Troubleshooting

See online issues on GitHub (original plugin) and GitHub (fork).

License

This plugin is published under GNU/GPL.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

Contact

Current maintainers:

  • Original plugin
  • Center for History and New Media (see CHNM)
  • Forked plugin

Copyright

  • Original plugin
  • Copyright Center for History and New Media, 2012
  • Forked plugin
  • Copyright Shawn Averkamp, 2012
  • Copyright Daniel Berthereau for École des Ponts ParisTech, 2012

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Allows users to import items from a simple CSV (comma separated values) file, and then map the CSV column data to multiple elements, files, and/or tags. Each row in the file represents metadata for a single item. This plugin is useful for exporting data from one database and importing that data into an Omeka site.

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