[SPT/CWIS] extracting controlled name values

[ml1047 at columbia.edu]

Thanks Ed.

Quoting Edward Almasy <ealmasy at scout.wisc.edu>:

> On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:25 AM, ml1047 at columbia.edu wrote:
> > Can anyone tell which file would contain the values for
> controlled
> > names and if it is possible to extract values for a given
> > controlled name. That is, can one open a file in an editor and
> copy
> > the "list" all of the names connected with the element
> "publisher?"
>
>     Sure -- just go into the Metadata Field Editor (available
>     on the Administration page) and click on the controlled name
>     field you want to export.  There will be a link toward the
>     bottom of the page for "Export this field to a file".  Click
>     on that link and a text file containing all the values for
>     the field will be generated and downloaded by your browser.
>     The first line of the file will contain the field name, with
>     one value per line through the rest of the file.
>
>     (This is the same format you would use to import controlled
>     names into SPT or CWIS, by the way.)
>
>     Ed
>
>
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