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I was telling Hardy earlier today we needed a metadata ipsum... it would pull random words from the full-text of the AACR2. Kevin On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Brian Zelip <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Not metadata, but still pretty fun - http://meettheipsums.com - some > curated ipsums. > > > Brian Zelip > > --- > Graduate Assistant > Scholarly Commons, University Library > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Well it's not a web service, but it does make lots of fake metadata for > > batch loading into DSpace. I will just leave this here: > > > > https://github.com/hardyoyo/random_dspace_batch_metadata > > > > Thanks for the lead on the Faker gem! This was a fun diversion. I > > especially like the titles this script mints. :-) > > > > A possible improvement would be to randomly reuse author names, so author > > facets have more than one item. I'll do that if I ever have to test > author > > facets. > > > > --Hardy > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:36 PM, "Roy Tennant" <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > > [log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > I ask you, would you want to work all day sitting on top of a huge pile > of > > radioactive MARC records? I sure wouldn't... > > Roy > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > > [log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > The sad thing is that the Library of Congress spent billions of dollars > of > > taxpayer money building a safe storage facility in the stable caves under > > Dublin, OH, but now no one will let them bury them there. > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask] > <mailto: > > [log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > I can't help wondering what the half-life of a radioactive MARC record > > is. > > My guess is it is either really, really short or really, really long. ;-) > > Roy > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Peter Binkley <[log in to unmask] > > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > Years ago Bill Moen had a set of "radioactive" MARC records with unique > > tokens in all fields, to test Z39.50 retrieval. I don't know whether > > they > > were ever released anywhere, but I see the specs are here: > > > > http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111015/m1/1/ > > > > Peter > > > > > > Peter Binkley > > Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian > > Information Technology Services > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > 2-10K Cameron Library > > University of Alberta > > Edmonton, Alberta > > Canada T6G 2J8 > > > > phone 780-492-3743 > > fax 780-492-9243 > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > > [log in to unmask]>> > > wrote: > > > > I checked out the Eclipse option and was not able to get much use out > > of > > it. > > Maybe someone else will have better luck? It doesn't seem to align > > very > > well > > with a library use case. > > > > Josh Welker > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > > Of > > Ben > > Companjen > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:14 AM > > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? > > > > Hi Josh, > > > > Before you start coding: > > > > > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17106/how-to-generate-sample-xml-documen > > ts-from-their-dtd-or-xsd suggests that Eclipse can generate XML from > > an > > DTD > > or XSD file. First try with the EAC XSD shows I need to try other > > options, > > but it's promising. > > > > (It's still an interesting problem to try to tackle yourself, of > > course.) > > > > Ben > > > > On 09-12-13 17:59, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> > > wrote: > > > > It's hard-coded to generate the specific elements. But your way > > sounds > > a lot cleaner, so I might try to do that instead :) It will be more > > difficult initially but much easier once I start implementing other > > metadata formats. > > > > Josh Welker > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > > Behalf > > Of > > Ben Companjen > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 10:52 AM > > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? > > > > Cool! > > My first thought on this topic was: give the program an XML schema, > > and > > generate possible documents with the correct datatypes etc. > > (Something > > like that must exist somewhere, right?) Does it happen to work > > anything > > like that, or is it hardcoded to generate these specific elements? > > > > Ben > > > > On 09-12-13 17:27, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> > > wrote: > > > > Challenge accepted. > > > > http://library.ucmo.edu/dev/metadata-generator.php > > > > Obviously in the prototype phase, but it works. Only MODS is > > available > > for now, and you can only select top-level elements (all child > > elements of the top-level selections will be auto-generated). I > > will > > try to expand it to more than just MODS. Admittedly, I know very > > little about METS, so I will need some assistance if I am going to > > make > > one of those. > > > > I'll eventually host this somewhere else once it's done, so don't > > bookmark it. > > > > Josh Welker > > Information Technology Librarian > > James C. Kirkpatrick Library > > University of Central Missouri > > Warrensburg, MO 64093 > > JCKL 2260 > > 660.543.8022 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > > Behalf > > Of Kevin S. Clarke > > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:26 PM > > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a > > thing? > > > > When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it your > > metadata but native support for most of our commonly used metadata > > records... so the interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it > > spits that out... You could get fancy and say, "Give me X number of > > METS records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc." > > That's not as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but > > it'd > > be pretty cool, imho. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. < > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd > > better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me > > that > > there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like > > "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you > > nonsense > > metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing. > > Yesterday, I > > had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code > > that > > handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This > > hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and > > link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may > > just > > make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go > > coding > > some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing > > is > > for chumps. > > > > > > -- > > HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> > > University of > > Missouri > > Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ > > https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ > > "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bill Dueber > > Library Systems Programmer > > University of Michigan Library > > >