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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]> 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] >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]> 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] >>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]> 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]> University of Missouri >>> Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ >>> https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ >>> "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed >>>