[SPT/CWIS] extracting controlled name values

[Edward Almasy]

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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