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Update digital object template with URIs

While there are numerous methods you could use to replace entity names with URIs in the digital-object-template.csv, we have a script available that does this automatically using spreadsheets you already have. To do this method, see the steps below.

Run findAndReplaceStringsWithURIs.py

Preparation

  1. Create a new folder somewhere on your computer. In this example, I created a folder called entitiesURIs on my Desktop.
  2. Put all of your log CSV files for agents and subjects in the new folder. Do not include top containers.
  3. Find your alreadyExistingEntities.csv and also add it to the folder.
  4. Put a copy of your digital-object-template in your helping-scripts folder.

EntitiesURIs folder

Running the script

  1. In your terminal, navigate to your helping-scripts folder.
  2. Run the following command in your terminal, adjusting the filename and directory path to match what you have.
python findAndReplaceStringsWithURIs.py -f digital-object-copy.csv -d /Users/michelle/Desktop/entitiesURIs

Reviewing your results

A new spreadsheet beginning with wReplacements_ should have been created in your helping-script folder. This is a copy of your archival-object-template with all names replaced with their URIs. I'd recommend visually scanning the relevant columns (linked_agents, subjects) to make sure no strings remain. Once verified, this spreadsheet should be the one used in step 10.