Native XML import trouble

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Hi @reagan

Glad you were able to make some progress.

  1. I’m unable to specify an image in my shared hosting directory (/home/user/proceedings/conference_2024/banner.jpg) as my issue cover image in the cover element. It only seems to work if I base64 encode it.
  2. I’m unable to specify a PDF file in my shared hosting directory (/home/user/proceedings/conference_2024/file.jpg) in the article_galley or submission_file elements. It also only seems to work if I base64 encode it in the submission_file element.

For the image Files and PDF files, are you certain that this directory is readable? What are the permissions set to? Have the files imported in successfully along with the metadata in your initial tries?

Any advice on whether OJS is even suited for this type of application would also be very welcome.

From what I’ve seen, there are a number of journals that use OJS in this manner. Back issues imports tend to be something that you have to go through with established journals, but once you get up and running, the process tends to be much smoother. Once you get these issues imported - how many issues would this publication have per year ?

Outside of the Native XML export, there are other utilities that others have used. Like this: Archive Importer Scripts using Native XML
GitHub - ualbertalib/ojsxml: converts a csv file to ojs native import xml · GitHub

But it seems like you are already well down the path of using the Native XML import - it may not make sense to change course.

Best regards,

Roger
PKP Team