Authority Control: Multiple Authors
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Sean Carte
Sep 17, 2015, 6:36:19 AM9/17/15
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One of our authors appears twice in the Discovery Author list. This seems to have something to do with authority control because, when I looked at the metadata for dc. contributor. author, one group displayed a thumbs up, with the message 'This authority value has been confirmed as accurate by an interactive user', while the others were either: 'Value is singular and valid but has not been seen and accepted by a human so it is still uncertain' or 'No reasonable confidence value was returned from the authority'.
According to the docs (https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Authority+Control+of+Metadata+Values#AuthorityControlofMetadataValues-Confidence):Authority-controlled fields furthermore include an authority key box below the field, and a confidence icon:
- The authority key is normally read-only, but it may be changed after clicking the "unlock" icon.
- If you change the authority key interactively, the confidence value becomes ACCEPTED since it was set by a human.
- A confidence icon is always shown, even when there is no authority key. This is because the confidence is significant; when it is ACCEPTED it means a human approved the authority value even if it is blank.
How do I change the authority key?
I'm using DSpace 5.3 with the Mirage 2 XMLUI. (I have tried the Mirage and Reference themes also.)--
Bram Luyten
Sep 17, 2015, 8:44:54 AM9/17/15
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Hi Sean,
the assignment of authority keys that you are seeing are related to the new SOLR authority index that was added as part of the ORCID integration:
To change the authority key on an individual record, using the Admin edit option, you should normally be able to use the "lookup" button, to look for another ID/Author in the index, which will update the key in the metadata.
There is also an index-authority script that already supports a number of use cases to help you keep the index clean:
Since this feature is new since DSpace 5, it would be really helpful if you could report any deficiencies or problems with the feature as JIRA tickets, so we can extend and improve this feature in future releases.
thanks,
Bram
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Sean Carte
Sep 18, 2015, 3:18:58 AM9/18/15
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On 17 September 2015 at 14:44, Bram Luyten <br...@atmire.com> wrote:
the assignment of authority keys that you are seeing are related to the new SOLR authority index that was added as part of the ORCID integration:To change the authority key on an individual record, using the Admin edit option, you should normally be able to use the "lookup" button, to look for another ID/Author in the index, which will update the key in the metadata.There is also an index-authority script that already supports a number of use cases to help you keep the index clean:Since this feature is new since DSpace 5, it would be really helpful if you could report any deficiencies or problems with the feature as JIRA tickets, so we can extend and improve this feature in future releases.
Thanks, Bram. The trouble is I'm still a bit confused about what I should expect to see vs what I'm getting.
I have run the index-authority script. No errors.
I lookup an item and go to Edit Item. The dc. contributor. author field shows an icon below the value with a pop-up stating that it is valid and singular but has not been seen by a human so is still uncertain. I click on the 'Lookup' button. That provides the 'Person Lookup' dialogue, which lists a single person, whose name I click on, providing an 'Add this person' button, which I click. The dialogue disappears and I'm back where I started: no change to the status. I can update the metadata, but that too doesn't change the status.
The documentation mentions an 'unlock' icon, which I'm not seeing anywhere.
From what you say, I would expect to see a different ID/Author in the index, but I don't see that.
This seems a bit vague to report as a real problem, particularly if I'm the only one experiencing it, and with only a single author at that.
Sean
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Hilton Gibson
Sep 18, 2015, 4:11:45 AM9/18/15
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Hi Sean,
We have the same problem.
Regards
hg
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Bram Luyten
Sep 18, 2015, 5:24:19 AM9/18/15
to Sean Carte, DSpace Technical Support
Hi Sean,
just to make sure I understand 100% what's going on, would it be at all possible to make a short screencast of the issue? for example with something like Jing?
Also, if you have the time to do this: can you re-create this behaviour on demo.dspace.org/xmlui?
(if you can make the screencast, I would be happy to jump into demo.dspace.org and see if I can re-create it there).
thanks,
Bram
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