[Isis-users] json 2 isis

[gus]

Hi Nicolas, thanks for all the information! ID2I looks awesome. I tried
today and it's very simple. So probably I'll go with:

JSON => ID => MX => ISIS db

cheers!,
gus
 
Em Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 04:52:50PM +0000, Nicolas Rucks escreveu:
> Hi Gus,
> Only some hints.
> 
> I don't know if there is any Python program out there that deals directly with ISIS databases (that would be interesting).
> You would probably need to work on something that parses JSON and creates output in some "importable" format for ISIS.
> Within that context, there are a few options to import records into an ISIS database.
> 
> Anyway, you must bear in my both the power and limitations of an ISIS database. 
> Simply put: an isis database is a sequence or set of 
> 	(almost) any amout of records and
> 	every record is set of any amout of occurrences of Fields.
> 	Each field is identified with a number, and ocurrences contain chains of characters.
> 
> I usually deal with ISIS databases with CISIS tools (many people do).
> http://wiki.bireme.org/es/index.php/CISIS
> 
> I would suggest that you explore either of these two normalized structures : ISO2709, or "ID2I".
> 
> Any file (set of records) that respects ISO2709 will be importable into an isis database, with the mx tool.
> mx recordstoimport.iso append=myisisdb now
> That would imply that your python program reads JSON and creates ISO2709. I don't find that particularly useful, unless you already have something that converts from JSON to ISO2709.
> 
> Another option, other than ISO2709 would be ID2I/I2ID:
> This uses an ad-hoc format, easy to understand and work with:
> 
> !ID 1
> !v001!Contents of field one of record one
> !v030!Contents of field thirty of record one
> !ID 2
> !v001!Contents of field one of record two
> !v030!Contents of field thirty of record two
> !v789!Contents of field 789 of record two
> 
> etc. Actually, you don't even have to number the records if yu don't want to.
> 
> ID2I would turn that plain text format into an ISIS database.
> 
> I find it less burdensome.
> 
> • In short:
> JSON =>
> ISO2709 or "ID format" =>
> import with MX utilities =>
> ISIS database
> 
> •
> JSON => ISIS 
> That would be something, and probably a lot of work.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> Check the documentation.
> 
> Saludos,
> Nicolas Rucks,
> Buenos Aires, Argentina.
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> En date de : Ven 10.3.17, gus <ggus at riseup.net> a écrit :
> 
>  Objet: [Isis-users] json 2 isis
>  À: isis-users at iccisis.org
>  Date: Vendredi 10 mars 2017, 12h25
>  
>  Hi, does anybody already tried to
>  import from json to isis? 
>  Any tips? 
>  
>  I'm using isis2json.py to export to mongodb, but I also want
>  to do the
>  reverse path. 
>  
>  thanks!,
>  gus
>  _______________________________________________
>  isis-users mailing list
>  isis-users at iccisis.org
>  To manage your own subscription options go to: http://lists.iccisis.org/listinfo/isis-users
>  Or contact Henk Rutten: hlrutten at xs4all.nl
>  

-- 
PGP: 427F 2D71 7664 D215 378C B412 8BDC 87FB 7215 E189 
XMPP/OTR: 62f58f8062da3e48e0aa076f20807ecb1488658e
https://gus.computer/