Hi CollectionSpacers, We referred to the instructions at http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Person+Service+REST+APIs in the section titled "PersonAuthority REST payload schemas" to import Person records (vocabulary records). We found that our records could be saved in our server, but it didn't display the person's name. When we checked the XML file in the browser window, there is no element "" as well. Did we do something wrong or miss some steps? P.S. We use CocoaRestClient app to import the record. Thanks, Sandra

Sandra, Two things come to mind: 1) The general concept is that: a) You create a Person Authority record - essentially, a vocabulary into which you can import terms. This record doesn't have any individual person's name. b) Then, you can create Person records - essentially individual terms within the vocabulary you just created. Each of those records *will* contain a person's name. The part of the REST API document you mentioned, "PersonAuthority REST payload schemas", pertains to step a) above. There's also a part later down that page, "Person REST payload schemas", that pertains to step b). 2) Are you still using CollectionSpace version 2.0? Starting in version 2.4, the REST payload for Person records changed - so you can now have multiple terms (and hence multiple names for the same person, like "Samuel Clemens" and "Mark Twain"), but the documentation doesn't seem to have been updated to reflect this. If you're using 2.4 or later, please write back and we can point you to the newer schema. (And yes, we BADLY need to update these docs, and I'll make sure there's an issue for us to do so.) Thanks! Aron On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM, <sandrayun.tsai@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi CollectionSpacers, We referred to the instructions at > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Person+Service+REST+APIs > in the section titled "PersonAuthority REST payload schemas" to import > Person > records (vocabulary records). We found that our records could be saved in > our > server, but it didn't display the person's name. When we checked the XML > file > in the browser window, there is no element "" as well. Did we do something > wrong or miss some steps? P.S. We use CocoaRestClient app to import the > record. Thanks, Sandra > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org

Hi Sandra, You can also use a REST call to see what's returned by the services layer by doing something like: http://yourserver.com:8180/cspace-services/personauthorities/persons/items/{your-csid-here} Or since you're on 2.0, you can do this sql: select * from persons_common to see what's in the database Does any other data for the person record you loaded display? Feel free to send us the XML file you tried to load -- we can take a look and get back to you. Thanks, Chris On Jul 19, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Aron Roberts wrote: > Sandra, > > Two things come to mind: > > 1) The general concept is that: > > a) You create a Person Authority record - essentially, a vocabulary > into which you can import terms. This record doesn't have any > individual person's name. > > b) Then, you can create Person records - essentially individual terms > within the vocabulary you just created. Each of those records *will* > contain a person's name. > > The part of the REST API document you mentioned, "PersonAuthority > REST payload schemas", pertains to step a) above. There's also a part > later down that page, "Person REST payload schemas", that pertains to > step b). > > 2) Are you still using CollectionSpace version 2.0? Starting in > version 2.4, the REST payload for Person records changed - so you can > now have multiple terms (and hence multiple names for the same person, > like "Samuel Clemens" and "Mark Twain"), but the documentation doesn't > seem to have been updated to reflect this. > > If you're using 2.4 or later, please write back and we can point you > to the newer schema. (And yes, we BADLY need to update these docs, > and I'll make sure there's an issue for us to do so.) > > Thanks! > Aron > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM, <sandrayun.tsai@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi CollectionSpacers, We referred to the instructions at >> http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Person+Service+REST+APIs >> in the section titled "PersonAuthority REST payload schemas" to import >> Person >> records (vocabulary records). We found that our records could be saved in >> our >> server, but it didn't display the person's name. When we checked the XML >> file >> in the browser window, there is no element "" as well. Did we do something >> wrong or miss some steps? P.S. We use CocoaRestClient app to import the >> record. Thanks, Sandra >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk mailing list >> Talk@lists.collectionspace.org >> http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org

Thanks, Chris! Sandra, - or, for the default person authority, you might try: http://yourserver.com:8180/cspace-services/personauthorities/urn:cspace:name(persons)/items/{your-csid-here} or for a person authority that you created yourself: http://yourserver.com:8180/cspace-services/personauthorities/{your-person-authority-csid-here}/items/{your-person-csid-here} On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Chris Hoffman <chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hi Sandra, > You can also use a REST call to see what's returned by the services layer by doing something like: > http://yourserver.com:8180/cspace-services/personauthorities/persons/items/{your-csid-here} > > Or since you're on 2.0, you can do this sql: > select * from persons_common > to see what's in the database > > Does any other data for the person record you loaded display? > > Feel free to send us the XML file you tried to load -- we can take a look and get back to you. > > Thanks, > Chris > > On Jul 19, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Aron Roberts wrote: > >> Sandra, >> >> Two things come to mind: >> >> 1) The general concept is that: >> >> a) You create a Person Authority record - essentially, a vocabulary >> into which you can import terms. This record doesn't have any >> individual person's name. >> >> b) Then, you can create Person records - essentially individual terms >> within the vocabulary you just created. Each of those records *will* >> contain a person's name. >> >> The part of the REST API document you mentioned, "PersonAuthority >> REST payload schemas", pertains to step a) above. There's also a part >> later down that page, "Person REST payload schemas", that pertains to >> step b). >> >> 2) Are you still using CollectionSpace version 2.0? Starting in >> version 2.4, the REST payload for Person records changed - so you can >> now have multiple terms (and hence multiple names for the same person, >> like "Samuel Clemens" and "Mark Twain"), but the documentation doesn't >> seem to have been updated to reflect this. >> >> If you're using 2.4 or later, please write back and we can point you >> to the newer schema. (And yes, we BADLY need to update these docs, >> and I'll make sure there's an issue for us to do so.) >> >> Thanks! >> Aron >> >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM, <sandrayun.tsai@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi CollectionSpacers, We referred to the instructions at >>> http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Person+Service+REST+APIs >>> in the section titled "PersonAuthority REST payload schemas" to import >>> Person >>> records (vocabulary records). We found that our records could be saved in >>> our >>> server, but it didn't display the person's name. When we checked the XML >>> file >>> in the browser window, there is no element "" as well. Did we do something >>> wrong or miss some steps? P.S. We use CocoaRestClient app to import the >>> record. Thanks, Sandra >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk mailing list >>> Talk@lists.collectionspace.org >>> http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk mailing list >> Talk@lists.collectionspace.org >> http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org