fgdc2lod

Converts FGDC records to RDF.

Build

• Clone the dependency repository from https://github.com/ld4l-labs/bib2lod
• Run mvn install
• Clone this repository into an adjacent directory to bib2lod.
• Run mvn install
• Copy the executable jar from target/fgdc2lod.jar to your preferred work location.
• Copy the example configuration file from src/main/resources/example.config.json to your preferred work location. Rename it appropriately. For example, fgdc.config.json.

Configure

• Edit the configuration file to set appropriate input source and output destination.
• Within InputService, change the source attribute to point either to a single file of MARCXML, or to a directory containing MARCXML files.
  • Each input file must have a filename extension of .xml
  • Sample minimal record is in sample-data/MinimalFGDC_Title.xml.
• Within OutputService, change the destination attribute to point to your desired output directory.
  • You must create this directory before running the program.

Run

• Execute the jar file, referencing the configuration file on the command line:
  • java -jar fgdc2lod.jar -c fgdc.config.json
• Output will be written in N-TRIPLE format to the directory specified in the configuration file.
  • One output file will be created for each input file.
  • The name of the output file will be the same as the corresponding input file, but the extension will be .nt.
• A log directory will be created as target/logs in your work location directory.
  • A log file of the run will be created as target/logs/bib2lod.log
  • An existing log file will not be overwritten, but will be renamed with a timestamp, such as bib2lod-2017-03-31-14-38-47-1.log