Islandora Sync [BETA]

Introduction

Islandora Sync enables event-based synchronization of content between Fedora Commons and Drupal. Fedora content models may be mapped to Drupal node types and Fedora datastreams and their XML contents to Drupal fields. A more in-depth overview of the module's use and configuration can be found here.

Requirements

This module requires the following modules/libraries:

• Islandora
• Tuque
• Field API
• Field UI
• Relation

Installation

Install as usual, see this for further information.

Islandora Sync Relation provides integration with the Relation module for syncing Fedora object to object relationships as Drupalnode to node relationships.

Islandora Sync Field Collection integrates with the Field Collection module to allow for repeating groups of fields, similar to tabs of Islandora XML Forms.

Configuation

Node type mappings to Fedora content models and related settings may be configured at /admin/structure/types/manage//fedora To sync XML datastreams, XML configuration is done at /admin/islandora/tools/sync/xml-datastreams/

Features integration is provided to allow for programmatic deployment of configurations.

FAQ

Q. Why can't I sync managed datastreams?

A. A Drupal issue may present problems when syncing managed datastreams from Fedora to Drupal, see this issue for a patch.

Maintainers/Sponsors

Current maintainers:

• Mitch MacKenzie

This project has been sponsored by:

• UCLA Library.