Thesis type -> thesis_degree_level

[mrdsaunders]

See @tomwrobel's comment of 2019-11-18 10:42, this contains instructions for resolving this ticket post go-live.

Hi

The maping document has:

<symplectic_field name="thesis-type"><ora_field>thesis_degree_level</ora_field></symplectic_field>

However Toby thinks the forms only have <uketdterms:qualificationname>field:thesis_degree_name</uketdterms:qualificationname> (which is not mapped) and not <uketdterms:qualificationlevel>field:thesis_degree_level</uketdterms:qualificationlevel>.

Does the mapping or the forms need updating?

[tomwrobel]

Thesis degree name should be mapped as well if it is available

field:thesis_degree_name is the title of the degree, e.g. 'PhD' 'DPhil', 'MA'
field:thesis_degree_level is the type of degree, e.g. 'masters', 'doctoral' etc. (the mappings are not always simple, BCh is not an undergraduate degree, for example)

field:thesis_degree_level doesn't appear in the forms, as it is configured via a mapping with degree name behind the scenes. It should still be available in the crosswalks.

What to do

EITHER

• IF symplectic-field:thesis-degree-type has a typical value of 'MSc', 'DPhil', etc., THEN it should map to field:thesis_degree_name and we'll need to do some mapping at our end for degree level.
• ELSE IF symplectic-field:thesis-degree-type has a typical value of 'Masters', 'Doctoral', THEN it should map to field:thesis_degree_level as now, but we will need a list of all possible values in order to crosswalk them to and from EThOS degree levels. These will need to be added to the crosswalks.

AND

• regardless of the above, if there is a separate field which equates to thesis_degree_level OR thesis_degree_name which is not listed in the crosswalks, then we need to crosswalk this field.

@mrdsaunders: two questions:

1. What is the normal value of symplectic-field:thesis-type?
2. is there another field here we should be crosswalking?

[tomwrobel]

@mrdsaunders I think, however, that this ticket should be moved to post release development: theses won't be submitted for some time

@jjpartridge and I have discussed this, and we agrees. Can we briefly clarify which values Symplectic is sending, and which values it holds, and then park this ticket for later?

[mrdsaunders]

SE has only 'Thesis type'. Values are:

• PhD Thesis
• Master's Thesis
• Undergraduate Dissertation

[mrdsaunders]

It currently sends this via Crosswalk to thesis_degree_level

[tomwrobel]

Then thesis_degree_level is correct

In that case, it can't be fixed now, and doesn't have to be. I've ammended the top of this ticket to point to the checklist below:

MAPPINGS FOR FUTURE USE

PhD Thesis: doctoral
Master's Thesis: masters
Undergraduate Dissertation: undergraduate

In addition, in order to close this ticket we would need to resolve what we do in the forms if no thesis_degree_name is supplied.

TO DO:

• Add crosswalk mappings to crosswalks (see above)
• Create Hyrax behaviour for an object with no degree name: https://trello.com/c/enHtH7N4/

[mrdsaunders]

Have amended crosswalk

[tomwrobel]

@mrdsaunders ty! I'll get on to the ORA issue (although perhaps not for a little while): https://trello.com/c/enHtH7N4/44-ora4-phd-degree-name-is-not-automatically-assigned-from-degree-level-in-oxris