Enhancement: Use Zotero items relations (owl:sameAs, dc:replaces, but not dc:relation) to update archiveLocation/extra

[bjohas]

Zotero items have these relations:

       "relations": {
            "owl:sameAs": [
                "http://zotero.org/groups/2339240/items/2387P995",
                "http://zotero.org/groups/2339240/items/8RA9UD7W"
            ],
            "dc:replaces": "http://zotero.org/groups/2405685/items/BBQI3VSA",
            "dc:relation": "http://zotero.org/groups/2405685/items/RUSE8WYV"
        },

or (if several merges)

            "dc:replaces": [
                "http://zotero.org/groups/2405685/items/Z2N7IQ6J",
                "http://zotero.org/groups/2405685/items/L6CQTXAK"
            ]

dc:relation is set manually, however, the others are automatic: Some through merging ("dc:replaces"), some through moving to a different library (owl:sameAs).

[retorquere]

I don't yet understand how these relations would be used for this.

[bjohas]

The IDs mentioned in those relations ("dc:replaces" and "owl:sameAs", but not "dc:relation") should be written into the item in Extra:

EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs

(see #27)

[retorquere]

When should they be written there? And why? If Zotero administrates this already, why duplicate this information rather thanjust showing it?

[bjohas]

Whenever the plugin function that places IDs into "Extra EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs", those fields should be checked, and the IDs present be added to "Extra EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs".

Yes, Zotero administrates it, but e.g. some of the information is removed (e.g. when moving). We want to preserve a full trail of previous IDs, and make that visible to the user.

Does that explain?

[bjohas]

As I think I have provided the needed information, I'm removing the label. Feel free to re-add!

[retorquere]

But then I'd have to reconstruct what happened to the item somehow. There's no place to get both the ist and the soll for a save, except for merges.

[bjohas]

Hmmm. I'm not sure I follow. Are we talking cross purpose? :)

The json shown above is part of the item record, stored in Zotero. I assume that those fields ("dc:replaces" and "owl:sameAs") can be inspected by our plugin.

The proposal is this:

When I use the edtechhub-plugin right-click menu item "Add persistent id -> archiveLocation" (old) or "Add id to Extra" (new), then the plugin inspects "dc:replaces" and "owl:sameAs" (but not "dc:relation"). If there are IDs that currently aren't in

Extra: EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs

then they should be added (see #27).

I.e. whatever is in "dc:replaces" and "owl:sameAs" at that moment is added. Doesn't matter if that's changed in the past - we can only pick up whats there.

[retorquere]

So whenever an item changes, I should just write the values of "dc:replaces" and "owl:sameAs" into "alsoknownas"?

[bjohas]

It would be good to this

• when I manually use "ETH save item id"
• when items are merged.

The item merge is destructive, but I cannot see other operations that would be.

[edtechbot]

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[bjohas]

For me, this isn't working yet.

Example

1. I copy an item from one library to another.

This item now has

        "relations": {
            "owl:sameAs": "http://zotero.org/groups/2317526/items/AESRQWBS"
        },

2. I right-click, and select "save item id"

Only

        "extra": "EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2259720:FXTRYUVX",

appears - this is correct, but I was also expecting

2317526:AESRQWBS

Am I misunderstanding?

[bjohas]

Also, when two items are merged (with just this plugin installed), no 'item history' is produced. With 0.0.23.226, this worked fine. Maybe the attempt to do the present process during the merge interferes with the history writing?

[edtechbot]

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[bjohas]

Thank you - this is working! Please release!