Import problem: Interviewees: _:n5 and Interviewers: _:n7 add to extra field

humert
edited January 27, 2023
Hello,
I entered a over 100 entries. I exported them as zotero rdf and send to my friend. He has imported them. But in many records appears unwanted informations.
Example:
Item type: Interview
Title: Mustafa Başkan ile Sözlü Tarih Görüşmesi
Interview with: Mustafa Başkan
Interviewer: Ayşe Yılmaz
Date: 6/30/2022
Medium: Video kaydı
URL: http://dspace.sozlutarih.org.tr/handle/20.500.11834/3413
Access: 3/24/2022

and when imported appears in Extra:
Interviewees: _:n5
Interviewers: _:n7

This is just an example. Many records like this contain excess or incomplete informations. I tried this on my computer in zotero. Same problem. I deleted all records and entered the aboved item as a single record, but the situation did not change. I uninstalled and reinstalled Zotero. I've searched the forum a lot but haven't found a similar issue.

What could be the solution?
  • humert
    edited January 27, 2023
    My friend entered the same record on his computer and did the export/import steps. The situation has not changed. The _:nxxx appended redundant information is not in the exported file. Appears after import. The problem seems to be related to the import.

    Some other examples:
    1) Type: Movie
    Title: American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
    Director: Anthony Hemingway
    Scriptwriter: Daniel Vincent DeVincentis
    Distributor: United States: FX, 2010
    Date: 02/16/2016
    Genre: movie
    Running Time: 44 minutes
    URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/BOlARVPCOA
    After import, disappear Scriptwriter field, but in extra field appears:
    Directors: _:n1875
    Scriptwriters: _:n1877

    2) Type: Map
    Title: Ağrı Fiziki İl Haritası
    Cartographer: Harita Genel Müdürlüğü
    Scriptwriter: Daniel Vincent DeVincentis
    URL: https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files/products/agri-fiziki-il-haritasi-1476.pdf
    Accessed: 12/29/2021
    After import appears in extra field:
    Cartographers: _:n1787

    3) Type: Book
    Title: De civitate Dei
    Author: Augustine
    Translator: John Healey
    Place: New York
    Publisher: Dutton
    Date: 1931
    After import appears in the extra field:
    Translators: _:n1626

    More examples can be given. This is important for us because we are trying to develop our own style and we have to share the zotero records with other colleagues from a distance. We tried many formats other than rdf, but we found that rdf had the least corruption.
  • dstillman
    Can you export a single item that reproduces this and link to the Zotero RDF file?
  • humert
    Yes, we tried that. The example we gave above as Interview was a record that we entered as a single record and exported. As far as we understand, the information we enter in the "Interviewer with" and "Interviewer" fields, which is presented in the interview type records, is not recognized. This error does not appear when we enter the information in the extra field instead of these fields as follows:
    {:author: Başkan || Mustafa}
    {:interviewer: Yılmaz || Ayşe}
  • dstillman
    But I’m asking you to actually provide an example RDF file that we can look at.
  • humert
    edited January 30, 2023
    I guess you mean:

    ‹rdf:RDF
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:z="http://www.zotero.org/namespaces/export#"
    xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
    xmlns:bib="http://purl.org/net/biblio#"›
    ‹bib:Interview rdf:about="http://dspace.sozlutarih.org.tr/handle/20.500.11834/3413"›
    ‹z:itemType›interview‹/z:itemType›
    ‹z:interviewees›
    ‹rdf:Seq›
    ‹rdf:li›
    ‹foaf:Person›
    ‹foaf:surname›Başkan‹/foaf:surname›
    ‹foaf:givenName›Mustafa‹/foaf:givenName›
    ‹/foaf:Person›
    ‹/rdf:li›
    ‹/rdf:Seq›
    ‹/z:interviewees›
    ‹z:interviewers›
    ‹rdf:Seq›
    ‹rdf:li›
    ‹foaf:Person›
    ‹foaf:surname›Yılmaz‹/foaf:surname›
    ‹foaf:givenName›Ayşe‹/foaf:givenName›
    ‹/foaf:Person›
    ‹/rdf:li›
    ‹/rdf:Seq›
    ‹/z:interviewers›
    ‹dc:title›Mustafa Başkan ile Sözlü Tarih Görüşmesi‹/dc:title›
    ‹dc:date›06/30/2016‹/dc:date›
    ‹dc:identifier›
    ‹dcterms:URI›
    ‹rdf:value›http://dspace.sozlutarih.org.tr/handle/20.500.11834/3413‹/rdf:value›
    ‹/dcterms:URI›
    ‹/dc:identifier›
    ‹dcterms:dateSubmitted›2022-03-24‹/dcterms:dateSubmitted›
    ‹z:medium›Video kaydı‹/z:medium›
    ‹/bib:Interview›
    ‹/rdf:RDF›

    I also uploaded it here: https://filetransfer.io/data-package/QMMfXSgf
  • dstillman
    OK, we can reproduce and will investigate — thanks.
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