ODL2XML: ECS ODL to ECS XML Conversion Tool

Thank you for using ECSODL2ECSXML tool. The ECSODL2ECSXML tool provides a list of capabilities that include:

• Convert any ECS ODL file to an ECS XML file that conforms to the ECS DTD described in the document stored in the file named 'Bulk_Metadata_Export_V11.1.doc' located in the Docs directory.
• The main features of this tool are:
  • Convert any collection level ODL file to the corresponding XML.
  • Convert any granule level ODL file to the corresponding XML.
  • Convert any unsorted level ODL file to the corresponding XML.
  • Convert all other ODL file to the corresponding XML (excluding collection, granule, and unsorted).
  • Convert all ODL file to the corresponding XML.

  Getting Started:

  Here is a step-by-step list of what you will need to start using the tool:

  1. Make sure you have a java runtime environment version 1.2.2 or more.
  2. Download or copy the odl2xml.jar file to the directory where you have your odl files.
  3. Try the follwoing command: java -cp odl2xml.jar odl2xml_cmd

  you should get a description of what this tool expect, it should look like this:

  	Syntax Error: java -cp odl2xml.jar odl2xml_cmd odlfile.odl odlfile.xml 
                    [-c|-g|-o|-u|-a] [-s stylesheet_filename]
  

• Description:
  • odlfile.odl An ECS ODL file that you want to convert into XML. See the file localted in "/usr/local/ufm-tools/odl_java/SampleData/Collection/desc_ecs.odl" for a complete description file for both collection and granule level ODL data.
  • odlfile.xml Any file name (path is optional) where the generated XML will be stored.
  • -c Convert collection data ( default option)
  • -g Convert granule data
  • -u Convert unsupported group data
  • -o Convert other groups data ( all groups except collection, granule and unsupported groups)
  • -a Convert all groups data ( include collection, granule, unsupported, and other).
  • -s stylesheet_filename Include a reference to a stylesheet stored in the file named "stylesheet_filename", note this could be a fully qualified file name with paths.

GUI Interface

   
     java -cp odl2xml.jar odl2xml_cmd
   
 

1. select an ODL group to convert, see the command line option for explaination of the different choices.
2. type a path/filename for the stylesheet to use. Leave blank in case no stlesheet is needed. You can press the "Open" button to navigate through directories and file lists.
3. type an path/filename of the ODL file to convert, or click on the "Open" button next to this field to navigate through directories and file lists.
4. type an path/filename of the XML file to save the result of conversion.
5. Finally, hist "Run" to execute the conversion.