DRS Managing Objects

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Editing Objects

Editing basic metadata: Go to the object's full metadata page and click the "Edit" tab Edit the desired metadata, and click Submit

Editing full metadata:

Go to [Fedora Admin] Find the core record Open the MODS datastream Edit the desired metadata, click save Open the Dublin Core datastream Edit the desired metadata, click save

Moving Objects

Get the PID for the core record of the item you would like to move and for the destination collection

Go to the Fedora admin page

In the Object search panel, enter the core record PID in the "Open Object/PID" search box and click "Open"

Open the RELS-EXT datastream

In the <ns1:isMemberOf> element, change the collection PID in the rdf:resource="info:fedora/neu:XXXXXXXX" attribute to the destination collection's PID, then save your changes

Open the properties datastream

Change the collection PID in the <parent_id> element to the PID for the destination collection, then save your changes

Deleting Objects

Get the PID for the core record of the file you would like to delete

Go to the Fedora search page

Search for the Core record and gather the PIDs for all associated files that need to be deleted:

• Thumbnail
• Master file
• Any derivative files

Go to the Fedora admin page

For each PID (core file PID and associated file PIDs):

• In the Object search panel, enter the PID in the "Open Object/PID" search box and click "Open"
• Review the metadata to confirm you're deleting the correct object
• Click "Purge Object"

Repeat for the thumbnail, master and any derivatives, and for the core file.