[RAS] [RePEc-run] Fwd: Have the latest redif.spec

[Sune Karlsson]

'Christian Zimmermann' skrev 2012-02-28 23:47:
> The change to ReDIF was made back in November and announced.

Was it? The only thing I can find is this

>   Ivan Kurmanov writes
>
>> I went into aacis at holda.openlib.org, added the updateJEL.pl file to
>> darcs, pushed 3 more changes that Christian has requested, and ran
>> perl ./release.pl.
>>
>> This created file ReDIF-perl-2.66.tar.gz
>>

in an e-mail to RePEc-run from Thomas on Nov 13. Not very informative.

>
> The new workplace cluster type is easily identified with the
> workplace-institution field. The old one used workplace-organization.

Yes, but I don't want to code for two different versions unless I 
absolutely have to. So when will the change-over to the new format be 
complete?

Also, will the Workplace-Name be updated if the EDIRC data for 
Workplace-Institution is updated?

/Sune

>
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Sune Karlsson wrote:
>
>> I am not entierly happy about the way this is done. It would have been
>> good with some advance notice before an incompatible change is made to
>> ReDIF.
>>
>> While the changes to RAS has been discussed (I believe only on
>> RAS-RUN) I can find no discussion of the changes to ReDIF.
>>
>> To make things worse we now have two different file formats in play at
>> the same time. When will the conversion to the new format be complete?
>>
>> I don't like the arrows in Workplace-Name.
>>
>> /Sune
>>
>> Ivan Kurmanov skrev 2012-02-28 17:13:
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: *Ivan Kurmanov* <duraley at gmail.com <mailto:duraley at gmail.com>>
>>> Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:06 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [RePEc-run] Have the latest redif.spec
>>> To: the gory details of RePEc <repec-run at lists.openlib.org
>>> <mailto:repec-run at lists.openlib.org>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, the higher-share affiliation would come first, actually. So, it
>>> may rather be like this after the upgrade:
>>>
>>> Workplace-Name: Belarusian State University
>>> → Faculty of Economics
>>> Workplace-Institution: RePEc:edi:febsuby
>>> Workplace-Share: 70
>>> Workplace-Name: Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political
>>> Studies (IISEPS)
>>> Workplace-Institution: RePEc:edi:iisepby
>>> Workplace-Share: 30
>>>
>>> -i
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Ivan Kurmanov <duraley at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:duraley at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have been reviewing past mail from myself, trying to find if i
>>> have warned you, guys, about a change in person templates that is
>>> going to happen. And I can't find it, so maybe it is just in my head.
>>>
>>> The affiliation data in the template may look like this:
>>>
>>> Workplace-Organization: RePEc:edi:febsuby
>>> Workplace-Organization: RePEc:edi:iisepby
>>>
>>> But after the forthcomming upgrade, it would soon start looking as:
>>>
>>> Workplace-Name: Belarusian State University
>>> → Faculty of Economics
>>> Workplace-Institution: RePEc:edi:febsuby
>>> Workplace-Share: 30
>>> Workplace-Name: Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political
>>> Studies (IISEPS)
>>> Workplace-Institution: RePEc:edi:iisepby
>>> Workplace-Share: 70
>>>
>>> This is a change that may require adaptation on your side.
>>>
>>> Every ReDIF template generated after the upgrade will be formatted
>>> in the new way. Please let us know if this is a serious issue and if
>>> we should postpone the upgrade.
>>>
>>> -ivan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Christian Zimmermann
>>> <zimmermann at stlouisfed.org <mailto:zimmermann at stlouisfed.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The RePEc Author Service will soon start disseminating person
>>> templates with new fields (Deceased, Workplace-Share). Make sure
>>> you have the redif.spec file dated 2011-11-10, distributed in
>>> ReDIF-perl version 2.66, in place, or the new templates will be
>>> rejected.
>>>
>>>
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