---
title: "July, 2019"
date: 2019-07-01T12:13:51+03:00
author: "Alan Orth"
tags: ["Notes"]
---
## 2019-07-01
- Create an "AfricaRice books and book chapters" collection on CGSpace for AfricaRice
- Last month Sisay asked why the following "most popular" statistics link for a range of months in 2018 works for the CIAT community on DSpace Test, but not on CGSpace:
- [DSpace Test](https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/handle/10568/35697/most-popular/item#simplefilter=custom&time_filter_end_date=01%2F12%2F2018)
- [CGSpace](https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/35697/most-popular/item#simplefilter=custom&time_filter_end_date=01%2F12%2F2018)
- Abenet had another similar issue a few days ago when trying to find the stats for 2018 in the RTB community
- If I change the parameters to 2019 I see stats, so I'm really thinking it has something to do with the sharded yearly Solr statistics cores
- I checked the Solr admin UI and I see all Solr cores loaded, so I don't know what it could be
- When I check the Atmire content and usage module it seems obvious that there is a problem with the old cores because I dont have anything before 2019-01
![Atmire CUA 2018 stats missing](/cgspace-notes/2019/07/atmire-cua-2018-missing.png)
- I don't see anyone logged in right now so I'm going to try to restart Tomcat and see if the stats are accessible after Solr comes back up
- I decided to run all system updates on the server (linode18) and reboot it
- After rebooting Tomcat came back up, but the the Solr statistics cores were not all loaded
- The error is always (with a different core):
```
org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Error CREATEing SolrCore 'statistics-2010': Unable to create core [statistics-2010] Caused by: Lock obtain timed out: NativeFSLock@/home/cgspace.cgiar.org/solr/statistics-2010/data/index/write.lock
```
- I restarted Tomcat *ten times* and it never worked...
- I tried to stop Tomcat and delete the write locks:
```
# systemctl stop tomcat7
# find /dspace/solr/statistics* -iname "*.lock" -print -delete
/dspace/solr/statistics/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2010/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2011/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2012/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2013/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2014/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2015/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2016/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2017/data/index/write.lock
/dspace/solr/statistics-2018/data/index/write.lock
# find /dspace/solr/statistics* -iname "*.lock" -print -delete
# systemctl start tomcat7
```
- But it still didn't work!
- I stopped Tomcat, deleted the old locks, and will try to use the "simple" lock file type in `solr/statistics/conf/solrconfig.xml`:
```
${solr.lock.type:simple}
```
- And after restarting Tomcat it still doesn't work
- Now I'll try going back to "native" locking with `unlockAtStartup`:
```
true
```
- Now the cores seem to load, but I still see an error in the Solr Admin UI and I still can't access any stats before 2018
- I filed an [issue with Atmire](https://tracker.atmire.com/tickets-cgiar-ilri/view-ticket?id=685), so let's see if they can help
- And since I'm annoyed and it's been a few months, I'm going to move the JVM heap settings that I've been testing on DSpace Test to CGSpace
- The old ones were:
```
-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms8192m -Xmx8192m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5400 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
```
- And the new ones come from Solr 4.10.x's startup scripts:
```
-Djava.awt.headless=true
-Xms8192m -Xmx8192m
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
-XX:NewRatio=3
-XX:SurvivorRatio=4
-XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=90
-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=8
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:+UseParNewGC
-XX:ConcGCThreads=4 -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4
-XX:+CMSScavengeBeforeRemark
-XX:PretenureSizeThreshold=64m
-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly
-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=50
-XX:CMSMaxAbortablePrecleanTime=6000
-XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled
-XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1337
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
```
## 2019-07-02
- Help upload twenty-seven posters from the 2019-05 Sharefair to CGSpace
- Sisay had already done the SAFBundle so I did some minor corrections to and uploaded them to a temporary collection so I could check them in OpenRefine:
```
$ sed -i 's/CC-BY 4.0/CC-BY-4.0/' item_*/dublin_core.xml
$ echo "10568/101992" >> item_*/collections
$ dspace import -a -e me@cgiar.org -m 2019-07-02-Sharefair.map -s /tmp/Sharefair_mapped
```
- I noticed that all twenty-seven items had double dates like "2019-05||2019-05" so I fixed those, but the rest of the metadata looked good so I unmapped them from the temporary collection
- Finish looking at the fifty-six AfricaRice items and upload them to CGSpace:
```
$ dspace import -a -e me@cgiar.org -m 2019-07-02-AfricaRice-11to73.map -s /tmp/SimpleArchiveFormat
```
- Peter pointed out that the Sharefair dates I fixed were not actually fixed
- It seems there is a bug that causes DSpace to not detect changes if the values are the same like "2019-05||2019-05" and you try to remove one
- To get it to work I had to change some of them to 2019-01, then remove them
## 2019-07-03
- Atmire responded about the [Solr issue](https://tracker.atmire.com/tickets-cgiar-ilri/view-ticket?id=685) and said they would be willing to help
## 2019-07-04
- Maria Garruccio sent me some new ORCID identifiers for Bioversity authors
- I combined them with our existing list and then used my `resolve-orcids.py` script to update the names from ORCID.org:
```
$ cat dspace/config/controlled-vocabularies/cg-creator-id.xml /tmp/new-bioversity-orcids.txt | grep -oE '[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}-[A-Z0-9]{4}' | sort -u > /tmp/2019-07-04-orcid-ids.txt
$ ./resolve-orcids.py -i /tmp/2019-07-04-orcid-ids.txt -o 2019-07-04-orcid-names.txt -d
```
- Send and merge a pull request for the new ORCID identifiers ([#428](https://github.com/ilri/DSpace/pull/428))
- I created a CSV with some ORCID identifiers that I had seen change so I could update any existing ones in the databse:
```
cg.creator.id,correct
"Marius Ekué: 0000-0002-5829-6321","Marius R.M. Ekué: 0000-0002-5829-6321"
"Mwungu: 0000-0001-6181-8445","Chris Miyinzi Mwungu: 0000-0001-6181-8445"
"Mwungu: 0000-0003-1658-287X","Chris Miyinzi Mwungu: 0000-0003-1658-287X"
```
- But when I ran `fix-metadata-values.py` I didn't see any changes:
```
$ ./fix-metadata-values.py -i 2019-07-04-update-orcids.csv -db dspace -u dspace -p 'fuuu' -f cg.creator.id -m 240 -t correct -d
```
## 2019-07-06
- Send a reminder to Marie about my notes on the [CG Core v2 issue I created two weeks ago](https://github.com/AgriculturalSemantics/cg-core/issues/2)
## 2019-07-08
- Communicate with Atmire about the Solr statistics cores issue
- I suspect we might need to get more disk space on DSpace Test so we can try to replicate the production environment more closely
- Meeting with AgroKnow and CTA about their new ICT Update story telling thing
- AgroKnow has developed a React application to display tag clouds based on harvesting metadata and full text from CGSpace items
- We discussed how to host it technically, perhaps we purchase a server to run it on and just give AgroKnow guys access
- Playing with the idea of using [xsv](https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv) to do some basic batch quality checks on CSVs, for example to find items that might be duplicates if they have the same DOI or title:
```
$ xsv frequency --select cg.identifier.doi --no-nulls cgspace_metadata_africaRice-11to73_ay_id.csv | grep -v -E ',1'
field,value,count
cg.identifier.doi,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.06.018,2
$ xsv frequency --select dc.title --no-nulls cgspace_metadata_africaRice-11to73_ay_id.csv | grep -v -E ',1'
field,value,count
dc.title,Reference evapotranspiration prediction using hybridized fuzzy model with firefly algorithm: Regional case study in Burkina Faso,2
```
- Or perhaps if DOIs are valid or not (having doi.org in the URL):
```
$ xsv frequency --select cg.identifier.doi --no-nulls cgspace_metadata_africaRice-11to73_ay_id.csv | grep -v -E 'doi.org'
field,value,count
cg.identifier.doi,https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-1236ac700f,1
```
- Or perhaps items with invalid ISSNs (according to the [ISSN code format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number#Code_format)):
```
$ xsv select dc.identifier.issn cgspace_metadata_africaRice-11to73_ay_id.csv | grep -v '"' | grep -v -E '^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{3}[0-9xX]$'
dc.identifier.issn
978-3-319-71997-9
978-3-319-71997-9
978-3-319-71997-9
978-3-319-58789-9
2320-7035
2593-9173
```
## 2019-07-09
- Thinking about data cleaning automation again and found some resources about Python and Pandas:
- https://realpython.com/python-data-cleaning-numpy-pandas/
- https://mode.com/blog/python-data-cleaning-libraries
## 2019-07-11
- Skype call with Marie Angelique about CG Core v2
- We discussed my comments and suggestions from last week
- One comment she had was that we should try to move our center-specific subjects into `DCTERMS.subject` and normalize them against AGROVOC
- I updated my [gist about CGSpace metadata changes](https://gist.github.com/alanorth/2db39e91f48d116e00a4edffd6ba6409)
- Skype call with Jane Poole to discuss OpenRXV/AReS Phase II TORs
- I need to follow up with Moayad about the reporting functionality
- Also, I need to email Harrison my notes on the CG Core v2 stuff
- Also, Jane asked me to check the Data Portal to see which email address requests for confidential data are going
- Yesterday Theirry from CTA asked me about an error he was getting while submitting an item on CGSpace: "Unable to load Submission Information, since WorkspaceID (ID:S106658) is not a valid in-process submission."
- I looked in the DSpace logs and found this right around the time of the screenshot he sent me:
```
2019-07-10 11:50:27,433 INFO org.dspace.submit.step.CompleteStep @ lewyllie@cta.int:session_id=A920730003BCAECE8A3B31DCDE11A97E:submission_complete:Completed submission with id=106658
```
- I'm assuming something happened in his browser (like a refresh) after the item was submitted...
## 2019-07-12
- Atmire responded with some initial feedback about our Tomcat configuration related to the [Solr issue I raised recently](https://tracker.atmire.com/tickets-cgiar-ilri/view-ticket?id=685)
- Unfortunately there is no concrete feedback yet
- I think we need to upgrade our DSpace Test server so we can fit all the Solr cores...
- Actually, I looked and there were over 40 GB free on DSpace Test so I copied the Solr statistics cores for the years 2017 to 2010 from CGSpace to DSpace Test because they weren't actually very large
- I re-deployed DSpace for good measure, and I think all Solr cores are loading... I will do more tests later
- Run all system updates on DSpace Test (linode19) and reboot it
- Try to run `dspace cleanup -v` on CGSpace and ran into an error:
```
Error: ERROR: update or delete on table "bitstream" violates foreign key constraint "bundle_primary_bitstream_id_fkey" on table "bundle"
Detail: Key (bitstream_id)=(167394) is still referenced from table "bundle".
```
- The solution is, as always:
```
# su - postgres
$ psql dspace -c 'update bundle set primary_bitstream_id=NULL where primary_bitstream_id in (167394);'
UPDATE 1
```
## 2019-07-16
- Completely reset the Podman configuration on my laptop because there were some layers that I couldn't delete and it had been some time since I did a cleanup:
```
$ podman system prune -a -f --volumes
$ sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/containers
```
- Then pull a new PostgreSQL 9.6 image and load a CGSpace database dump into a new local test container:
```
$ podman pull postgres:9.6-alpine
$ podman run --name dspacedb -v dspacedb_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres -p 5432:5432 -d postgres:9.6-alpine
$ createuser -h localhost -U postgres --pwprompt dspacetest
$ createdb -h localhost -U postgres -O dspacetest --encoding=UNICODE dspacetest
$ psql -h localhost -U postgres dspacetest -c 'alter user dspacetest superuser;'
$ pg_restore -h localhost -U postgres -d dspacetest -O --role=dspacetest -h localhost ~/Downloads/cgspace_2019-07-16.backup
$ psql -h localhost -U postgres dspacetest -c 'alter user dspacetest nosuperuser;'
$ psql -h localhost -U postgres -f ~/src/git/DSpace/dspace/etc/postgres/update-sequences.sql dspacetest
```
- Start working on implementing the [CG Core v2 changes](https://gist.github.com/alanorth/2db39e91f48d116e00a4edffd6ba6409) on my local DSpace test environment
- Make a pull request to CG Core v2 with some fixes for typos in the specification ([#5](https://github.com/AgriculturalSemantics/cg-core/pull/5))
## 2019-07-18
- Talk to Moayad about the remaining issues for OpenRXV / AReS
- He sent a pull request with some changes for the bar chart and documentation about configuration, and said he'd finish the export feature next week
- Sisay said a user was having problems registering on CGSpace and it looks like the email account expired again:
```
$ dspace test-email
About to send test email:
- To: blahh@cgiar.org
- Subject: DSpace test email
- Server: smtp.office365.com
Error sending email:
- Error: javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException
Please see the DSpace documentation for assistance.
```
- I emailed ICT to ask them to reset it and make the expiration period longer if possible
## 2019-07-19
- ICT reset the password for the CGSpace support account and apparently removed the expiry requirement
- I tested the account and it's working
## 2019-07-20
- Create an account for Lionelle Samnick on CGSpace because the registration isn't working for some reason:
```
$ dspace user --add --givenname Lionelle --surname Samnick --email blah@blah.com --password 'blah'
```
- I added her as a submitter to [CTA ISF Pro-Agro series](https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/74536)
- Start looking at 1429 records for the Bioversity batch import
- Multiple authors should be specified with multi-value separatator (||) instead of ;
- We don't use "(eds)" as an author
- Same issue with dc.publisher using ";" for multiple values
- Some invalid ISSNs in dc.identifier.issn (they look like ISBNs)
- I see some ISSNs in the dc.identifier.isbn field
- I see some invalid ISBNs that look like Excel errors (9,78E+12)
- For DOI we just use the URL, not "DOI: https://doi.org..."
- I see an invalid "LEAVE BLANK" in the cg.contributor.crp field
- Country field is using "," for multiple values instead of "||"
- Region field is using "," for multiple values instead of "||"
- Language field should be lowercase like "en", and it is using the wrong multiple value separator, and has some invalid values
- What is the cg.identifier.url2 field? You should probably add those as cg.link.reference
## 2019-07-22
- Raise an [issue on CG Core v2 spec regarding country and region coverage](https://github.com/AgriculturalSemantics/cg-core/issues/8)
- The current standard has them implemented as a class like this:
```
Country
http://sws.geonames.org/192950
Kenya
```
- I left a note saying that DSpace is technically limited to a flat schema so we use `cg.coverage.country: Kenya`
- Do a little more work on CG Core v2 in the input forms
## 2019-07-25
- Generate a list of the ORCID identifiers that we added to CGSpace in 2019 for Sara Jani at ICARDA
- Bioversity sent a new file for their migration to CGSpace
- There is always a blank row and blank column at the end
- One invalid type (Brie)
- 824 items with leading/trailing spaces in dc.identifier.citation
- 175 items with a trailing comma in dc.identifier.citation (using custom text facet with GREL `value.endsWith(',').toString()`)
- Fix them with GREL transform: `value.replace(/,$/, '')`
- A few strange publishers after splitting multi-value cells, like "(Belgium)"
- Deleted four ISSNs that are actually ISBNs and are already present in the ISBN field
- Eight invalid ISBNs
- Convert all DOIs to "https://doi.org" format and fix one invalid DOI
- Fix a handful of incorrect CRPs that seem to have been split on comma ","
- Lots of strange values in cg.link.reference, and I normalized all DOIs to https://doi.org format
- There are lots of invalid links here, like "36" and "recordlink:publications:2606" and "t3://record?identifier=publications&uid=2606"
- Also there are hundreds of items that use the same value for cg.link.reference AND cg.link.dataurl
- Use https:// for all Bioversity links (reference, data url, permalink)
- I might be able to use [isbnlib](https://pypi.org/project/isbnlib/) to validate ISBNs in Python:
```
if isbnlib.is_isbn10('9966-955-07-0') or isbnlib.is_isbn13('9966-955-07-0'):
print("Yes")
else:
print("No")
```
- Or with [python-stdnum](https://github.com/arthurdejong/python-stdnum):
```
from stdnum import isbn
from stdnum import issn
isbn.validate('978-92-9043-389-7')
issn.validate('1020-3362')
```
## 2019-07-26
- Bioversity sent me an updated CSV file that fixes some of the issues I pointed out yesterday
- There are still 1429 records
- There are still one extra row and one extra column
- There are still eight invalid ISBNs (according to my `validate.py` script)
- I figured out a GREL to trim spaces in multi-value cells without splitting them:
```
value.replace(/\s+\|\|/,"||").replace(/\|\|\s+/,"||")
```
- I whipped up a quick script using Python Pandas to do whitespace cleanup
## 2019-07-29
- I turned the Pandas script into a proper Python package called [csv-metadata-quality](https://git.sr.ht/~alanorth/csv-metadata-quality)
- It supports CSV and Excel files
- It fixes whitespace errors and erroneous multi-value separators ("|") and validates ISSN, ISBNs, and dates
- Also I added a bunch of other checks/fixes for unnecessary and "suspicious" Unicode characters
- I added fixes to drop duplicate metadata values
- And lastly, I added validation of ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 languages
- Inform Bioversity that there is an error in their CSV, seemingly caused by quotes in the citation field