README.md

fragmentarium-parser

A script to transform fragment database exported from FileMaker to JSON format.

Usage:

node index.js <path to the CSV file>

The CSV must contain a header and have the following columns:

_id,cdliNumber,bmIdNumber,accession,genre,fincke,publication,joins,subcollection,description,length,width,thickness,collection,script,date,folios,record,transliteration,notes,museum

• joins is parsed to and array with + or \u000b as separator.
• folios is parsed to an array with ₤ as separator.
• record is parsed to an array of objects with ₤ as separator for array entries and € as separator for object properties. The resulting objects will have properties user, date, and type.
• \u000b outside joins is parsed to \n.
• \u000b in the beginning of string is omitted.

Scripts

• scripts/expandFolioNumbers.js expands folio numbers in range format (e.g. 08927-8) to individual entries.