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Generate ALTO IDs

This step plugin is used to generate missing ALTO IDs.

Overview

Name

Wert

Introduction

This documentation explains the plugin for generating missing ALTO IDs. This is required for the ALTO editor to work properly. Some external OCR tools don't provide these ALTO IDs. This plugin can then be used to generate them afterwards.

Installation

To be able to use the plugin, the following files must be installed:

/opt/digiverso/goobi/plugins/step/plugin-step-generate-alto-ids-base.jar

Once the plugin has been installed, it can be selected within the workflow for the respective work steps and thus executed automatically. A workflow could look like the following example:

To use the plugin, it must be selected in a workflow step:

Overview and functionality

When the plugin is started, all ALTO files are checked for missing IDs. If missing IDs are found, a backup of all OCR results including the ALTO files is created first. The missing ALTO IDs are then added to all files.

Configuration

This plugin requires no configuration.