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At the end, it can call a sendrespose(files, metadata) function of some kind to auto build the dict for simple extractor to parse. We should think about this - maybe different sendresponse() functions if file vs. dataset extractor? Don't want users to have to build the JSON object themselves necessarily, although maybe they have to if the JSON object is complex and sendresponse() is just for basic responses?
Single File Extractor:
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Clowder is an open-source research data management system that supports curation of long-tail data and metadata across multiple research domains and diverse data types. It uses a metadata extraction bus to perform data curation. Extractors are software programs that do the extraction of specific metadata from a file or dataset (a group of related files). The Simple Extractor Wrapper is a piece of software being developed to make the process of developing an extractor easier. This document will provide the details of writing an extractor program using the Simple Extractor Wrapper.
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