This is an alternative OJS Native XML importer plugin for OJS.
Essentially it does a more relaxed version of what OJS natively implements, using it's file format, but easier to add extension points in and add custom functionality. Also we do not validate against an incredibly strict XSD.
Effectively so long as your XML roughly looks like an OJS file, it should be able to figure it out and will also prefer to update existing articles should they exist so you can re-run this tool if you need to make changes to your OJS files.
It is a little rough around the edges, but it does work.
From the root of OJS you can do an import like so:
php ./tools/importExport.php SimpleXMLPlugin import "./imports/journal-40089-*" inl
Glob style file* is supported
Sometimes importing issues can come through in a random order which causes a bit of a mess.
Have no fear, we have a small solution:
php ./tools/importExport.php SimpleXMLPlugin import "sortissues" inl
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