7 files changed, 42 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/__init__.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f5fafb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+from .common import FatcatImporter
+from .crossref import CrossrefImporter, CROSSREF_TYPE_MAP
+from .grobid_metadata import GrobidMetadataImporter
+from .issn import IssnImporter
+from .matched import MatchedImporter
+from .orcid import OrcidImporter
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py
index d289171d..9cf92b41 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/common.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ def grouper(iterable, n, fillvalue=None):
     return itertools.zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)
 
 class FatcatImporter:
+    """
+    Base class for fatcat importers
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, host_url, issn_map_file=None):
         conf = fatcat_client.Configuration()
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/crossref.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/crossref.py
index fe80c2d3..fac8f32b 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/crossref.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/crossref.py
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import sqlite3
 import datetime
 import itertools
 import fatcat_client
-from fatcat_tools.importers.common import FatcatImporter
+from .common import FatcatImporter
 
 
+# The docs/guide should be the cannonical home for these mappings; update there
+# first
 CROSSREF_TYPE_MAP = {
     'book': 'book',
     'book-chapter': 'chapter',
@@ -29,8 +31,14 @@ CROSSREF_TYPE_MAP = {
     'standard': 'standard',
 }
 
+class CrossrefImporter(FatcatImporter):
+    """
+    Importer for Crossref metadata.
 
-class FatcatCrossrefImporter(FatcatImporter):
+    Can use a local sqlite3 file for faster "external identifier" lookups
+
+    See https://github.com/CrossRef/rest-api-doc for JSON schema notes
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, host_url, issn_map_file, extid_map_file=None, create_containers=True):
         super().__init__(host_url, issn_map_file)
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/grobid_metadata.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/grobid_metadata.py
index dedc9728..ba8a4e6f 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/grobid_metadata.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/grobid_metadata.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import json
 import base64
 import datetime
 import fatcat_client
-from fatcat_tools.importers.common import FatcatImporter
+from .common import FatcatImporter
 
 MAX_ABSTRACT_BYTES=4096
 
 
-class FatcatGrobidMetadataImporter(FatcatImporter):
+class GrobidMetadataImporter(FatcatImporter):
 
     def __init__(self, host_url, default_link_rel="web"):
         super().__init__(host_url)
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/issn.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/issn.py
index ba8492c6..0b0efccb 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/issn.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/issn.py
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ import sys
 import json
 import itertools
 import fatcat_client
-from fatcat_tools.importers.common import FatcatImporter
+from .common import FatcatImporter
 
-# CSV format (generated from git.archive.org/webgroup/oa-journal-analysis):
-# ISSN-L,in_doaj,in_road,in_norwegian,in_crossref,title,publisher,url,lang,ISSN-print,ISSN-electronic,doi_count,has_doi,is_oa,is_kept,publisher_size,url_live,url_live_status,url_live_final_status,url_live_final_url,url_live_status_simple,url_live_final_status_simple,url_domain,gwb_pdf_count
 
 def or_none(s):
     if s is None:
@@ -26,7 +24,15 @@ def truthy(s):
     else:
         return None
 
-class FatcatIssnImporter(FatcatImporter):
+class IssnImporter(FatcatImporter):
+    """
+    Imports journal metadata ("containers") by ISSN, currently from a custom
+    (data munged) .csv file format
+
+    CSV format (generated from git.archive.org/webgroup/oa-journal-analysis):
+
+        ISSN-L,in_doaj,in_road,in_norwegian,in_crossref,title,publisher,url,lang,ISSN-print,ISSN-electronic,doi_count,has_doi,is_oa,is_kept,publisher_size,url_live,url_live_status,url_live_final_status,url_live_final_url,url_live_status_simple,url_live_final_status_simple,url_domain,gwb_pdf_count
+    """
 
     def parse_issn_row(self, row):
         """
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py
index 774019c7..732fccbe 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/matched.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import json
 import sqlite3
 import itertools
 import fatcat_client
-from fatcat_tools.importers.common import FatcatImporter
+from .common import FatcatImporter
 
 #row = row.split('\t')
 #assert len(row) == 2
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ from fatcat_tools.importers.common import FatcatImporter
 #print(sha1)
 #dois = [d.lower() for d in json.loads(row[1])]
 
-class FatcatMatchedImporter(FatcatImporter):
+class MatchedImporter(FatcatImporter):
     """
+    Importer for "file to crossref DOI" matches.
+
+    These matches are currently generated by Internet Archive hadoop jobs
+    written in scala (part of the 'sandcrawler' repo/project), but could be
+    generated by other parties as well.
+
     Input format is JSON with keys:
     - dois (list)
     - sha1 (hex)
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/orcid.py b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/orcid.py
index 527316dd..9e4767f9 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/importers/orcid.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/importers/orcid.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import sys
 import json
 import itertools
 import fatcat_client
-from fatcat_tools.importers.common import FatcatImporter
+from .common import FatcatImporter
 
 def value_or_none(e):
     if type(e) == dict:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def value_or_none(e):
             return None
     return e
 
-class FatcatOrcidImporter(FatcatImporter):
+class OrcidImporter(FatcatImporter):
 
     def parse_orcid_dict(self, obj):
         """