Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April The Archivists’ Toolkit: Streamlining Production and Standardizing Archival Information DLF Presentation 11 April 2006 Bradley Westbrook, UCSD Lee Mandell, NYU Jason Varghese, NYU
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April Overview Brief project update Ingest function for legacy data Application demonstration Outstanding issues / future development Questions
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April Brief Project Update Project status –Fact sheet –Revision of specification –Building of application –No cost extension Project objectives –Promote standardization of archival information –Create workflow efficiency
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April Ingesting Legacy Data EAD 2002 MARC XML –parent records –access headings Names records –EAC –MADS Subjects Accessions
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April EAD Ingest Data Model –ISAD-G –DACS Support for EAD elements Mapping EAD elements to AT element
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April EAD Ingest (continued) Java API for XML Binding (JAXB) -binding classes for all EAD elements -EAD DTD -EAD XSD Mapping between AT Java classes to JAXB classes
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April Sacrifice
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April Technical Information Developed with mySQL Will work with many SQL databases both open source and commercial –Partial list: DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Ingres... Java desktop client Client and database can be installed on the same computer or on different computers. –Single machine configuration –Local network configuration –Wide area network configuration Open Source
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April Architecture
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April A Live Demonstration
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April Issues and Future Development Issues –Planning for sustainability Development –Improve functionality of built areas –Add new functional areas User registration and use tracking Right’s Management –Interoperating with digital repositories
Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April