[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Finding Aid Date redux

Sat Apr 11 11:21:46 EDT 2015

How odd, but, sure enough, this does the trick.

Many thanks!

Lora

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:51 AM, Chris Fitzpatrick <
Chris.Fitzpatrick at lyrasis.org> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>
>  It looks like for some reason the finding aid date will only appear in
> the EAD export if you Repo has an image url associated to it.
>
> I'm not sure about the reasons for that, but if you add a "Branding Image
> URL" to your repository, the finding aid date will be exported.
>
>
>   b,chris.
>
>
>   Chris Fitzpatrick | Developer, ArchivesSpace
> Skype: chrisfitzpat  | Phone: 918.236.6048
> http://archivesspace.org/
>    ------------------------------
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Kottman, Miloche <mkottman at ku.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 10, 2015 11:56 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Finding Aid Date redux
>
>
> I just downloaded one of our resource records and can confirm that the
> finding aid date is no longer exporting into the <publicationstmt> in
> version 1.2
>
>
>
> --Miloche
>
>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Lora
> Davis
> *Sent:* Friday, April 10, 2015 4:12 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Finding Aid Date redux
>
>
>
> Collective wisdom,
>
>
>
> Back in October I wrote (partial e-mail thread below) to note that
> "Finding Aid Date" was not exporting into <publicationstmt> as we expected
> upon EAD export (it actually wasn't being exported at all).  By the end of
> the month this error had been corrected as reported by Chris Fitzpatrick
> below and confirmed by myself.  Following our update to 1.2 last night
> (we're Lyrasis hosted) the <date> is again no longer exporting.  I'm
> writing to confirm that this isn't just a local issue.  Have others found
> that "Finding Aid Date" isn't making it into their exported EAD?  I find it
> hard to believe that no one else has reported what seems like a pretty
> obvious bug...
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Lora
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Chris Fitzpatrick* <Chris.Fitzpatrick at lyrasis.org>
> Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Finding aid date
> To: Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
>
>  Hi Mark,
>
>
>
> Good memory.  Looking back at this, the problem was "fixed" (
>
>
> https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/commit/a5ca7afd61c5b2d7eb7a3d437892dc6d48e4a920#diff-e585b4901bb0498d8c559d38bf448ea8R529 )
> back on Jul 8 but then this was removed because it was later removed
> because it was not according to the spec (
>
> http://archivesspace.org/importexport ) which doesn't have the
> finding_aid_date in the titlestmt.
>
>
>
>  The problem is that the finding_aid_date was never actually added to the
> publicationstmt, which is were the spec says it should go.
>
>
>
> I've added the finding_aid_date to the publicationstmt, as the EAD export
> map indicates it should go.  Hopefully this will resolve the matter?
>
>
>
> b,chris.
>
>
>
>
>
> Chris Fitzpatrick | Developer, ArchivesSpace
> Skype: chrisfitzpat  | Phone: 918.236.6048
> http://archivesspace.org/
>     ------------------------------
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Custer, Mark <mark.custer at yale.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 20, 2014 3:01 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Finding aid date
>
>
>
> I reported this issue earlier in the year. Here’s the snippet from the
> Word file, which was later added to Pivotal Tracker:
>
>
>
> ·         “Finding Aid Title” field is not exported (instead, the
> collection “Title” is repeated in its place).
>
> ·         “Finding Aid Note” is not exported as part of the eadheader.
>
> ·         “Finding Aid Date” is not exported as part of the eadheader.
>
> And here’s the ticket in Pivotal Tracker for that last one:
> https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/72331992 (which was broken out
> from the original ticket)
>
>
>
> Are the Finding Aid Note and Finding Aid Title fields exporting now?
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> P.S.  I also added a feature request to include a separate field for
> subtitles, but I don’t know how many people would actually require that (
> https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/69651562).  If that field was
> used in the AT, I can confirm that the subtitle is still migrated over to
> ArchivesSpace since the AT-to-ASpace migration tool will append that value
> to the finding aid title field.  I haven’t tested ASpace’s EAD importer to
> confirm that it does the same, though.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris
> Fitzpatrick
> *Sent:* Monday, October 20, 2014 6:34 AM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Finding aid date
>
>
>
> Hi Laura,
>
>
>
> Well, it's not in Pivotal, so it was not a known bug. I've added them
> here:
>
> https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/81000628
>
>
>
>  Kind of amazed nobody has noticed this sooner.
>
>
>
> b,chris.
>
>
>
> Chris Fitzpatrick | Developer, ArchivesSpace
> Skype: chrisfitzpat  | Phone: 918.236.6048
> http://archivesspace.org/
>     ------------------------------
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Lora Davis <ljdavis at colgate.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 17, 2014 9:17 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Finding aid date
>
>
>
> Apologies if this has already been noted, but I - like many others I'm
> sure - have been eagerly awaiting 1.1.0 so have been putting rc8 through
> its paces in our sandbox today.
>
>
>
> The one pesky outstanding issue that does not appear to be resolved is
> that the contents of "Finding Aid Date" are still not being exported at
> all, let alone into <publicationstmt> where we'd expect to find it.  Our
> stylesheets draw on this date to generate an authorship statement along the
> lines of "Finding aid prepared by <author>, <date>."  Since the finding aid
> date is not ending up anywhere in the exported XML we're left with "Finding
> aid prepared by John Smith, ."  Minor inconvenience, but annoying.
>
>
>
> On the other hand, I'm  pleased to report that other failure to export
> issues we've had with things like <accessrestrict> are now working
> beautifully.
>
>
>
> Are others finding that <date> is not exporting?  Is this a known bug?  Is
> there a reason why this is not being exported?  Any fix in the works?  (I
> checked the PivotalTracker, but found nada.)
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> Lora
>
>
>
> --
> Lora J. Davis
> Assistant Archivist
> Colgate University Libraries
> 13 Oak Drive
> Hamilton, NY 13346
>
> Tel:  (315) 228-6376
> Fax: (315) 228-7934
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> Lora J. Davis
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Lora J. Davis
Collections Archivist
Colgate University Libraries
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346
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