[Archivesspace_Users_Group] What defines "a repository?"

[Ben Goldman]

Hi Valerie, 

As I understand it, Accessions, Resources and Digital Objects are repository-specific, while Subjects and Agents (and maybe the other modules like Locations, Events, Collection Management and Classifications) exist across repositories. 

-Ben 


Ben Goldman 
Digital Records Archivist 
Penn State University Libraries 
University Park, PA 
814-863-8333 
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/speccolls.html 


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From: "Valerie Addonizio" <vaddoniz at jhu.edu> 
To: "Archivesspace Users Group" <archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org> 
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2015 10:42:26 AM 
Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] What defines "a repository?" 



I am bumping this question back up, since I do need a working understanding of the relationship between repositories and Agents and Subjects in order to plan our migration. If my question is totally bonkers, feel free to tell me. 



-Valerie 




From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Valerie Addonizio 
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 5:06 PM 
To: archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org 
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] What defines "a repository?" 




Dear everyone, 



Here’s another pretty basic question. 



I currently have three repositories in our instance of AS. One was created by the migrator when I migrated over our accessions, one is blank, and one holds resources that I want to play around with. 



Today I imported our accessions and created the third repository mentioned above, but was surprised to find that the names and subjects that I had imported appeared in every repository, not just the repository that the migrator created. This made me realize that a very basic assumption of mine was seriously flawed: I had guessed that repositories were completely separate from one another, and that if I had an agent record for “Doe, John” in one, it would not appear elsewhere. 



So, I’d like to request a basic explanation of what the repositories hold that are unique to them, and what is shared across the entire instance? What defines “a repository?” 



Thanks for the continuing assistance! 



-Valerie 



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Valerie Addonizio 

Archivist 

The Sheridan Libraries 

Johns Hopkins University 

vaddoniz at jhu.edu 

410-516-5261 



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