[Archivesspace_Users_Group] What defines "a repository?"

[Maura Carbone]

Hi Valerie,
You could batch delete through the API -- I've done this with accessions,
but it looks like there are commands for removing agents and subjects as
well (http://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace/doc/file.API.html). I
don't know why they didn't delete with the snapshot; agents are kept in the
database as far as I am aware so as long as that was reset to zero (so to
speak) I would think they would go away.

-Maura

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Valerie Addonizio <vaddoniz at jhu.edu> wrote:

>  Thanks, Ben.
>
>
>
> As a follow up to you and the community, my partner in crime on the server
> side attempted to restore our instance by using a snapshot he took before
> my test migration of accession records. When he went to restore the
> instance based on that snapshot, the repositories were successfully emptied
> out, but the Agents and Subjects remained. I might ask him to ask the
> question in a more technical sense, but can anyone inform us as to why that
> happened? Why did the Agents and Subjects persist? How can we remove them,
> other than manually?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> -Valerie
>
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> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Ben
> Goldman
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 07, 2015 10:49 AM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] What defines "a repository?"
>
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>
> Hi Valerie,
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>
> 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.
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>
> -Ben
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> *Ben Goldman*
> Digital Records Archivist
> Penn State University Libraries
> University Park, PA
> 814-863-8333
> http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/speccolls.html
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *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
> <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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-- 
Maura Carbone
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Brandeis University
Library and Technology Services
(781) 736-4659
415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110)
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
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