[Archivesspace_Users_Group] EAD importer changing punctuation in unitids

[Chris Fitzpatrick]

Hi,

yes, I think there is a conversation about this here:

https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/issues/328

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From: "Wendler, Robin King" <robin_wendler at harvard.edu>
To: "Archivesspace Users Group" <archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] EAD importer changing punctuation in unitids
Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2015 19:37

Hello,
       There may be an obvious reason for this, but I don't know what it is. When creating Archival Objects, the EAD importer converts periods in <unitid> values to underscores in the corresponding archival_object.component_id.  E.g., "4." Loads as "4_"  I don't see this noted in the EAD-Import-Export-Mapping-20130831 document.

Our developer tells me it's happening here: https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/backend/app/converters/ead_converter.rb#L137

Do you know why this is being done? Can we safely disable it without causing problems?

Thanks,
Robin

Robin Wendler
Library Technology Services
Harvard University
90 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-3724
r_wendler at harvard.edu

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