[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Invalid EAD export

Tue Sep 15 08:36:09 EDT 2015

I am suspicious -- the ONLY instance where this occurs is when the initial
tag is persname.  It seems to me this could be some sort of failed test to
see if <p> is already there.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:10 AM, Chris Fitzpatrick <
Chris.Fitzpatrick at lyrasis.org> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
>
> Yes, the <p> is one of the more unfortunate aspects of EAD.
>
> For this use case ( where you start the note with markup ), you have to
> add your own <p> tags to wrap the note.
>
> b,chris.
>
>
>
> Chris Fitzpatrick | Developer, ArchivesSpace
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> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Chris Powell <sooty at umich.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 14, 2015 5:42 PM
> *To:* archivesspace_users_group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Invalid EAD export
>
> Please disregard the hyphen in the example EAD import! The hazards of
> cutting and pasting out of Internet Explorer.
>
> <bioghist encodinganalog="545"><p><persname>Francis Steiner</persname>was
> born January 16, 1895 in New Jersey, to German parents. He was the oldest
> of three children.</p><p>A communist and conscientious objector [etc.]
> </p><p>There is no information regarding Francis Steiner after his last
> letter of November 7, 1920. </p></bioghist>
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Chris Powell <sooty at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello --
>>
>> It appears that if the first word or phrase in any of the "notes"
>> elements that contain a text block and support mixed content, like
>> abstract, bioghist or scopecontent is wrapped in a persname, the EAD export
>> is invalid as all paragraphs lack p element wrappers.
>>
>> I've tested this with other elements to start the first paragraph and
>> persname to start the second paragraph and those do not cause problems,
>> only persname to start the first paragraph.
>>
>> Example bioghist EAD prior to import:
>>
>> <bioghist encodinganalog="545">-<p><persname>Francis
>> Steiner</persname>was born January 16, 1895 in New Jersey, to German
>> parents. He was the oldest of three children.</p><p>A communist and
>> conscientious objector [etc.] </p><p>There is no information regarding
>> Francis Steiner after his last letter of November 7, 1920. </p></bioghist>
>>
>> Example bioghist EAD after export:
>>
>> <bioghist id="aspace_6e16003b2d18f8ad6c487cd5712fc162"><head>Biographical
>> / Historical</head><persname>Francis Steiner</persname>was born January 16,
>> 1895 in New Jersey, to German parents. He was the oldest of three children.
>> A communist and conscientious objector [etc.] There is no information
>> regarding Francis Steiner after his last letter of November 7, 1920.
>> </bioghist>
>>
>>
>> Chris Powell
>> University of Michigan
>> Digital Library Production Service
>>
>
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