[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Invalid EAD export

Tue Sep 15 09:07:10 EDT 2015

Good eye, Dallas! So yes, it looks like it just needs a better match -- on
either "<p>" or "<p " -- to resolve the issue.

I think, just on principle, ASpace should never export invalid EAD.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Dallas Pillen <djpillen at umich.edu> wrote:

> Could this be what's causing the issue?
>
>
> https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/backend/app/exporters/serializers/ead.rb#L18-L28
>
> if ( content.strip.start_with?("<p") will match both "<p>" and
> "<persname>", so if a note starts with either of those (or any other tag
> that begins with p) the content will not get wrapped in a <p> tag on export.
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Chris Powell <sooty at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> Skype: chrisfitzpat  | Phone: 918.236.6048
>>> http://archivesspace.org/
>>>
>>>
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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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