[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Translation Values in Controlled Vocab Lists

[Kate Tasker]

Hi Noah, Patrick:

This is enormously helpful, thank you! I'll look into doing something
similar here at Bancroft.

Best,
-Kate

Kate Tasker
Digital Archivist
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Galligan, Patrick <PGalligan at rockarch.org>
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> We do the same at the RAC. We add any necessary translations to a plugin.
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> Patrick Galligan
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> Rockefeller Archive Center
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> Assistant Digital Archivist
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> 914-366-6386
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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 *Noah
> Huffman
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 26, 2016 1:47 PM
> *To:* ktasker at library.berkeley.edu; Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Translation Values in
> Controlled Vocab Lists
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> Hi Kate,
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> I think you’ve got the right file.  From what I remember, the
> /locales/enums/en.yml file is not automatically updated when you add values
> to controlled value lists, either in the app or as part of an EAD import.
> In the case of imports, the values display exactly as they are imported.
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> So, for example, if you import an EAD with container
> type=”map-cabinet-thingy”, the value will be stored and display as
> “map-cabinet-thingy,” but that value will not appear automatically in you
> en.yml file.
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> You can add entries in the en.yml file for these imported terms and change
> the translations if you want.
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> At Duke, we manage these changes in a plugin:
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> See:
> https://github.com/noahgh221/archivesspace-duke-plugins/blob/master/plugins/local/frontend/locales/enums/en.yml
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> -Noah
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> Noah Huffman
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> Archivist for Metadata, Systems, and Digital Records
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> David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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> Duke University | 919-660-5982
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> http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/
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> *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 *Kate
> Tasker
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 26, 2016 12:05 PM
> *To:* ArchivesSpace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Translation Values in Controlled
> Vocab Lists
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> Hello, List!
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> I need a bit of help updating the translation values in our controlled
> vocabulary lists. As a repository manager I've added several new terms to
> the container_type list from the front end. Our EAD migration process has
> also introduced a few dozen terms as well, so the value list now has over
> 50 terms (and is in desperate need of clean up!)
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> I want to edit the enums/en.yml file to update the translation values for
> the new terms (following the helpful instructions in the User Manual
> documentation), but the file my IT SysAdmin sent me only contains the 13
> original values for the container_type list. My additions, and the imported
> terms, are not there (and my SysAdmin is sure he sent the most recent
>  file.)
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> Seems like a basic question, but...have we located the right file? If so,
> why don't we see the recently added terms? Are changes made in the front
> end sometimes saved to a different location?
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> Thanks for any light you can shed on this!
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> Cheers,
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> -Kate
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> Kate Tasker
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> Digital Archivist
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> The Bancroft Library
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> University of California
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> Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
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