[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Opaque prefixes for ARKs

[Collopy, Peter S.]

I know a fair amount about ArchivesSpace and ARKs separately but haven’t used ARK assignment within ArchivesSpace.

Based on this config documentation, it looks to me, Michelle, like the answer to your question is that you should start by getting a NAAN (Name Assigning Authority Number) from California Digital Library. I just looked at their registry<https://n2t.net/e/pub/naan_registry.txt> and it looks like West Virginia University got the NAAN 22916 three days ago, though, so perhaps you’ve already done that. That’s what you need to configure in the ArchivesSpace config file, then ArchivesSpace should be able to assign appropriate ARKs for you.

Peter


On Apr 29, 2020, at 13:37, Blake Carver <blake.carver at lyrasis.org<mailto:blake.carver at lyrasis.org>> wrote:

In 2.7.0 and up you can set those in the config as outlined here:

https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/common/config/config-defaults.rb#L653-L665


# ARKs configuration options
# determines whether fields and options related to ARKs appear in the staff interface
AppConfig[:arks_enabled] = false
# If you are planning on using ARKs, change this to a valid, registered NAAN.
# Institutional NAAN value to use in ARK URLs.
AppConfig[:ark_naan] = "99999"
# URL prefix to use in ARK URLs.
# In most cases this will be the same as the PUI URL.
AppConfig[:ark_url_prefix] = proc { AppConfig[:public_proxy_url] }

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Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Opaque prefixes for ARKs

Hello,

Has anyone used ArchivesSpace to generate ARKs? I've read that it can be important to use prefixes to comply with ARK rules. Do we configure this prefix ourselves, or is the key entirely assigned by ArchivesSpace?

Apologies if my question isn't clear! I am new to this topic and will be happy to re-word it for clarity if necessary.

Thank you,

/ Michelle Echols
Metadata and Cataloging Librarian
West Virginia University Libraries
(304) 293-4019 office
michelle.echols at mail.wvu.edu<mailto:michelle.echols at mail.wvu.edu>
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