[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Translation Values in Controlled Vocab Lists

mang.sun at rice.edu mang.sun at rice.edu
Mon Jul 25 14:04:15 EDT 2022


I see under the Subject Source there is already a local entry. So changing
TARO to local will cause conflict in subject values. Can you
suggest another value for TARO's value?

Mang

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:47 PM Noah Huffman <noah.huffman at duke.edu> wrote:

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