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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">+1, and also this is true of unittitles as well; unfortunately, there’s no proper representation of multiple titles as of yet, but at the very least, take-first would be better than take-last
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- Dave Mayo<br>
Digital Library Software Engineer<br>
Harvard University > HUIT > LTS > OSC Development Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of "Majewski, Steven Dennis (sdm7g)" <sdm7g@eservices.virginia.edu><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, April 24, 2017 at 2:24 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Archivesspace_Users_Group] RFC: EAD import/export: mapping multiple unitid's and external-id's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m testing a patch relating to these JIRA tickets:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archivesspace.atlassian.net_browse_AS-2D99&d=CwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=_Mv1dY22K7jvT5MD7xjbvGVzRDOUMhx4WYcnPSIzYnE&m=8XUp_NUPFJOTUgM3ImU47HAhgcOO_Iwy8wN26MqnDjM&s=gjONTAA8AswO9yztiJjm6IRWzU5pxNkp0g4kVIoNCHc&e=">[AS-99]
As an archivist, I would like to associate multiple identifiers with resources/objects and export it in EAD - JIRA</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archivesspace.atlassian.net_browse_AR-2D1542&d=CwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=_Mv1dY22K7jvT5MD7xjbvGVzRDOUMhx4WYcnPSIzYnE&m=8XUp_NUPFJOTUgM3ImU47HAhgcOO_Iwy8wN26MqnDjM&s=vUoM7wtXs0KcpYMtywcL5IcCxB_tbkNVoeDJ6t37xyQ&e=">[AR-1542]
As an archivist, I would like to associate multiple identifiers with resources/objects and export it in EAD - JIRA</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archivesspace.atlassian.net_browse_AR-2D1268&d=CwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=_Mv1dY22K7jvT5MD7xjbvGVzRDOUMhx4WYcnPSIzYnE&m=8XUp_NUPFJOTUgM3ImU47HAhgcOO_Iwy8wN26MqnDjM&s=L2gb5t2_G6FkvaJtk553R1A1_Jume2sd4c9AnahwRJg&e=">[AR-1268]
Need ability to parse the unitid for multiple values on EAD import - JIRA</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> I’ve noticed that when there are multiple <unitid>’s in EAD, the last one overwrites previous ones so the last value is the one imported. In our cases, if there are multiple <unitid>’s, the first one is always the primary one. Other identifiers
may into other systems may be added after the primary one. I would expect this to be the natural order — does this conflict with anyone else’s experience ? ( Does anyone *want* the last value to override initial value? ) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I propose changing this to make the first unitid the primary one on import. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The other changes import additional <unitid>’s as external_ids IF they have a @type attribute. @type will be mapped to external_id.source. On export, external_ids are exported as unitid with @type=external_id.source. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><unitid>’s following the initial primary without a @type attribute are dropped. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">( This could be changed, as I don’t believe external_id has any *required* attributes: In our use cases, it didn’t seem to make much sense to keep an external id without an indicator of what system it’s an id into. ) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I also note that AppConfig[:show_external_ids] is false by default. Is there a reason for this ? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe that initially the external ids were mostly used for mapping conversions from Archon and AT. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a strong need to link ArchivesSpace resources to resources in other systems. I would guess that this is a pretty widely shared requirement. ( Was hiding them a way of keeping users from editing them because Archon/AT migration depended
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chasing this setting currently only makes existing external ids viewable and editable.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think it also makes sense to make them more generally available. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Currently, you can’t add an external id from the frontend if there isn’t one already. <o:p></o:p></p>
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