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role attribute value stripped out upon import

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When linking an agent to a resource we have the option to declare a relator term, in this example, former owner (see attached agent-links.jpg screenshot)

The record exports as the following in EAD:
<c04 id="aspace_600045f6612fc94f6e7b67ce9ef71219" level="file">
<did>
<unittitle><title render="italic">Luise Stauffer, born Schärer</title> [<title
render="italic">Luise Stauffer, geb. Schärer</title>],</unittitle>
<unitid>28.IV new impression b (Lehrs)</unitid>
<origination label="creator"><persname role="fmo"
source="library of congress name authority file">Simms, Richard A.,
Dr.</persname></origination>
<physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1
print</extent></physdesc>
<unitdate normal="1887/1887">[1887]</unitdate>
<container id="aspace_711b121874b7a8ca44f79430373c6c0a" label="Graphic Materials"
type="box">31</container>
</did>

The relator term is tagged as the role attribute:
<origination label="creator"><persname role="fmo"
source="library of congress name authority file">Simms, Richard A.,
Dr.</persname></origination>

When, however, we try to import a resource that has a role attribute value, that value does not appear in the relator field and upon re-export it is clear in the ead that the role/relator has been stripped out. We would like the role attribute to populate the relator field upon import.

Thanks,

Ryan

Ryan Edwards
Digital Access and Systems Librarian
Getty Digital – Collection Management Systems
Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
reedwards@getty.edu
310.440.7398

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Created November 29, 2018 at 4:19 PM
Updated May 6, 2021 at 9:27 PM
Resolved May 6, 2021 at 9:27 PM

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Joshua ShawApril 29, 2021 at 1:02 PM

Importing EAD with origination role attributes appears to be fixed.

Christine Di BellaApril 26, 2021 at 2:48 PM

Got it. I’ve created a Jira for this at https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/ANW-1276 . Please check to see if it describes the situation accurately and add to it if more clarification is needed.

These comments about issues with the EAD export depending on role do not relate to https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/ANW-814.

Andrew MorrisonApril 26, 2021 at 2:26 PM

Yes. But an additional complications is only unpublished agents linked to archival objects with role of “Subject”. Ones that are unpublished and linked to resources with a role of “Subject” are exported. Publishing the agents means they do export, no matter what the level of the record is.

Christine Di BellaApril 26, 2021 at 2:03 PM

Just want to check since this is confusing and fiddly thanks to the combination of EAD and ArchivesSpace settings, and likely unrelated to the relator import issue on this ticket. Is the issue you’re pointing out that unpublished agents with a role of “Creator” are always included in the EAD export when “include unpublished” is selected, but that unpublished agents with a role of “Subject” are not?

Andrew MorrisonApril 26, 2021 at 1:11 PM

Apologies, I misread what the EAD exporter was doing. You are correct, it is mapping Relator fields to role attributes.

But there is another problem. I created a test EAD file (the attached role_test_ead2002_in.xml) and imported that into test.archivesspace.org. The role attribute values populated the Relator fields in the linked agents correctly. Then I exported it as EAD 2002 (role_test_ead2002_out.xml) and EAD3 (role_test_ead3_out.txt) with the option to include anything unpublished (which the agents created upon import all are.)

As you can see if you diff them, the agents which are linked to the archival objects with “Subject” as their Role have been lost. The only controlaccess exported is the first one, for the agents linked to the collection-level resource. After that, in the <c>, only the agents which are linked with the Role of “Creator” are exported, as children of origination.

 

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