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The discussion was open to ArchivesSpace members only in recognition of the crucial role that ArchivesSpace members play in directly financially supporting the sustainability and development of the application. Having input in large development projects and discussions is one of the member benefits of ArchivesSpace.
Discussion Highlights
There was some discussion about ArchivesSpace being mature as a tool but less mature in its use of digital objects, making it a good time to dig in and focus on some of these more areas.
Many attendees expressed an interest in expand the current spreadsheet functionality to allow for more robust bulk ingest of Digital Objects, including an expansion of fields included in the spreadsheet and the ability to include multiple file versions (links).
There was also interest in resources that would help people learn and improve their API (and specifically Python) skills. Recommendations for learning included a DPC Python Study group hopefully coming in summer 2023: https://www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/python-groups-update and a Coursera class https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python; , with a free version by the same professor: https://www.py4e.com/ as well as ArchivesSpace API-specific instruction.
Members of the Metadata Standards Sub-team requested feedback on the types of metadata support users would like to expand or include. Attendees expressed interest in expanded metadata import and export support including the ability to export data for both digital objects and their affiliated archival objects.
While many users expressed frustration with the complexity of digital object records and the ability to create standalone digital object records, over 20% of survey respondents and some in attendance indicated a simplified digital objects module or removal of standalone digital objects would negatively impact their workflow.
The Usability sub-team is currently reviewing the New School Bulk Edit plugin for addition to core code. Many users expressed their support of this.
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