2020-2021 Metadata Sub-team Work Plan

Owned by Elizabeth Roke
Last updated: Feb 08, 2021
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Main goals:

  • support user communities, especially those without back end access or deep technical expertise

  • track changes in related standards and ensure those changes are reflected in ArchivesSpace mappings

  • support developers of ArchivesSpace on metadata issues, particularly through Jira ticket review

  • develop processes to track code changes that affect metadata mappings and automatically update documentation

Specific tasks:

Develop a plan to make ArchivesSpace metadata documentation more discoverable
Reach out to ArchivesSpace developers to brainstorm about automating metadata documentation
Update the list of prioritized mapping standards
Track the upcoming release of ArchivesSpace 3.0 and create new documentation/mappings if necessary, especially for agent metadata
Determine if new mapping documentation is needed for EAC-CPF