FAQ Potential Topics

Please see Summary of Listserv Discussions (Sep-Dec 2015)

Suggested Questions

• General
• Where can I find and/or submit user-created scripts/plugins?
• How can ArchivesSpace be integrated with other applications?
• E.g., Use API to integrate with Drupal
• Where does ArchivesSpace fit into the archival workflow?
• Geared towards non-archivists, possibly compare with other archival applications
• Example question
• How do I use the API to manipulate data for public display?
• Can I edit the ArchivesSpace wiki?
  • Christine's message on requesting JIRA accounts
• How do I backup ArchivesSpace?
  • GitHub docu
• Customizing ArchivesSpace
• How do I set default values for accession and resource records?
• Good writeup by Brad
• How do I set permissions per repository/group?
• Discussion here
• How do I customize ArchivesSpace URLs? (e.g., custom domains and subdomains)
• Config.rb
• Importing/exporting
• How do I customize exports?
• Blog post provided by Chris
• How do I import Word EAD files?
• Tool developed by UVA (not public though)
• How do I batch create digital objects?
• Script provided by user
• How do I convert MARC records to EAD for importing into ArchivesSpace?
  • Stylesheet provided by user
• Migration
• Reports
• Upgrading
• General question about where to find/discuss functionality changes after upgrade?
• Based on long discussion here
• Can I skip versions when upgrading?
• Indexing
  • When should I reset the index?
  • How do I reset the index?
    • Good explanation of what the different index directories do
• Bugs
• Current top bugs?
• E.g, component reordering
• Bug wranglers have discussed created monthly report
• How do I report a bug?
• Chris’s answer