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[Apologies
for duplicate receipts]
We are pleased to announce the
availability of the first draft of high-level requirements for the integration
of the Archivists’ Toolkit (AT) and Archon applications. These
high-level requirements reflect all the functionality already current or
pending for both the AT and Archon applications. They do not reflect
functionality beyond the current development plans for each application, as
such functionality would exceed the resources available and time frame for the
first phase of the integration project.
By making
this workbook available, we are soliciting your assistance in refining this set
of high-level requirements. We ask that you review the AT / Archon
requirements workbook and let us know if any requirements are 1) missing and /
or 2) unnecessary. For example, what tasks are not represented as being
supported in the accessions functional area, or what reports, imports, or
exports are lacking.
The AT /
Archon requirements workbook is available at http://archiviststoolkit.org/node/141. An Excel spreadsheet, the workbook
is comprised of seven tabs:
1:
Archives functions—details 15 functional areas representing a broad set
of archives and repository collection management functions. Each
functional area begins with a general statement of the purpose of the area and
is then amplified with additional functional statements in the feature column
and data elements in the Data Elements columns. The indication of
features details and elements should provide a strong indication of what tasks
are to be supported and, in some cases, how they will be supported.
2:
Imports—listing all imports to be supported, including complete db migrations
3:
Exports—listing all exports to be supported
4:
Reports—listing all reports to be provided
5:
Stylesheet—listing stylesheets to be provided
6:
Application functions—indicating characteristics, mechanisms, and devices
to be present
7:
Web access—indicating how information is to be delivered to the web
There is no
prescribed format for commenting on these requirements and suggesting additions
or deletions. Simply send us an email containing your comments and
suggestions.
Please send
your responses by Friday, November 20 to all of these addresses: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], and [log in to unmask]. You may also want to send
your responses to the AT or Archon forums or more general lists so that others
become aware of your ideas.
We will start
reviewing all responses after November 20 and will use them to modify the
high-level requirements. The modified list of requirements will then be
shared back to the general archives community and will serve as the basis for
prioritization work to be done during the first two weeks of December.
Sincerely,
Bradley D.
Westbrook
Head,
Metadata Analysis and Specification Unit
UC San Diego
Libraries
Christopher
J. Prom, Ph.D
Assistant
University Archivist
University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Scott
W. Schwartz
Archivist for
Music and Fine Arts
Sousa
Archives and Center for American Music
University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign