1. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20061 The Archivists’ Toolkit: Streamlining Production and Standardizing Archival Information DLF Presentation 11 April 2006 Bradley Westbrook, UCSD Lee Mandell, NYU Jason Varghese, NYU

2. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20062 Overview Brief project update Ingest function for legacy data Application demonstration Outstanding issues / future development Questions

3. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20063 Brief Project Update Project status –Fact sheet –Revision of specification –Building of application –No cost extension Project objectives –Promote standardization of archival information –Create workflow efficiency

4. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20064 Ingesting Legacy Data EAD 2002 MARC XML –parent records –access headings Names records –EAC –MADS Subjects Accessions

5. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20065 EAD Ingest Data Model –ISAD-G –DACS Support for EAD elements Mapping EAD elements to AT element

6. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20066 EAD Ingest (continued) Java API for XML Binding (JAXB) -binding classes for all EAD elements -EAD DTD -EAD XSD Mapping between AT Java classes to JAXB classes

7. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20067 Sacrifice

8. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20068 Technical Information Developed with mySQL Will work with many SQL databases both open source and commercial –Partial list: DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Ingres... Java desktop client Client and database can be installed on the same computer or on different computers. –Single machine configuration –Local network configuration –Wide area network configuration Open Source

9. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 20069 Architecture

10. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 200610 A Live Demonstration

11. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 200611 Issues and Future Development Issues –Planning for sustainability Development –Improve functionality of built areas –Add new functional areas User registration and use tracking Right’s Management –Interoperating with digital repositories

12. Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 200612 http://archiviststoolkit.org/