July NAGARA 1 Producer-Archive Workflow Network Mike Smorul, Mike McGann, Joseph JaJa Institute for Advanced Computer Science Studies University of Maryland, College Park Sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress and NSF

July NAGARA 2 Problems Facing Ingestion Ensure integrity of data ingestion Each producer-archive interaction is unique Final destination for items in an archive is unique. Differing roles between producer and archive Translating record schedules for end users Hostile producers

July NAGARA 3 What is PAWN? Software that provides an ingestion framework Distributed and secure ingestion of digital objects into an archive. Handles the process –From package assembly –To archival storage Simple, customizable interface for end-users Flexible interface for archive publication

July NAGARA 4 Package Workflow 1.Create Producer-Archive Agreement 2.Client package template. 3.Create package based on template 4.Once approved, packages can be archived 5.Rejected packages can be held until rectified or deleted for resubmission.

July NAGARA 5 Expanding a Simple Workflow Support for multiple workflows. –Grouped into logical domains Definable roles per workflow Pluggable components for assembly and archival publishing Distributed components –Web-service based components

July NAGARA 6 Data Organization Initial attempt –Direct presentation of record schedules to end users Why it didn’t work –Record Schedules are great for archivists, not end users –Information overload of end users –Schedules alone may not capture enough context

July NAGARA 7 Domain Organization Track both record schedules and record context while simplifying the mess. –Allow archivists to model record schedules –Allow local managers to create their own organizational structure (offices, departments, etc) –Create locally named package templates that map to schedule items

July NAGARA 8 Domain Example

July NAGARA 9 Custom Roles Actions in PAWN can be grouped together to create roles. –There are no common roles between archives, so allow custom ones. Default roles –Producer – Individual data supplier –Records Manager – Oversight of producers –Archive Manager – Final review and archive publishing –Global Administrator – Creates domain, sysadmin-like account Sample Actions –Setting permissions on record sets –Record Schedule creation and modification –Add or delete whole packages –Modify items in a package …

July NAGARA 10 Data Ingest and Publishing Ingest –API for creating custom package builders Archival Publishing –Pluggable component that provides an API for developing gateways into various services. –Each gateway may have multiple instances, each configured differently

July NAGARA 11 Components

July NAGARA 12 Case Studies ICDL Book Builder SLAC Record Ingestion 10,000 CDroms Remote ingestion Unskilled labor Custom hardware Sample NARA ingestion Model government roles DOE Record Schedule Custom package builder Multiple data sources Model logical books

July NAGARA 13 PAWN Summary Platform for ingestion Customizable Components –Roles, ingest and publishing Distributed architecture

July NAGARA 14 More information Web site: – Wiki link for technical details. Or “I’m feeling lucky” Google keywords: –ADAPT UMIACS