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This page sets out the requirements and designs for integration with Dataverse.

This page was originally created as part of an early Proof of Concept integration in 2017, which was only made available in a development branch of Archivematica. We have now started a phase 2 project to improve on that original integration work and merge it into a public release of Archivematica (v1.8). This work is being sponsored by Scholars Portal, a service of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL).

See also

• Sword API
• Dataset preservation

Current Status

September 6, 2018 Development work is almost complete. QA is in progress. Changes are scheduled to be included in version 1.8 of Archviematica. To see the current status of work, and any outstanding issue, please see the Waffle Board or Board's linked to below:

• Waffle board for the Dataverse Feature

This screencast provides a demonstration of the current implementation.

Feature Files

On this project we are using Gherkin feature files to define the desired behaviour of preserving a dataset from a Dataverse. Feature files are also known as Acceptance Tests, because they specify the behaviour that we will test at the end of the project. The draft versions & comments are documented in this feature file.

Feature: Preserve a Dataverse dataset

 Alma is an Archivematica user 
 And they want to preserve a dataset published in a Dataverse
   Definitions  
   Dataverse Dataset: A dataset that has been published in a Dataverse, including all 
   original files uploaded to dataverse, and any derivative files created by Dataverse.  
   Dataverse METS: A metadata file using the METS standard that describes a dataset; 
   including descriptive metadata, list of all objects in the dataset, their structure 
   and relationships to each other. 
 Scenario: Manual Selection of Dataset
   Given the Storage Service is configured to connect to a Dataverse Repository 
     And the dataset has been published in Dataverse 
 When the user selects the transfer type “Dataverse” 
   And the user selects the dataset to be preserved  
   And the user enters the <Transfer Name>
   And the user enters the (optional) <Accession number> 
   And the users clicks the “Start Transfer” Button
 Then Archivematica copies the files from Dataverse to a local processing directory   
   And the Approve Transfer microservice asks the user to approve the transfer
   And the user selects yes 
   And the Verify Transfer Compliance microservice creates the Dataverse METS
   And the Dataverse metadata files are generated and included in a metadata directory 
   And the Verify Transfer Compliance microservice confirms this is a valid Dataverse Transfer
   And the Verify Transfer Checksums microservice confirms the checksums provided by dataverse match those generated for each file in the dataset
   And the AIP Mets File includes the Dataverse generated events
   And the completed AIP is stored in the specified Dataverse storage location

Dataverse Workflow

[1] User Selects Dataset When the Storage Service is configured to connect to Dataverse, the Transfer Browser in the Dashboard will display a list of all Dataverse Transfer Source Locations. Transfer Source locations can be configured to filter on search terms, or on a particular dataverse. See (TODO - add link to SS documentation). Users can browse through the datasets available, select one and set the Transfer type to Dataverse.

[2] Storage Service Retrieves Dataset The storage services uses the Dataverse API to retrieve the selected dataset. API credentials are stored in the Storage Service Space.

[3] Prepare Transfer

The json file contains citation and other study-level metadata, an entity_id field that is used to identify the study in Dataverse, version information, a list of data files with their own entity_id values, and md5 checksums for each data file.

[4] If json file has content_type of tab separated values, Archivematica issues API call for multiple file ("bundled") content download. This returns a zipped package for tsv files containing the .tab file, the original uploaded file, several other derivative formats, a DDI XML file and file citations in Endnote and RIS formats.

A bundle is a zipped object, documented by Dataverse as containing all of the below files:

• As tab-delimited data (with the variable names in the first row);
• The original file uploaded by the user;
• Saved as R data (if the original file was not in R format);
• Variable Metadata (as a DDI Codebook XML file);
• Data File Citation (currently in either RIS or EndNote XML format);

Supported tabular formats are listed in the Dataverse manual

[5] The METS file will consist of a dmdSec containing the DC elements extracted from the json file, and a fileSec and structMap indicating the relationships between the files in the transfer (eg. original uploaded data file, derivative files generated for tabular data, metadata/citation files). This will allow Archivematica to apply appropriate preservation micro-services to different filetypes and provide an accurate representation of the study in the AIP METS file (step 1.9).

[6] Archivematica ingests all content returned from Dataverse, including the json file, plus the METS file generated in step 1.6.

[7] Standard and pre-configured micro-services include: assign UUID, verify checksums, generate checksums, extract packages, scan for viruses, clean up filenames, identify formats, validate formats, extract metadata and normalize for preservation.

Dataverse METS file

Archivematica generates a Dataverse METS file that describes the contents of the dataset as retrieved from Dataverse. The Dataverse METS includes:

• descriptive metadata about the dataset, mapped to the DDI standard
• a <mets:fileSec> section that lists all files provided, grouped by type (original, metadata or derivative)
• a <mets:structMap> section that describes the structure of the files as provided by Dataverse (particularly helpful for understanding which files were provided in 'bundles')

The Dataverse METS is found in the final AIP in this location: <AIP Name>/data/objects/metadata/transfers/<transfer name>/METS.xml (This is also where you will find the dataset.json metadata file provided by Dataverse, and the agents.json metadata file created by Archivematica).

Sample Dataverse METS file

Original Dataverse study retrieved through API call:

• dataset.json (a JSON file generated by Dataverse consisting of study-level metadata and information about data files)
• Study_info.pdf (a non-tabular data file)
• A zipped bundle consisting of the following:
  • YVR_weather_data.sav (an SPSS SAV file uploaded by the researcher)
  • YVR_weather_data.tab (a TAB file generated from the SPSS SAV file by Dataverse)
  • YVR weather_data.RData (an R file generated from the SPSS SAV file by Dataverse)
  • YVR_weather_data-ddi.xml, YVR_weather_datacitation-endnote.xml, and YVR_weather_datacitation-ris.ris (three metadata files generated for the TAB file by Dataverse)

Resulting Dataverse METS file

• The fileSec in the METS file consists of three file groups, USE="original" (the PDF and SAV files); USE="derivative" (the TAB and R files); and USE="metadata" (the JSON file and the three metadata files from the zipped bundle).
• All of the files unpacked from the Dataverse bundle have a GROUPID attribute to indicate the relationship between them. If the transfer had consisted of more than one bundle, each set of unpacked files would have its own GROUPID.
• Three dmdSecs have been generated:
  • dmdSec_1, consisting of a small number of study-level DDI terms
  • dmdSec_2, consisting of an mdRef to the JSON file
  • dmdSec_3, consisting of an mdRef to the DDI XML file
• In the structMap, dmdSec_1 and dmdSec_2 are linked to the study as a whole, while dmdSec_3 is linked to the TAB file. The endnote and ris files have not been made into dmdSecs because they contain small subsets of metadata which are already captured in dmdSec_1 and the DDI xml file.

Metadata sources for METS file The table below shows how elements in the METS files are populated from metadata or files provided with Dataverse Datasets.

More metadata from dataverse could be mapped into the METS files. Scholar's Portal would like to see more metadata in the AIP to enable better indexing & search / discovery of datasets. To show which fields could be used, we took a version of the Dataverse metadata crosswalk, and created our own version that includes Archivematica. The Dataverse 4.0+ to Archivematica Metadata Crosswalk provides the same details in the table below but also highlights additional fields that should ultimately be mapped into METS.

METS element	Information source	Notes
ddi:titl	json: citation/typeName: "title", value: [value]
ddi:IDNo	json: authority, identifier	json example: "authority": "10.5072/FK2/", "identifier": "0MOPJM"
ddi:IDNo agency attribute	json: protocol	json example: "protocol": "doi"
ddi:AuthEntity	json: citation/typeName: "authorName"
ddi:distrbtr	json: "publisher": "Root Dataverse"
ddi:version date attribute	json: "releaseTime"
ddi:version type attribute	json: "versionState"
ddi:version	json: "versionNumber", "versionMinorNumber"
ddi:restrctn	json: "termsOfUse"
fileGrp USE="original"	json: datafile	Each non-tabular data file is listed as a datafile in the files section. Each TAB file derived by Dataverse for uploaded tabular file formats is also listed as a datafile, with the original file uploaded by the researcher indicated by "originalFileFormat".
fileGrp USE="derivative"	All files that are included in a bundle, except for the original file and the metadata files (see below).
fileGrp USE="metadata"	Any files with .json or .ris extension, any -ddi.xml files and -endnote.xml files
CHECKSUM	json: datafile/"md5": [value]
CHECKSUMTYPE	json: datafile/"md5"
GROUPID	Generated by ingest tool. Each file unpacked from a bundle is given the same group id.

Transfer METS file

During transfer processing, a Transfer METS file is created. This is found in the final AIP in this location: <AIP Name>/data/objects/submissionDocumentation/<transfer name>/METS.xml

This is an existing (standard) process that hasn't been changed in this project.

AIP METS file

Basic METS file structure

The Archival Information Package (AIP) METS file will follow the basic structure for a standard Archivematica AIP METS file described at METS. A new fileGrp USE="derivative" will be added to indicate TAB, RData and other derivatives generated by Dataverse for uploaded tabular data format files.

dmdSecs in AIP METS file

The dmdSecs in the Dataverse METS file will be copied over to the AIP METS file.

Additions to PREMIS for derivative files

In the PREMIS Object entity, relationships between original and derivative tabular format files from Dataverse will be described using PREMIS relationship semantic units. A PREMIS derivation event will be added to indicate the derivative file was generated from the original file, and a Dataverse Agent will be added to indicate the Event was carried out by Dataverse prior to ingest, rather than by Archivematica.

Note We originally considered adding a creation event for the derivative files as well, but decided that it's not necessary as the event can be inferred from the derivation event and the PREMIS object relationships.

Note "Derivation" is not an event type on the Library of Congress controlled vocabulary list at http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/eventType.html. However, we have submitted it as a proposed new term (November 2015) at http://premisimplementers.pbworks.com/w/page/102413902/Preservation%20Events%20Controlled%20Vocabulary - a list of new terms that is being considered by the PREMIS Editorial Committee.

Update April 2018: The most recently available Event Type Controlled List (June 2017) does not yet have derivation as a controlled type, https://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/v3/preservation-events.pdf

Example:

Original SPSS SAV file

 
<premis:relationship>
  <premis:relationshipType>derivation</premis:relationshipType>
    <premis:relationshipSubType>is source of</premis:relationshipSubType>
  <premis:relatedObjectIdentification>                  
    <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>
  <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>[TAB file UUID]</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>
<premis:relationship>
...
<premis:eventIdentifier>
  <premis:eventIdentifierType>UUID</premis:eventIdentifierType>
  <premis:eventIdentifierValue>[Event UUID assigned by Archivematica]</premis:eventIdentifierValue>
</premis:eventIdentifier>
<premis:eventType>derivation</premis:eventType>
<premis:eventDateTime>2015-08-21</premis:eventDateTime>
<premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>
  <premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>URI</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>
  <premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>http://dataverse.scholarsportal.info/dvn/
</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>
</premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>
...
<premis:agentIdentifier>
  <premis:agentIdentifierType>URI</premis:agentIdentifierType>
  <premis:agentIdentifierValue>http://dataverse.scholarsportal.info/dvn/</premis:agentIdentifierValue>
</premis:agentIdentifier>
<premis:agentName>SP Dataverse Network</premis:agentName>
<premis:agentType>organization</premis:agentType>

Derivative TAB file

 
<premis:relationship>
  <premis:relationshipType>derivation</premis:relationshipType>
    <premis:relationshipSubType>has source</premis:relationshipSubType>
  <premis:relatedObjectIdentification>                  
    <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>
  <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>[SPSS SAV file UUID]</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>
<premis:relationship>

Fixity check for checksums received from Dataverse

<premis:eventIdentifier>
  <premis:eventIdentifierType>UUID</premis:eventIdentifierType>
  <premis:eventIdentifierValue>[Event UUID assigned by Archivematica]</premis:eventIdentifierValue>
</premis:eventIdentifier>
<premis:eventType>fixity check</premis:eventType>
<premis:eventDateTime>2015-08-21</premis:eventDateTime>
<premis:eventDetail>program="python"; module="hashlib.sha256()"</premis:eventDetail>
<premis:eventOutcomeInformation>
  <premis:eventOutcome>Pass</premis:EventOutcome>
  <premis:eventOutcomeDetail>
    <premis:eventOutcomeDetailNote>Dataverse checksum 91b65277959ec273763d28ef002e83a6b3fba57c7a3[...] 
verified</premis:eventOutcomeDetailNote>
  </premis:eventOutcomeDetail>
<premis:eventOutcomeInformation>
</premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>
  <premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>preservation system</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>
  <premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>Archivematica 1.4.1</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>
</premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>

AIP structure

An Archival Information Package derived from a Dataverse ingest will have the same basic structure as a generic Archivematica AIP, described at AIP_structure. There are additional metadata files that are included in a Dataverse-derived AIP, and each zipped bundle that is included in the ingest will result in a separate directory in the AIP. The following is a sample structure.

Bag structure

The Archival Information Package (AIP) is packaged in the Library of Congress BagIt format, and may be stored compressed or uncompressed:

Pacific_weather_patterns_study-dfb0b75d-6555-4e99-a8d8-95bed0f6303f.7z
├── bag-info.txt
├── bagit.txt 
├── manifest-sha512.txt│   
├── tagmanifest-md5.txt
└── data [standard bag directory containing contents of the AIP]

AIP structure

All of the contents of the AIP reside within the data directory:

├── data
│   ├── logs [log files generated during processing]
│   │   ├── fileFormatIdentification.log
│   │   └── transfers
│   │       └── Pacific_weather_patterns_study-1a0f309a-d3ec-43ee-bb48-a868cd5ca85c
│   │           └── logs
│   │               ├── extractContents.log
│   │               ├── fileFormatIdentification.log
│   │               └── filenameCleanup.log
│   ├── METS.dfb0b75d-6555-4e99-a8d8-95bed0f6303f.xml [the AIP METS file]
│   ├── objects [a directory containing the digital objects being preserved, plus their metadata]
│       ├── chelan_052.jpg [an original file from Dataverse]
│       ├── Weather_data.sav [an original file from Dataverse]
│       ├── Weather_data [a bundle retrieved from Dataverse]
│       │   ├── Weather_data.xml
│       │   ├── Weather_data.ris
│       │   ├── Weather_data-ddi.xml
│       │   └── Weather_data.tab [a TAB derivative file generated by Dataverse]
│       ├── metadata
│       │   └── transfers
│       │       └── Pacific_weather_patterns_study-1a0f309a-d3ec-43ee-bb48-a868cd5ca85c
│       │           ├── agents.json [information about the source of the data, used to populate the 
PREMIS Dataverse agent in the AIP METS file]
│       │           ├── dataset.json [the full json file retrieved from Dataverse]
│       │           └── METS.xml [the METS file generated by the ingest script to prepare 
Dataverse contents for ingest into Archivematica]
│       └── submissionDocumentation
│           └── transfer-58-1a0f309a-d3ec-43ee-bb48-a868cd5ca85c
│               └── METS.xml [a standard transfer METS file generated to list all contents of 
an Archivematica transfer]

AIP METS file structure

The AIP METS file records information a bout the contents of the AIP, and indicates the relationships between the various files in the AIP. A sample AIP METS file would be structured as follows:

METS header
-Date METS file was created
METS dmdSec [descriptive metadata section]
-DDI XML metadata taken from the METS transfer file, as follows
--ddi:title
--ddi:IDno
--ddi:authEnty
--ddi:distrbtr
--ddi:version
--ddi:restrctn
METS dmdSec [descriptive metadata section]
-link to dataset.json
METS dmdSec [descriptive metadata section]
-link to DDI.XML file created for derivative file as part of bundle
METS amdSec [administrative metadata section, one for each original, derivative and normalized file in the AIP]
-techMD [technical metadata]
--PREMIS technical metadata about a digital object, including file format information and extracted metadata
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: derivation (for derived formats)
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event:ingestion
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: unpacking (for bundled files)
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: message digest calculation
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: virus check
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: format identification
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: fixity check (if file comes from Dataverse with a checksum)
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: normalization (if file is normalized to a preservation format during Archivematica processing)
-digiprovMD [digital provenance metadata]
--PREMIS event: creation (if file is a normalized preservation master generated during Archivematica processing)
-digiprovMD
--PREMIS agent: organization
-digiprovMD
--PREMIS agent: software
-digiprovMD
--PREMIS agent: Archivematica user
METS fileSec [file section]
-fileGrp USE="original" [file group]
--original files uploaded to Dataverse
-fileGrp USE="derivative"
--derivative tabular files generated by Dataverse
-fileGrp USE="submissionDocumentation"
--METS.XML (standard Archivematica transfer METS file listing contents of transfer)
-fileGrp USE="preservation"
--normalized preservation masters generated during Archivematica processing
-fileGrp USE="metadata"
--dataset.json
--DDI.XML
--xcitation-endnote.xml
--xcitation-ris.ris
METS structMap [structural map]
-directory structure of the contents of the AIP

Future Requirements & Considerations

This section includes working notes for future phases, as interesting opportunities or questions arise. At the end of the current phase we will be documenting the integration as well as future opportunities.

Notes from Feature File review meeting on May 1 2018 (2pm EST)

Choice & Versioning of Dataverse API: The dataverse Search and Access APIs are not currently versioned. The Native API is versioned: http://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html There is an OAI-PMH interface (although it is not mentioned in the dataverse API guide). Amber said there were idiosyncrasies in the way dataverse implemented PMH, and wasn’t sure it would be a ‘safe’ option. Amaz would like to see that we are either using a standard API (like OAI-PMH) or a versioned API. Amaz thought wondered whether we could use PMH with the polling part of the solution; but given what Amber said, it doesn’t seem like a good way to go) So as part of the project we need to see whether we could use the Native API (even if we don’t actually use it), or we need to raise it as an issue to discuss with the dataverse team.

Relationships between Datasets Amber pointed out that they are not currently clear exactly what datasets should be preserved, and expects this will vary quite a bit by institution. We discussed the question of whether all datasets in a dataverse would be preserved (not currently known), which brought up the question of how to relate datasets. We talked about AICs as one possible solution. But agreed that it’s a new feature and needs to be thought through… there could be other solutions than AIC.

Improving agent info in event history in METS We pointed out that having an agent other than Archivematica in the METS is a new feature Discussed the fact that we could make this even more specific by adding more agents. For instance, differentiating between the researcher who uploaded files from the research data manager who published the dataset.

Notes from Dataverse Testing:

Should a preserved dataset include an equivalent of fixity check on any UNFs created by Dataverse? https://dataverse.scholarsportal.info/guides/en/4.8.6/developers/unf/index.html#unf Universal Numerical Fingerprint (UNF) is a unique signature of the semantic content of a digital object. It is not simply a checksum of a binary data file. Instead, the UNF algorithm approximates and normalizes the data stored within. A cryptographic hash of that normalized (or canonicalized) representation is then computed.