Using Archivematica Tools

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Location of test files

• Test files are located in home/demo/ingest/.

Generating checksums

• Select the files for which you would like to generate the checksums. Please note that as of the current version of Archivematica you cannot select folders, only files.
• Right click, then select Scripts > makeMD5.
• Save the report in the same folder.
• Copy all the files, including the MD5 report, to another folder (eg. archivalstorage)
• Right-click the report, then select Scripts > checkMD5
• The report should tell you that all files are OK. If you didn't move over all the files or if there was a problem which changed one or more of the files, the report will tell you that the checksum for those files failed.

Using DROID

• DROID provides a gui interface for selecting objects for processing. Navigate to home/demo/ingest/ and select the entire folder, or open the folder to select individual files.
• DROID allows you to select an "include subfolders" option.
• When the files are processed, go to File > Save List to save an xml report of the results.

Using NLNZ Metadata Extraction Tool

• Creating a simple object will result in one xml report for each object; creating a complex object will create a single report for all objects.
• When you create a new object in NLNZ, you will be asked to select the directory: enter /home/demo/ingest/.
• The xml reports are set to output to usr/local/OAIS/metadata-extractor/harvested/nlnz_dd/.

Using JHOVE

• To include calculation of checksums in the validation process, go to Edit > Preferences and click Calculate checksums.
• To process a directory of records, click File > Open URL and enter the directory: /home/demo/ingest/.
• To save an xml report, in the RepInfo window click on File > Save as; under Choose output handler select xml; then create a file name with the .xml extension added (otherwise JHOVE will save the report as plain text).

Using Qubit

• Qubit is an open-source software toolkit that allows institutions such as archives, libraries, museums, and art galleries to manage and host web-based collections of information resources.
  • It is currently being implemented in the archival community as ICA-AtoM (International Council on Archives Access to Memory).
    • Please refer to the ICA-AtoM user manual for instructions on how to use a typical Qubit application.
• Qubit is being evaluated for use in the archivematica Data Management and Access components.
• Please note that the VM version of Qubit is a development version, not a stable release.
• Log in to Qubit using the user name demo@example.com and the password demo.

Using Xena

• Click Add Directory to normalize a body of records.
• Select home/demo/ingest. Note that Xena will normalize the contents of the folder and any subfolders.
• The default directory for Xena output is home/demo/xena-output/.
• The Xena log will save automatically as home/demo/xena-output/xena-log.
• To view a normalized file, double-click on a file in the normalization results screen. For office documents, you will then need to select the option to view in OpenOffice.org.
  • If OpenOffice.org appears not to be working or takes a long time to open, go to Tools > Plugin Preferences >, and for "Sleep time allowed for OpenOffice to start (seconds)" select 3.

Using Bagit

• Select a group of files or a folder.
• Right-click, then select Scripts > Bagit.
• Edit the name of the bag if desired.
• The bag will automatically be saved to home/demo/mybags/.