Configuration settings

Configuration settings example

Here is an example of a complete set of config settings for Archivematica 1.0-dev which can be used for scalability testing. This will run a transfer through from Approve transfer to uploadDIP and select AIP storage location.

<processingMCP>
    <preconfiguredChoices>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Workflow decision - create transfer backup</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>Do not backup transfer</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Workflow decision - send transfer to quarantine</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>Skip quarantine</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Remove from quarantine</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>Unquarantine</goToChain>
            <delay unitCtime="yes">50</delay>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Create SIP(s)</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>Create single SIP and continue processing</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Select normalization file identification tool</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>file extension</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Normalize</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>Normalize for preservation and access</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Approve normalization</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>Approve</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Select compression algorithm</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>lzma</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Select compression level</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>5 - normal compression mode</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
        <preconfiguredChoice>
            <appliesTo>Store AIP</appliesTo>
            <goToChain>Store AIP</goToChain>
        </preconfiguredChoice>
    </preconfiguredChoices>
</processingMCP>

Other configuration options

Normalize

• Normalize for access
• Normalize for preservation
• Do not normalize

Select compression level

• 9 - ultra compression
• 7 - maximum compression
• 3 - fast compression mode
• 1 - fastest mode
• 0 - copy mode

UI mockup for configuration settings

• This metadata entry template would appear when the user clicks on "Processing configuration" in the admin tab
• For the approval (yes/no) steps, the user ticks the box on the left-hand side to make a choice. If the box is not ticked, the approval step will appear in the dashboard.
• For the other steps, if no actions are selected the choices appear in the dashboard