Archivematica 1.7 and Storage Service 0.11 release notes

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These release notes are a work in progress. Information below may not be accurate and is subject to change.


Released MM DD, 2018.

Archivematica 1.7/Storage Service 0.11 has several new features, as well as enhancements to existing features, bug fixes and updated tools. Below you'll find a short description of each feature as well as links to the relevant documentation and code changes. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored the work that is included in this release - your dedication to making Archivematica better is appreciated by the whole community!

This release also includes several bugfixes, especially related to packaging. We've also been concentrating on improving the overall Archivematica documentation.

Added

Internationalization/localization

Translation hooks have been added to the Archivematica user interface, the Storage Service, the documentation, and the Archivematica website. This work will support the translation of those resources into many languages through Artefactual's current localization platform, Transifex. Note that translation hooks for Archivematica workflow components (microservice names, job names, and drop-down options) will be added in Archivematica 1.8.

This work was sponsored by the Canadian Council of Archives. Thank you!

NOTE: this work prepares Archivematica for localization; however, minimal translation has been completed. The interface will default to English at the present time, but can be changed to another language in the Settings menu.

AIP encryption

This feature allows users to connect their Archivematica pipeline to GPG-encrypted AIP Storage and Transfer Backlog spaces. AIPs and transfers in backlog can also be encrypted. An AIP or transfer stored in an encrypted location is encrypted at rest; when downloaded, an encrypted AIP is decrypted for use.

This work was sponsored by the Simon Fraser University Archives. Thank you!

Shibboleth and LDAP integration

Archivematica and the Storage Service can now be deployed to use LDAP or Shibboleth authentication.

This work was sponsored by Jisc, MoMA, and the International Institute of Social History - a truly international effort. Thank you!

MediaConch integration

This integration allows users to use MediaConch to check the conformance of .mkv files (originals and derivatives) against the Matroska specification. It also checks the validity of media files against user-provided policies.

This work was sponsored by the PREFORMA Project. Thank you!

Handle Server integration

Using this feature, Archivematica can be configured to make requests to a Handle System HTTP API so that files, directories and entire AIPs can be assigned persistent identifiers (PIDs) and derived persistent URLs (PURLs) in the METS file. This work was sponsored by the International Institute of Social History. Thank you!

Assign UUIDs to directories and empty directories

Related to Handle Server Integration, above, this feature gives users the options of assigning UUIDs to directories and/or empty directories within the AIP METS file. This adds two new microservices: Assign UUIDs to directories and Document Empty directories. You may assign UUIDs to directories and document empty directories even if you do not have a handle server configured and are not binding PIDs. This work was sponsored by the International Institute of Social History. Thank you!

Indexless Archivematica

This feature supports deployment of Archivematica in indexless mode, disabling ElasticSearch. This means that users that don't require Archivematica's indexing features can save the compute resources required for what can be an intensive task. Note that disabling the Elasticsearch index means you cannot make use of the Backlog, Appraisal, or Archival Storage tabs.

This work was sponsored by the Columbia University Libraries. Thank you!

README file

A README file in html format has been added to the AIP containing a brief explanation of what the AIP is, how it was created and how it is structured. See the contents of the README here. This feature was sponsored by the Denver Art Museum. Thank you!

File modification dates

This feature adds a Store file modification job to the Characterize and Extract metadata microservice and adds the metadata to the Elasticsearch index. This allows users to view the last modified date of the files in the Appraisal tab. This feature was sponsored by the Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan. Thank you!

  • Documentation:
  • Pull requests: PR 692

Changed

Anti-virus changes

Archivematica decoupled from the FPR server

DIP upload and storage workflow improvements

This work clarifies the sequence of the Upload DIP and Store DIP jobs on the Ingest tab. The processing configuration settings have also been updated so that almost every decision point can be automated (the exception is Upload DIP, which requires data entry).

This work was sponsored by MoMA, the MIT Libraries, and the University of York. Thank you!

Dashboard API whitelist mechanism

Two changes have been made to the API whitelist functionality:

  • The default API whitelist setting is now empty.
  • If the API whitelist setting is empty the user can still authenticate against the API using the key. The whitelist is only activated when at least one IP address is listed.

Default processing configuration

As a result of several features in this release, the processing configuration options have changed substantially, growing from 19 configurable decision points to 27. The new decision points include:

  • Assign UUIDs to directories (related to Handle Server integration)
  • Perform policy checks on originals (related to MediaConch integration)
  • Perform policy checks on preservation derivatives (related to MediaConch integration)
  • Perform policy checks on access derivatives (related to MediaConch integration)
  • Bind PIDs (related to Handle Server integration)
  • Document empty directories (related to Handle Server integration)
  • Upload DIP (related to DIP upload and storage workflow improvements)
  • Store DIP (related to DIP upload and storage workflow improvements)

We've also changed the default configuration, leaving more decision points set at "None", which will prompt the user to make a manual decision as a transfer is being moved through the Archivematica workflow. The purpose of these changes is to enable better testing - we think it's important that users see as many decision points in real time as possible while they are testing the system

We've also set the compression level to 1 - fastest mode, which also facilitates testing as it wraps up AIP and DIP storage more quickly; however, it does mean that packages will not be as compressed as they could be. If you have limited space on your test machine, we recommend either deleting packages on a regular basis or changing the compression level to a higher number so that packages are smaller.

Note that changes to the default configuration should not override your local configuration during an upgrade or migration.

Miscellaneous changes

Fixed

Upgraded tools and dependencies

  • PRONOM updated to version 92
  • METS updated to version 1.11
  • Fido updated to 1.3.7
  • METS reader-writer updated to 0.2.0
  • AgentArchives updated to 0.3.0
  • Siegfried updated to 1.6.7
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