UM transfer

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General description

During transfer, digital objects are moved into Archivematica and run through several micro-services: UUID assignment; checksum verification (if checksums are present); package extraction (i.e. unzipping of zipped or otherwise packaged files); virus checking; format identification and validation; and metadata extraction.

At the end of transfer, the user can select a number of ways to create one or more SIPs from the transfer. Once this is done, the SIP(s) are moved into ingest.

Create a transfer (option 1)

1. Open the file browser by clicking on the Home folder on the Archivematica desktop.
   

   Click on the Home folder on the Archivematica desktop
2. Navigate to the standardTransfer directory by using the shortcut on the left-hand side of the file manager.
3. Right-click and select "Create a structured directory"
   

   Right-click and create a structured directory