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 includes several big, new features. Below you'll find a short description of each feature as well as links to the relevant documentation and code changes. Thank you to all sponsoring institutions for your dedication to making Archivematica better!

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

The release team was made up of the following stellar individuals: Ashley Blewer, Jesús Garcia Crespo, Joel Dunham, José Raddaoui Marín, Justin Simpson, Kelly Stewart, Michelle Curran, Miguel Angel Medinilla Luque, Nick Wilkinson, Ross Spencer, Santiago Rodríguez Collazo, Sara Allain, and Sarah Romkey.

New features

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

MediaConch checks the conformance of .mkv files (originals and derivatives) against the Matroska specification. It also checks the validity of media files (originals and derivatives) against user-provided MediaConch-specific policy files.

Sponsored by the PREFORMA Project. Thank you!

Indexless Archivematica

DIP upload and storage workflow improvements

Clarifies the sequence of the upload DIP and store DIP dropdown options in the Ingest dashboard. The processing configuration settings have also been updated, so that DIP upload and storage can be mostly automated.

Sponsored by MoMA, MIT, and University of York. Thank you!

New 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.

Bug fixes

  • Sponsored (Name of sponsor) - Short description of the bug fix - link to Redmine ticket, link to PR

New and upgraded tools and dependencies

  • PRONOM updated to version 92
  • METS updated to version 1.11
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