Development roadmap: Archivematica
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Archivematica development roadmap
This roadmap describes what Artefactual is working on for the Archivematica system. Sponsored work, that is development of features and enhancements which is funded by our development partners, is prioritized. We have also included enhancements and features that we would like to see or that the community has shown interest in; however, without development resources allocated to us or contributions from developers outside of Artefactual, we cannot guarantee their completion.
Each feature is developed in partnership with an institution or group of institutions with unique workflow needs. Despite our best efforts to keep features as generic as possible, some extra development may be necessary for a feature to function well in your own environment. Please see the Archivematica services offered on Artefactual's website to find out more about how to become a development partner, get training and support, or take advantage of installation services.
We will issue public releases incrementally upon completion and testing of the sponsored features and enhancements listed below.
December 2013 - March 2014
- Sponsored Islandora integration. See also: Sword_API, #5796 #5837
- Sponsored Dataset preservation
- Sponsored creation and management of AICs #5802
- Sponsored AIP pointer file #5159
- Sponsored pointer file includes compression information and other metadata required to find and process (e.g. open) AIP
- Sponsored pointer file tracks multi-AIP relationships
- Sponsored Enhancements to manual normalization workflow
- Sponsored ability to add PREMIS event detail information for manually normalized files via the dashboard #5216
- Sponsored LOCKSS PLN Manager integration (AIP storage / API plugin)
- Sponsored Forensic disk image ingest #5037, #5356, #5900
- Sponsored includes identification and flagging of personal information in transfers, as well as other bulk extractor reporting functions
- Sponsored Storage API #5158
April - July 2014
- Sponsored SIP Arrangement - Create one or more SIPs from one or more transfers in the Ingest tab Transfer and SIP creation - #1726, #1571, #1713, #1035, #6022
- does not support taking content out of a SIP once it's been moved to the SIP arrangement panel
- Sponsored AIP Re-ingest
- Sponsored supports AIP versioning (METS file updates) #1564
- Sponsored generate DIP from AIP after processing is complete - Issue #1843
- does not support re-normalization
- Sponsored AIP management module for museum curated artwork (involves multimedia content including software and OS)
- fixity checker requires more development for full integration
- SAMBA plugin for Storage API
- Auto-installer
- Format Policy Registry (FPR) public site UI
- Enable TIKA #5027 and MediaInfo#5034 as dashboard options to identify formats and base normalization actions on
Wish list
- Ability to configure and select multiple AIP storage locations using the Storage Service and dashboard
- DIP generation/upload info logged to pointer file
- Persistent data in Access tab of the dashboard
- Ability to send local format policy changes to the FPR public site #5074
- Visualization of transfer contents - #1578, Transfer and SIP creation#File visualization reporting page
- Field validation in rights templates - #1519
- Hydra (AIP storage / API plugin)
- Fedora (AIP storage / API plugin)
- Dspace (DIP upload)
- BitCurator integration: how much functionality/data can be integrated/re-used prior to Archivematica ingest. - #1869
- Enable users to add tools for identification and normalization actions
- Develop ability and end-user documentation to add other identification tools as selections from the drop-down menu in the Ingest tab of the dashboard to base normalization workflows on #5077 #5078
- Administrative dashboard interface for system monitoring, including status and restart services
- Status indicator to show current status of transfer/job