Using Archivematica Tools
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Location of test files
- Test files are located in home/demo/ingest/.
Generating checksums
- Select the files for which you would like to generate the checksums. Please note that as of the current version of Archivematica you cannot select folders, only files.
- Right click, then select Scripts > makeMD5.
- Save the report in the same folder.
- Copy all the files, including the MD5 report, to another folder (eg. archivalstorage)
- Right-click the report, then select Scripts > checkMD5
- The report should tell you that all files are OK. If you didn't move over all the files or if there was a problem which changed one or more of the files, the report will tell you that the checksum for those files failed.
Using DROID
- DROID provides a gui interface for selecting objects for processing. Navigate to home/demo/ingest/ and select the entire folder, or open the folder to select individual files.
- DROID allows you to select an "include subfolders" option.
- When the files are processed, go to File > Save List to save an xml report of the results.
Using NLNZ Metadata Extraction Tool
- Creating a simple object will result in one xml report for each object; creating a complex object will create a single report for all objects.
- When you create a new object in NLNZ, you will be asked to select the directory: enter /home/demo/ingest/.
- The xml reports are set to output to usr/local/OAIS/metadata-extractor/harvested/nlnz_dd/.
Using JHOVE
- To include calculation of checksums in the validation process, go to Edit > Preferences and click Calculate checksums.
- To process a directory of records, click File > Open URL and enter the directory: /home/demo/ingest/.
- To save an xml report, in the RepInfo window click on File > Save as; under Choose output handler select xml; then create a file name with the .xml extension added (otherwise JHOVE will save the report as plain text).
Using Qubit
- Qubit is an open-source software toolkit that allows institutions such as archives, libraries, museums, and art galleries to manage and host web-based collections of information resources.
- It is currently being implemented in the archival community as ICA-AtoM (International Council on Archives Access to Memory).
- Please refer to the ICA-AtoM user manual for instructions on how to use a typical Qubit application.
- It is currently being implemented in the archival community as ICA-AtoM (International Council on Archives Access to Memory).
- Qubit is being evaluated for use in the archivematica Data Management and Access components.
- Please note that the VM version of Qubit is a development version, not a stable release.
- Log in to Qubit using the user name demo@example.com and the password demo.
Using Xena
- Click Add Directory to normalize a body of records.
- Select home/demo/ingest. Note that Xena will normalize the contents of the folder and any subfolders.
- The default directory for Xena output is home/demo/xena-output/.
- The Xena log will save automatically as home/demo/xena-output/xena-log.
- To view a normalized file, double-click on a file in the normalization results screen. For office documents, you will then need to select the option to view in OpenOffice.org.
- If OpenOffice.org appears not to be working or takes a long time to open, go to Tools > Plugin Preferences >, and for "Sleep time allowed for OpenOffice to start (seconds)" select 3.
Using Bagit
- Select a group of files or a folder.
- Right-click, then select Scripts > Bagit.
- Edit the name of the bag if desired.
- The bag will automatically be saved to home/demo/mybags/.