They have an archive signature with a syntax and would like to have CA make it easy for their catalogers to input it - and that includes an automatically increasing serial number.
The syntax is like this:
OBJTYPE_YEAR_CAT_SUBCAT_SERIAL
Explanation:
- Delimiter is "_"
- OBJTYPE = Object type abbreviation (image = fot, video = vid, etc)
- YEAR = year object was created/released
- CAT = Institution category
- SUBCAT = institution sub-category
- SERIAL = auto-incrementing serial number per CAT/SUBCAT
Sidenote: That plug-in is actually not a plug-in, but rather built-in, so it's activated by default although it doesn't show up in the plug-ins list on "Configuration Check". It also doesn't exist in app/plugins.
The configuration is done in "app/conf/multipart_id_numbering.conf".
Mine looks like this:
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formats = {
ca_objects = {
# Default is a regular FREE text field:
__default__ = {
separator =,
elements = {
accession_number = {
type = FREE,
width = 30,
editable = 1,
description = _(Accession number)
}
}
}
image = {
# Special for Image to have "fot" CONSTANT at the beginning.
separator = _,
elements = {
object_type = {
type = CONSTANT,
description = Objekttyp,
width = 3,
value = fot
},
accession_number = {
type = YEAR,
width = 4,
editable = 1,
description = _(Accession year)
},
wuk_category= {
type = LIST,
values = [ver, kb, bb, sel, geb, tra, ext, ubk],
default = ubk,
width = 3,
description = Bestand,
editable = 1
},
wuk_sub_category= {
type = LIST,
values = [
mit, vor, gv, ver, ---,
mus, per, kin, kex, gl, vwg, mar, ---,
ubk
],
default = ubk,
width = 3,
description = Unterbestand,
editable = 1
},
object_number = {
type = SERIAL,
width = 4,
zeropad_to_length = 4,
description = _(Object number),
editable = 1,
table = ca_objects,
field = idno,
sort_field = idno_sort
}
}
}
},
Since each category has its own subcategories, but the lists are non-conditional and flat, I've added "---" as visual delimiter. Drawback: A cataloger might actually select the "---" from the list. Yet, I assume they think when they do their work and should know not to. So that'll be fine
For images, the CA object-identifier (archive signature) is now beautifully rendered showing the elements of the archive signature:
- Screenshot of the auto-generated "Object Identifier" in CollectiveAccess providence
- stuff_006.png (7.45 KiB) Viewed 18194 times
I've also kept the "editable = 1" flags on all elements, in order for an operator/cataloger to be allowed to modify it manually whenever necessary. I think it's always good if humans have the option to override computer-generated "decisions"
