RAC Archivematica | Appendix

Processing Configuration

Digitized - Automated

These should be the default settings for digitized materials:

Step Action Rationale
Scan for viruses? No  
Assign UUIDs to directories No  
Generate transfer structure report No  
Perform file format identification (Transfer) No Digitized ingests contain a small set of known file formats
Extract packages No Digitized ingests should not contain packages (e.g., zip files)
Delete packages after extraction Yes  
Perform policy checks on originals No Policy checks refers to MediaConch, which is only used for A/V
Examine contents Skip examine contents Runs Bulk Extractor - not necessary for digitized materials, which are already processed
Create SIP(s) Create single SIP and continue processing  
Perform file format identification (Ingest) No  
Normalize Do not normalize Access derivatives are created in a separate application
Approve normalization Yes  
Choose thumbnail mode No  
Perform policy checks on preservation derivatives No  
Perform policy checks on access derivatives No  
Bind PIDs No This functionality is not currently used
Document empty directories No Empty directories do not exist in RAC-created transfers
Reminder: add metadata if desired Continue Digitized ingests include a rights.csv file, so metadata does not need to be added manually
Transcribe SIP contents No This uses Tesseract to OCR TIFs; OCR workflows for digitization happen outside of Archivematica
Perform file format identification command (Submission documentation & metadata) No  
Select compression algorithm 7z using bzip2  
Select compression level 5 - normal compression mode  
Store AIP Yes  
Store AIP location Store AIP in standard Archivematica directory  
Upload DIP Do not upload DIP  
Store DIP Yes  
Store DIP location Store DIP in standard Archivematica directory  

Digitized AV - Automated

These should be the default settings for digitized audiovisual materials:

Step Action Rationale
Scan for viruses? No  
Assign UUIDs to directories No  
Generate transfer structure report No  
Perform file format identification (Transfer) No Digitized ingests contain a small set of known file formats
Extract packages No Digitized ingests should not contain packages (e.g., zip files)
Delete packages after extraction Yes  
Perform policy checks on originals No Policy checks refers to MediaConch, which is only used for A/V
Examine contents Skip examine contents Runs Bulk Extractor - not necessary for digitized materials, which are already processed
Create SIP(s) Create single SIP and continue processing  
Perform file format identification (Ingest) No  
Normalize Do not normalize Access derivatives are created in a separate application
Approve normalization Yes  
Choose thumbnail mode No  
Perform policy checks on preservation derivatives No  
Perform policy checks on access derivatives No  
Bind PIDs No This functionality is not currently used
Document empty directories No Empty directories do not exist in RAC-created transfers
Reminder: add metadata if desired Continue Digitized ingests include a rights.csv file, so metadata does not need to be added manually
Transcribe SIP contents No This uses Tesseract to OCR TIFs; OCR workflows for digitization happen outside of Archivematica
Perform file format identification command (Submission documentation & metadata) No  
Select compression algorithm 7z using bzip2  
Select compression level 5 - normal compression mode  
Store AIP Yes  
Store AIP location Digitized AV AIP Store Digitized AV should be stored in an S3 bucket
Upload DIP Do not upload DIP  
Store DIP Do not store  
Store DIP location None  

Legacy Born Digital - Automated

Legacy born digital materials are those that have been recoverd from digital media items or otherwise accessioned outside of Aurora, and have been fully processed by a processing archivist before ingest into Archivematica. These should be the default settings for legacy born digital materials:

Step Action Rationale
Scan for viruses? No  
Assign UUIDs to directories No  
Send transfer to quarantine No  
Remove from quarantine after __ days 28  
Generate transfer structure report No  
Perform file format identification (Transfer) Yes  
Extract packages No  
Delete packages after extraction Yes  
Perform policy checks on originals No  
Examine contents Skip examine contents  
Create SIP(s) Create single SIP and continue processing  
Perform file format identification (Ingest) Yes  
Normalize Normalize for preservation and access  
Approve normalization Yes  
Choose thumbnail mode No  
Perform policy checks on preservation derivatives No  
Perform policy checks on access derivatives No  
Bind PIDs No  
Document empty directories No  
Reminder: add metadata if desired Continue  
Transcribe SIP contents No  
Perform file format identification command (Submission documentation & metadata) No  
Select compression algorithm 7z using bzip2  
Select compression level 5 - normal compression mode  
Store AIP Yes  
Store AIP location Store AIP in standard Archivematica directory  
Upload DIP Do not upload DIP  
Store DIP none  
Store DIP location Store DIP in standard Archivematica directory  

Born Digital

These should be the default settings for born digital materials ingested from Aurora:

Step Action Rationale
Scan for viruses? No  
Assign UUIDs to directories Yes  
Generate transfer structure report No Since the structure of the transfer is not changed during ingest, this is not necessary
Perform file format identification (Transfer) Yes  
Extract packages No  
Delete packages after extraction Yes  
Perform policy checks on originals No Policy checks refers to MediaConch, which is only used for A/V
Examine contents Skip examine contents Runs BulkExtractor; unclear what the benefits are of doing this at ingest
Create SIP(s) Create single SIP and continue processing  
Perform file format identification (Ingest) Yes  
Normalize Normalize for preservation and access  
Approve normalization Yes  
Choose thumbnail mode No  
Perform policy checks on preservation derivatives No  
Perform policy checks on access derivatives No  
Bind PIDs No  
Document empty directories Yes  
Reminder: add metadata if desired Continue  
Transcribe SIP contents No  
Perform file format identification command (Submission documentation & metadata) Yes  
Select compression algorithm 7z using bzip2  
Select compression level 5 - normal compression mode  
Store AIP Yes  
Store AIP location Store AIP in standard Archivematica directory  
Upload DIP Do not upload DIP  
Store DIP Yes  
Store DIP location Store DIP in standard Archivematica directory  

FPR Customatizations

The following customizations have been added to the Format Policy Registry (the “Preservation Planning” tab):

Characterization Rules

  • ffprobe and MediaInfo should be disabled for JPG and TIFF files, as ExifTool is sufficient for characterizing these formats
  • ffprobe and ExifTool should be disabled for moving image files, as MediaInfo is sufficient for characterizing these formats