SNAC Cooperative Meeting ArchivesSpace Integration Discussion Notes 2015-12-02 Discussion leaders: Brad Westbrook and Mike Rush What can it do for you? What functionality would you like to see? - “Start reconciliation” button - Compare ASpace w/ SNAC, create linkages - Scope to resource or larger set - Add prompt to create SNAC entry - Making sure matching happens on the right data - Accommodating legacy data - Creation of content - Identities not in SNAC - Upload/add to SNAC - Identities in SNAC - Download form SNAC - Local extension/customization - Controls for process of amending SNAC - Remember ASpace may be a local source of authority - Record refresh function - Local version not intended for SNAC inclusion - Refresh different sections of EAC record on different schedules or w/ different permissions - Working off of central source or off of local cache? Fundamental issue to resolve - Spawn EAC bioghist into exported EAD (as an option) - SNAC discovery interface - Search additional sources beyond SNAC (part of the SNAC research interface) - Feed repository holding info back into SNAC - Discovery of unknown identities - Use case: download an entity and all related entities at the start of a processing project - Notifications of refresh changes - Maintain timestamps for record downloads and refreshes BENEFITS - Coupling increases sustainability of both ASpace and SNAC - Efficiences - Packages workflows - Shares the work - Makes relationships easier to manage and share - Spark uptake of SNAC - Bigger entity set - Bigger relation set - More use of collections - One less interface for staff users Scope of Grant - Central vs. Local copy use cases - EAD3 export (to include relations) - Contribution function - EAC-CPF data model compliance