Digital Object File Version order - feature or bug?

[Lynn Moulton]

Good afternoon fellow ASpace users,

We're running 4.1.0. We've just noticed a behavior that probably predates version 4, but we've only just noticed it. The behavior is that the order of the file versions impacts PUI functionality, even if the data in the file versions is unchanged. We have two file versions, one with the link to a thumbnail, and another with a link to our image viewer. We've just discovered that if the image viewer link is ordered as the first File Version on the Digital Object, the thumbnail in the view of the full Digital Object in the PUI isn't clickable. Swap the order of the file versions, and the thumbnail becomes a link to the viewer. (This is without any change to which version is set as representative.)  To us this is undesirable behavior, and we're wondering about others' experience. Is anyone aware of why this might be desirable? Is it a problem for anyone else? We'd love to hear from you!

Best,

Lynn Moulton

Processing Archivist 

John J. Burns Library

Boston College