Notification of removal of the Appraisal tab
Sarah Romkey
Hello Archivematica community,
I am posting here to let you know that we have come to the conclusion that Artefactual Systems can no longer maintain the Appraisal tab and its related functionality in Archivematica. Our current intention is to remove it in version 1.19 of Archivematica, to be released in the coming months.
The primary reason for this removal is security concerns with the technology that the Appraisal tab uses, coupled with our understanding that many institutions find the Appraisal tab to be of limited utility in their workflows.
We have described the context of the problem and the options currently under consideration in an Architectural Decision Record as well as in an Archivematica issue. There is a question of whether it makes sense to continue to support transfer backlogs without the Appraisal tab and we are considering our options there- your feedback on the matter is welcome either as a comment on this post or a comment on the Archivematica issue linked above.
We know that the removal of a feature or functionality that is used in your environment can pose difficulty and we want to convey that we did not take this decision lightly. However, by reducing the scope of Archivematica’s maintenance burden we can focus on future development that has higher impact for Archivematica’s current and future users.
Best,