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Diana Souza
Aug 3, 2021, 5:30:03 PM8/3/21
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Hi Dan Gillean.
Hope you and the whole team are doing well. I can't write in English, and I'm doing it with the help of a translator. So, I would like to apologize. Adobe Flash Player stopped support and some web browsers no longer support the application. How can we add digital objects in this case? Also, I would like to know: is it possible to add more than one image to a document description at item level, or do we need to create a description for each image?
Thank you so much!
Diana Santos Souza
Dan Gillean
Aug 3, 2021, 5:54:54 PM8/3/21
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Hello Diana,
Regarding the digital object uploader: if you upgrade to the latest version (Release 2.6.4), this should resolve the issue. We have replaced the Flash-based uploader in release 2.6.3 - however, 2.6.4 contains a security patch, so I recommend you upgrade to that version! See:
For now, rather than overwriting the old documentation, we have added the documentation for the new uploader to the 2.7 documentation branch. You can read about how to use the new uploader here:
Also, I would like to know: is it possible to add more than one image to a document description at item level, or do we need to create a description for each image?
No, sorry. At this time, AtoM only supports a 1:1 relationship between a description and a digital object. This means you would need to create a separate description for each image. This is because the digital object table in AtoM only stores technical metadata such as file size, media type, upload date, etc. Any descriptive metadata (such as a title, description, etc.) requires an associated description to hold the information.
However, there are some workarounds that should help:
First, all of the levels of description in AtoM are maintained in a user-editable taxonomy - this means an administrator can add more levels and delete or modify existing default levels. We have included the default "Part" level as a sub-item level of description that might be used when you want to include multiple images for an item, but other levels could be created. For example, if you are documenting a physical object in your collection (like a museum holding or art object), you might want to call photos of all the different sides "Views." To learn how to edit and add terms in a taxonomy, see:
Second, when you use the new multi-uploader, it automatically creates lower level descriptions to attach the uploads. This is different than the "Link digital object" option, which only attaches one digital object to the current level of description.
When using the multi-uploader, you can set a default level of description and title during the upload process. Before finalizing the import, you will also have the opportunity to review the import and customize each title further if desired. See the new documentation for more information.
Finally, remember that there are also a couple different ways to use the imports to load digital objects in bulk.
If you want to create new descriptions and attach digital objects to them at the same time, you can:
- Use the archival description CSV import template to prepare your metadata
- Place a folder of digital objects on your AtoM server, somewhere below the root installation directory
- Use the digitalObjectPath column to provide a full path to each digital object in the related CSV row - e.g. /usr/share/nginx/atom/my-images-folder/image01.jpg
- Import the CSV
If you want to attach a bunch of digital objects to descriptions you have already created, you can use the digital object load task from the command-line to do this. You can:
- Place a folder of digital objects on your AtoM server, somewhere below the root installation directory
- Create a new CSV file with just 2 columns - slug and filename
- In the slug column add the slug (i.e. the unique part of the URL, sometimes called a permalink) for the target description
- In the filename column, add the full path to the related digital object you want to attach to that description
- Import using the digitalobject:load command-line task
I hope this helps!
Cheers,
he / him
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Diana Souza
Aug 4, 2021, 9:58:05 AM8/4/21
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Hi Dan Gillean, greetings. I hope you are okay.
Thank you very much for your guidance. Your help was very important.
Thanks for the idea to add multiple digital objects in sublevels. I was thinking about adding the images gathered in a PDF file, but when I do this the PDF is over 2M in size. I'll adopt your suggestion, and then I'll tell you how it turned out.
I would like to take advantage of the contact to tell you a little about the history of our use of AtoM.
We implemented it here in Centro de Memória Jorge Calmon - Arquivo Histórico da Santa Casa da Bahia in 2013. We follow all the evolution of the software and we would like to thank you for your commitment and the excellence of your work.
We recently got an award that will allow our collection to be available on the web, and part of that is only possible because of the continuous work of all of you. I have learned a lot and I thank you personally, but I also thank you on behalf of our archive.
Thank you.
Dan Gillean
Aug 4, 2021, 11:24:34 AM8/4/21
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Thank you for your kind words, Diana, and congratulations on the award!
I don't see your AtoM site listed on our wiki - if you would like to see it listed when it is publicly available, please send me a link and I would be happy to add it for you. You can also register your own account on the AtoM wiki and add it yourself if you'd like!
Cheers,
he / him
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