Change used EAD tags

[Nicolas Souchon]

Dear all,

Is there a way to modify the EAD tags used by AtoM or their formatting?

Indeed, when I add the (conform) EAD file of a fonds, some <list> are not displayed as such but as paragraphs without separation between the different <item> in particular the <arrangement> and <note @type= elements "sourcesDescription"> elements.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards,

Nicolas

[Dan Gillean]

Hi Nicolas, 

If you would like to make local customizations to the EAD 2002 XML tags used or how the export file is rendered, I believe that most if not all of what you will need will be found within the sfEadPlugin. See: 

• https://github.com/artefactual/atom/tree/qa/2.x/plugins/sfEadPlugin
  

I am not a developer myself, but I would probably start by inspecting the template files found in the modules subdirectory. 

If you want to just improve the layout for legibility, one simple workaround I do sometimes is to simply take my export and manually run it through pretty-print utility, to properly indent and format the XML. See for example: 

• https://jsonformatter.org/xml-formatter
  

This could likely be improved in code too - a simple search has turned up a number of results that make it seem like it shouldn't be too hard. For example: 

• https://www.phpdeveloper.org.uk/pretty-print-xml-in-php/
  
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8615422/php-xml-how-to-output-nice-format
  

If you do make general improvements to the EAD export code, feel free to send us a pull request! 

Cheers, 

Dan Gillean, MAS, MLIS
AtoM Program Manager
Artefactual Systems, Inc.
604-527-2056

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[Nicolas Souchon]

Hi Dan,

Thank you for your answer.

If I understand correctly, this documentation is about how the XML export is formatted but my question was more about how the XML is displayed in AtoM.

Indeed, the <list> elements within the <arrangement> and <note @type= "sourcesDescription"> elements are displayed by AtoM as HTML <p> elements instead of <ul> and <li>.

Is there any way to change this?

Best regards,

Nicolas

[Dan Gillean]

Hi again Nicolas, 

Sorry if that wasn't clear, but I was trying to provide you with options for both formatting / presentation AND customization of the elements used. 

Pretty much everything you want can be found in the template files included in the EAD plugin. For example, the <p> elements used inside the <arrangement> tag are here: 

• https://github.com/artefactual/atom/blob/HEAD/plugins/sfEadPlugin/modules/sfEadPlugin/templates/indexSuccessBody.xml.php#L184
  

Cheers, 

Dan Gillean, MAS, MLIS
AtoM Program Manager
Artefactual Systems, Inc.
604-527-2056

@accesstomemory

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[Nicolas Souchon]

Hi Dan,

My bad, I didn't understand that it would work for both export and display.

Thank you for your help.

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Best regards,

Nicolas