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==Workflow Description== <!-- To add an image of your workflow, open the "Upload File" link on the left in a new browser tab and follow on screen instructions, then return to this page and add the name of your uploaded image to the line below - replacing "workflow.png" with the name of your file. Replace the text "Textual description" with a short description of your image. Filenames are case sensitive! If you don't want to add a workflow diagram or other image, delete the line below --> [[File:workflow.png|Textual description]]<br> <!-- Describe your workflow here with an overview of the different steps or processes involved--> For .mdb the ADS has a Java Package that exports all tables as .CSV with “” text qualifiers. For .accdb the Digital Archivist manually exports each table a .CSV with “” text qualifiers. DANS developed an Access form and makes use of this to export all tables from .mdb and .accdb files. See the linked tool 'CSV export form for Microsoft Access'. The SND exports Access tables to CSV and additionally disseminates the data as XML files. The archivists will check and ensure for the presence of the necessary documentation to understand and reuse the data tables. ==Purpose, Context and Content== <!-- Describe what your workflow is for - i.e. what it is designed to achieve, what the organisational context of the workflow is, and what content it is designed to work with --> In practice, Microsoft Access is widely used for creating databases. However, the MDB and ACCDB Access formats are very poorly supported outside of the commercial Microsoft Access. Due to the different versions of these formats, it may even be that Access itself does not always support the files properly. Within the SEADDA consortium, workflows for dealing with the preservation of Microsoft Access databases were examined from three long standing digital repositories for archaeological data: the Archaeology Data Station of Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), the Swedish National Data Service (SND), and the Archaeology Data Service (ADS). Each repository uses exports of the Access data tables to CSV files as the method for preservation and dissemination. ==Evaluation/Review== <!-- How effective was the workflow? Was it replaced with a better workflow? Did it work well with some content but not others? What is the current status of the workflow? Does it relate to another workflow already described on the wiki? Link, explain and elaborate --> ==Further Information== <!-- Provide any further information or links to additional documentation here --> https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.67.3 <!-- Add four tildes below ("~~~~") to create an automatic signature, including your wiki username. Ensure your user page (click on your username to create it) includes an up to date contact email address so that people can contact you if they want to discuss your workflow --> [[User:Valentijn|Valentijn]] ([[User talk:Valentijn|talk]]) 13:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC) <!-- Note that your workflow will be marked with a CC3.0 licence -->