ATOM (Access to Memory) - Revision history

Rcdeboer: Added links to Function and/or Content Type

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Added links to Function and/or Content Type

Crogers: /* Standards compliance */

2019-05-23T21:15:41Z

Standards compliance

Pearcemoses: /* Influence and take-up */

2019-05-23T19:25:34Z

Influence and take-up

Pearcemoses: /* Usability */

2019-05-23T19:24:46Z

Usability

Pearcemoses: /* Documentation and user support */

2019-05-23T19:23:29Z

Documentation and user support

Pearcemoses: /* Platform and interoperability */

2019-05-23T19:22:15Z

Platform and interoperability

Pearcemoses: /* Development Activity */

2019-05-23T19:21:23Z

Development Activity

Pearcemoses: /* Description */

2019-05-23T19:20:26Z

Description

Pearcemoses: /* Provider */

2019-05-23T19:19:45Z

Provider

Pearcemoses: /* Description */

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Description

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 |purpose=Web-based tool that supports accessioning, arrangement and description, and access to archival finding aids
 |homepage=https://www.accesstomemory.org/
 |license=GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
 |platforms=Linux and Unix, Windows, and MacOS
 }}
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 == Description ==
 AtoM is an open-source, multi-lingual, web-based tool for archival accessioning, arrangement, description, and access. It includes a web-based interface that archivists can use to enter information about repository records, accessions, authority records (for provenance, creators), hierarchical archival descriptions (fonds/collection, record group, series, subseries, item, among others), terms (such as subject and place access points, maintained in controlled taxonomies), and functions.  AtoM also includes a web-based user interface that the public can use to search and browse the collection descriptions. See: https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-summary-final.pdf and https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-sheet-final.pdf.
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 == Platform and interoperability ==

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 AtoM also supports ISAAR(CPF), 2nd ed., the ICA’s standard for archival authority records, ISDIAH, 1st ed., the ICA’s Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings, and ISDF 1st ed. for describing functions.
-Data can be  imported and exported in EAD 2002 XML (Encoded Archival Description), , MODS XML, DC (simple) XML, EAC-CPF XML (Encoded Archival Context – Corporate, Personal, Family), CSV (comma separated values), and SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System).
+Data can be  imported and exported in EAD 2002 XML (Encoded Archival Description), MODS XML, DC (simple) XML, EAC-CPF XML (Encoded Archival Context – Corporate, Personal, Family), CSV (comma separated values), and SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System).
 == Influence and take-up ==
 More than 100 institutions around the world are using AtoM. See: https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Community/Users and https://www.artefactual.com/clients/.

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	== Influence and take-up ==		== Influence and take-up ==

−	More than 100 institutions around the world are using AtoM. See: [https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Community/Users] and [https://www.artefactual.com/clients/].	+	More than 100 institutions around the world are using AtoM. See: https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Community/Users and https://www.artefactual.com/clients/.

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 The web interfaces for routine use by archivists and the public are relatively intuitive and easy to use. Edit templates are derived directly from national and international standards wherever relevant, and include tooltips to assist users drawn directly from the related standard rules. Institutions may want to create a user manual that describes how local practice is applied when using the system; for example, how to encode reference codes (collection, box, and folders).
-Importing data from spreadsheets requires UTF-8 encoded CSV files with proper unix-style line endings - Artefactual recommends using LibreOffice Calc as a spreadsheet application over proprietary products such as Microsoft Excel, which commonly use custom encodings and line endings. CSV import templates are available on the AtoM wiki [https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Resources/CSV_templates] and included in AtoM’s code base as well.
+Importing data from spreadsheets requires UTF-8 encoded CSV files with proper unix-style line endings - Artefactual recommends using LibreOffice Calc as a spreadsheet application over proprietary products such as Microsoft Excel, which commonly use custom encodings and line endings. CSV import templates are available on the AtoM wiki https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Resources/CSV_templates and included in AtoM’s code base as well.
 == Expertise required ==

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 == Documentation and user support ==
-Extensive documentation on the website a user manual with sections for getting started, adding/editing content, accessing content, creating reports, importing and exporting data, and data entry templates. The Administrator manual includes sections on installation, maintenance, customization, troubleshooting, and security. The Developer manual includes information for programmers who want to modify or develop modules. See: [https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/]
+Extensive documentation on the website a user manual with sections for getting started, adding/editing content, accessing content, creating reports, importing and exporting data, and data entry templates. The Administrator manual includes sections on installation, maintenance, customization, troubleshooting, and security. The Developer manual includes information for programmers who want to modify or develop modules. See: https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/
-AtoM provides an online demonstration site that allows the public to get a feel for both the archivists’ and public interface. Import and upload features are disabled for security purposes. See: [https://demo.accesstomemory.org/]  AtoM also provides a preconfigured VirtualBox image that can be easily installed using Vagrant software on most operating systems. This local implementation has all features enabled. (Wintel users should ensure virtualization is enabled in BIOS.) See: [https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/env/vagrant/] and [https://www.slideshare.net/accesstomemory/atom-and-vagrant-installing-and-configuring-the-atom-vagrant-box-for-local-testing-and-development].
+AtoM provides an online demonstration site that allows the public to get a feel for both the archivists’ and public interface. Import and upload features are disabled for security purposes. See: https://demo.accesstomemory.org/.  AtoM also provides a preconfigured VirtualBox image that can be easily installed using Vagrant software on most operating systems. This local implementation has all features enabled. (Wintel users should ensure virtualization is enabled in BIOS.) See: https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/env/vagrant/  and https://www.slideshare.net/accesstomemory/atom-and-vagrant-installing-and-configuring-the-atom-vagrant-box-for-local-testing-and-development.
-An active User Forum (based on Google Groups) provides a place to ask questions, both technical and functional, as well as learn about software developments. A large user community and AtoM developers participate in the group and offer a significant amount of support for free. See: [https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Resources/User_forum]
+An active User Forum (based on Google Groups) provides a place to ask questions, both technical and functional, as well as learn about software developments. A large user community and AtoM developers participate in the group and offer a significant amount of support for free. See: https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Resources/User_forum.
 Artefactual also supplies remote technical support, software hosting, software development, custom theming, data migration, training, and consulting for a fee.
 == Usability ==

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 AtoM can run on various Linux distributions and other unix-based platforms, although Artefactual uses Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) releases as the development platform. It can also be installed on Windows and MacOS based servers using virtualization.
-Required software includes Nginx (preferred) or Apache, Elasticsearch, Java, MySQL, and Gearman job server. AtoM uses PHP and requires the extensions: cURL, JSON, APC, PDO and PDO-MySQL, and XSL. Other dependencies include ImageMagick, Ghostscript, Ffmpeg, pdftotext (part of poppler-utils) and Apache FOP. Specific versions of those dependencies may vary with the OS and AtoM versions. For more information see: [https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/admin-manual/installation/requirements/]
+Required software includes Nginx (preferred) or Apache, Elasticsearch, Java, MySQL, and Gearman job server. AtoM uses PHP and requires the extensions: cURL, JSON, APC, PDO and PDO-MySQL, and XSL. Other dependencies include ImageMagick, Ghostscript, Ffmpeg, pdftotext (part of poppler-utils) and Apache FOP. Specific versions of those dependencies may vary with the OS and AtoM versions. For more information see: https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/admin-manual/installation/requirements/.
 AtoM can be installed in a virtual machine if the host computer supports virtualization. Note: older Wintel machines may not support virtualization, and many newer Wintel machines need to have virtualization enabled in the BIOS.
-AtoM integrates well with Archivematica, the open source digital preservation system also developed by Artefacual Systems. See Archivematica’s COPTR entry here: [http://coptr.digipres.org/Archivematica].
+AtoM integrates well with Archivematica, the open source digital preservation system also developed by Artefacual Systems. See Archivematica’s COPTR entry here: http://coptr.digipres.org/Archivematica.
 == Functional notes ==

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 AtoM 2.0 grew out of the ICA-AtoM system and was first released in October 2013. Version 2.5 was released in May 2019. Generally, since the 2.0 release there has been one major (feature-based) release and one minor (bug-fix and translation update) release per year. The project remains under active development.
-Artefactual is also currently collaborating with the newly formed Access to Memory Foundation [https://www.accesstomemoryfoundation.org] to begin preparing high-level design requirements for AtoM 3, a next-generation version of AtoM based on the principles of linked data. Artefactual intends to ensure that there will be an upgrade path from AtoM 2 to AtoM 3, and will continue to maintain AtoM 2 for the foreseeable future, at minimum until there is major feature parity in AtoM 3.
+Artefactual is also currently collaborating with the newly formed Access to Memory Foundation (https://www.accesstomemoryfoundation.org) to begin preparing high-level design requirements for AtoM 3, a next-generation version of AtoM based on the principles of linked data. Artefactual intends to ensure that there will be an upgrade path from AtoM 2 to AtoM 3, and will continue to maintain AtoM 2 for the foreseeable future, at minimum until there is major feature parity in AtoM 3.
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 == Description ==
-AtoM is an open-source, multi-lingual, web-based tool for archival accessioning, arrangement, description, and access. It includes a web-based interface that archivists can use to enter information about repository records, accessions, authority records (for provenance, creators), hierarchical archival descriptions (fonds/collection, record group, series, subseries, item, among others), terms (such as subject and place access points, maintained in controlled taxonomies), and functions.  AtoM also includes a web-based user interface that the public can use to search and browse the collection descriptions. See: https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-summary-final.pdf [https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-summary-final.pdf] and https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-sheet-final.pdf [https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-sheet-final.pdf].
+AtoM is an open-source, multi-lingual, web-based tool for archival accessioning, arrangement, description, and access. It includes a web-based interface that archivists can use to enter information about repository records, accessions, authority records (for provenance, creators), hierarchical archival descriptions (fonds/collection, record group, series, subseries, item, among others), terms (such as subject and place access points, maintained in controlled taxonomies), and functions.  AtoM also includes a web-based user interface that the public can use to search and browse the collection descriptions. See: https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-summary-final.pdf and https://www.artefactual.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AtoM-information-sheet-final.pdf.
 == Provider ==

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 == Provider ==
-Artefactual Systems (New Westminster, BC, Canada) is the lead developer of AtoM and Archivematica. [https://www.artefactual.com]
+Artefactual Systems (New Westminster, BC, Canada) is the lead developer of AtoM and Archivematica. https://www.artefactual.com
 == Licensing and cost ==