[Archon-L] Box list import issue

[Wayne Graham]

Still working on it...

There are a few issues that we're working through. The first was
actually getting all the Level/Container content sorted out in the
Level/Container Manager. We're still having a bit of an issue that I
suspect is a result of the EAD DTD we're using.

For the most part, Archon will grab something like

	<c01 level="item">
            <did>
               <unittitle>"Family Record"
               <unitdate type="inclusive">1800's</unitdate></unittitle>
               <container type="Folder" label="Folder">1</container>
               <physdesc>
               <extent>4 pages.</extent>Ms.</physdesc>
            </did>
            <scopecontent>
               <p>This item includes a listing of births, deaths, and
               marriages during the period of, 1786-1855, of the
               Holland family. Family relationships with the Sumner and
               Bussey families are also shown.</p>
            </scopecontent>
         </c01>

And process it. What actually comes out of this in the Content Manager
is Folder 1 (and nothing else).

The error messages on the import aren't very helpful ("Error storing
content . Error Message: Could not store Content: LevelContainerID not
defined"). However, I've dutifully gone into the Level/Container Manager
to add these elements.

If anyone has any thoughts on this, I'd sure appreciate it!

Wayne

Karen Coombs wrote:
> We have this problem too. None of our box list information imports. I can't
> tell if this is because the import isn't designed to import this piece of
> the EAD or if our EADs just are not formatted in a way that the import can
> read the box list information.
> 
> Did you every find a solution?
> 
> Karen
> 
> 
> On 5/10/07 7:19 AM, "Amy C. Schindler" <acschi at wm.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Which reminds me...we are having a problem importing our EAD finding aids
>> into Archon. Everything is going along fine until it gets to the items in
>> box and folder lists, which it basically throws up (to use a technical
>> term). Has anyone else been confronted with this and care to share?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Amy C. Schindler
>> University Archivist
>> Special Collections Research Center
>> Earl Gregg Swem Library
>> The College of William and Mary
>> 757-221-3094
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: archon-bounces at archon.org [mailto:archon-bounces at archon.org] On Behalf
>> Of Lyles, John
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 4:08 PM
>> To: archon at archon.org
>> Subject: [Archon-L] box list display problem
>>
>> This was a thread back in March:
>> ***When I have a collection that consists of only 1 folder and "Folder" is >
>> the top container level, the information from the description field is > not
>> showing up in the Box List, either Formatted ***or Printer-Friendly. > It's
>> also not pulling that info into the EAD/XML file. Is this > something that
>> needs to be changed in the Level/Container manager? If > not, how do I get
>> that descriptive ***information to transfer over?
>> .....any resolution to this? I cannot get folder level or any level
>> descriptions to display.
>>
>> thanks
>> John
>>
>> John Lyles
>> Archivist
>> Columbus Public Library
>> 3000 Macon Road
>> Columbus, GA 31906
>> 706-243-2681
>>
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