End-of-Workcycle Update for Stakeholders

November 16, 2021

Agenda

1. Welcome / Workcycle recap (Chrissy/Jessica) - 8 minutes
2. Product updates:
1. Comet (tom j./Gabriela) - 25 minutes
3. What’s scheduled for the next workcycle? (Chrissy/Jessica) - 2 minutes
4. Questions? - 15 minutes

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Surfliner by the Numbers

18,839+ Slack messages

57 sprints

3 years

1 hidden shark

5 products (2 in production)

1 Golden Sautter Award

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2,291+ commits

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28 team members

Workcycle Recap

Fall 2021 Workcycle

Comet

Gabriela Montoya & tom johnson

What is Comet again?

• Staff facing digital object management platform
• Named after the Sacramento Northern Train that operated between Chico & San Francisco via Sacramento from about 1928 to 1940

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• Comet Project Team
• Tom Johnson (UCSB, technical lead)
• Gabriela Montoya (UCSD, product owner)
• Alexandra Dunn (UCSB)
• Andrew Espinoza (UCSB)
• Arwen Hutt (UCSD)
• Chrissy Rissmeyer (UCSB)
• Heaven Klair (UCSB)
• Jessica Hilt (UCSD)
• Josh Preston (UCSB)
• Longshou Situ (UCSD)
• Matt Critchlow (UCSD)
• Michael Stuart (UCSD)
• Ron Stanonik (UCSD)
• Thor Brickman (UCSD)
• Vivian Chu (UCSD)

• Development work: Sept 1 - Oct 26, Sprints 6-9

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• Structural Metadata (PCDM):
• Component Objects
• Collections
• File Download
• Batch Ingest
• Batch Workflow

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Administrative Dashboard & UI

• Modern, Accessible User Interface
• Administrative Content Discovery and Access

Content Organization

• Complex and Nested Objects
• Collections
• Semantic Object Relationships

File Management

• Multiple File Types
• Automated Derivative Processing
• Administrative Files

Persistence & Preservation Support

• Unique Identification (ARKs)
• File Characterization
• Provenance Events and Audit Log
• File Fixity Audit

Metadata Management

• Configurable Metadata Schemas
• Object, File, and Collection Metadata Forms
• Metadata Versioning
• Metadata Validation

Content Lifecycle

• Multi–Step Workflows
• Content Publish
• Tombstones
• Projects

Bulk Import/Export

• Bulk Object Import
• Export
• Bulk Metadata Export
• Batch Metadata Overlay
• Customizable Exports

Access Controls

• User and Group Based Access Controls
• Group Management
• Visibility States
• Contractual Control

Analytics & Reporting

• Content Reports
• Usage Metrics

Comet Demo

Structural Data Model

File Download

• Download for administrative users;
• Some technical metadata supporting download (e.g. for HTTP headers), extracted from file on upload;
• Original (uploaded) file name retention.

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Batch Ingest

• Batch ingest of metadata from manifest files;
• Initial format is a basic CSV.
• Batch upload of content from storage location;
• Initial storage location is an S3 bucket.

Batch Workflow

• Workflow recap:
• Each Object enters a workflow when Comet first encounters it;
• Workflows define:
• Object States (e.g. “Needs Review”, “Changes Requested”, “Approved”);
• Actions (e.g. “Request Changes”, “Approve”);
• Roles authorized to carry out Actions.
• Configurable per “Project”;
• Roles maintained by Project administrators.
• Added ability to handle Actions in batch.

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Upcoming

• UCSB preparing a data migration from Alexandria Digital Research Library (ADRL);
• Metadata configuration for compatibility with ADRL schemas;
• Workflow configuration targeted at migration review;
• Full scale test of batch ingest functionality.
• Integration with discovery layers:
• IIIF, Shoreline, Starlight, ???;
• Scoping for UCSD MVP.

Upcoming Workcycles

Winter 2022

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Chrissy or Jessica

Product Owners

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