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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-7|UM-7 Administer ICA-AtoM]] > [[UM-7.4|UM-7.4 Customize settings]] > UM-7.4.3 Select screen templates
 
[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-7|UM-7 Administer ICA-AtoM]] > [[UM-7.4|UM-7.4 Customize settings]] > UM-7.4.3 Select screen templates
  
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[[Image:um7-4-3Templates.png|500px|right|thumb|Select screen templates]]
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[[Image:um7-4-3Templates1.png|500px|right|thumb|Select screen templates]]
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[[Image:um7-4-3Templates2.png|500px|right|thumb|Record in edit mode using ISAD(G) template]]
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[[Image:um7-4-3Templates3.png|500px|right|thumb|Same record in edit mode using RAD template]]
  
  
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*See developer documentation at the [http://qubit-toolkit.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Qubit-toolkit website] for adding customized templates to the application.
 
*See developer documentation at the [http://qubit-toolkit.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Qubit-toolkit website] for adding customized templates to the application.
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The ''site settings'' screen is where [[Administrator|administrators]] specify which templates to use for which [[Entity|entities]] under which actions (e.g. edit an [[Archival institution|archival institution]], list [[Authority record|authority records]]). These procedures assume that you have more than one template for any given entity / action. This is '''not''' the case with the default version ICA-AtoM 1.0 beta; it ships with '''only''' the ICA templates. Use the following procedures '''only if''' a [[Developer|developer]] has created customized templates '''in addition''' to those shipped with ICA-AtoM 1.0 beta.
 
  
  
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2. Open the ''default_template'' [[Information area|information area]].
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2. Open the ''default template'' [[Information area|information area]].
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3. The ''name'' column shows the [[Entity|entity]] / action used in ICA-AtoM's software code. Note that names use the generic Qubit terms rather than the archives-specific terminology of ICA-AtoM.
 
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*'''informationobject_edit''': open an [[Edit screen|edit screen]] for data entry for a single information object ([[Archival description|archival description]]).
 
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*'''informationobject_show''': open a [[View screen|view screen]] for read-only display of a single information object ([[Archival description|archival description]]).
 
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*'''informationobject_list''': display a set of information objects ([[Archival description|archival descriptions]]) on a [[List screen|list screen]].
 
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*'''actor_edit''': open an [[Edit screen|edit screen]] for data entry for a single actor ([[Authority record|authority record]]).
 
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*'''actor_show''': open a [[View screen|view screen]] for read-only display of a single actor ([[Authority record|authority record]]).
 
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*'''actor_list''': display a set of actors ([[Authority record|authority records]]) on a [[List screen|list screen]].
 
  
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*'''repository_edit''': open an [[Edit screen|edit screen]] for data entry for a single repository ([[Archival institution|archival institution]]).
 
  
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*'''repository_show''': open a [[View screen|view screen]] for read-only display of a single repository ([[Archival institution|archival institution]]).
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3. The ''name'' column shows the types of [[Entity|entities]] that are described in ICA-AtoM. Note that names use the generic Qubit terms rather than the archives-specific terminology of ICA-AtoM.
  
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*'''repository_list''': display a set of repositories ([[Archival institution|archival institutions]]) on a [[List screen|list screen]].
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*''information object'' = archival description.
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*''actor'' = authority record.
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*''repository'' = archival institution.
  
  
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4. The ''value'' column shows the name of the layout template invoked by an [[Entity|entity]] / action. ICA-AtoM ships with the default templates entered here.
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4. In the ''value'' column, select for each type of entity the descriptive standard you want to use to describe it.
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* The [[Drop-down menu|drop-down menu]] shows only descriptive standards for which data entry / viewing templates are available.
  
  
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5. To change templates, overwrite the name of the  in the ''value'' column with the exact name of the template you want to use
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5. Click the ''save button'' to save changes. When you return to viewing / editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.

Revision as of 17:07, 4 December 2008

Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

Specify screen templates

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Select screen templates
Record in edit mode using ISAD(G) template
Same record in edit mode using RAD template


ICA-AtoM 1.0 beta ships with default screen layouts ("templates") for viewing and editing the database content. These layouts are based on ICA descriptive standards: ISAD(G), ISAAR(CPF) and ISDIAH.


ICA-AtoM, however, is built on underlying software (Qubit) that is designed to be flexible enough to support other archival descriptive standards, as well as other standards for other types of materials (such as library, museum and art gallery materials).

  • The current release (1.0.4) includes a template for archival description based on the Canadian Rules for Archival Description (RAD).
  • Future releases of ICA-AtoM will include other templates based on a number of other descriptive standards -- for example, the , the Brazilian Norma brasileira de decriçào arquivística (NOBRAD), Dublin Core metadata element set (DC), Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA) and Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS).


Developers can also create their own customized templates and add them to their ICA-AtoM application. This involves, however, dealing directly with the application code and should only be undertaken by programmers familiar with Symfony and PHP.

  • See developer documentation at the Qubit-toolkit website for adding customized templates to the application.


1. Click the admin > settings tab.


2. Open the default template information area.


3. The name column shows the types of entities that are described in ICA-AtoM. Note that names use the generic Qubit terms rather than the archives-specific terminology of ICA-AtoM.

  • information object = archival description.
  • actor = authority record.
  • repository = archival institution.


4. In the value column, select for each type of entity the descriptive standard you want to use to describe it.

  • The drop-down menu shows only descriptive standards for which data entry / viewing templates are available.


5. Click the save button to save changes. When you return to viewing / editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.

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