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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
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[UM-7|UM-7 Administer ICA-AtoM]] > [[UM-7.4|UM-7.4 Customize settings]] > UM-7.4.3 Select default templates
  
[[Image:um7-4-3Templates1.png|500px|right|thumb|Select screen templates]]
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[[Image:UM-7.4.3.png|500px|right|thumb|Select default templates]]
  
[[Image:um7-4-3Templates2.png|500px|right|thumb|Record in edit mode using ISAD(G) template]]
 
  
[[Image:um7-4-3Templates3.png|500px|right|thumb|Same record in edit mode using RAD template]]
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ICA-AtoM ships with default screen layouts ("templates") for viewing and editing [[archival description|archival descriptions]], [[authority record|authority records]] and [[archival institution|archival institutions]]. These layouts are based on the the following descriptive standards:
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*[[archival description|archival descriptions]]: [http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/ Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1], [http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-outline.html Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)] and [http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/archdesrules.html Rules for Archival Description (RAD)].
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*[[authority record|Authority records]]: [http://www.ica.org/en/node/30230 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (ISAAR), Second edition].
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*[[archival institution|archival institutions]]: [http://www.ica.org/en/node/38884 International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings (ISDIAH), First edition].
  
  
ICA-AtoM 1.0 beta ships with default screen layouts ("templates") for viewing and editing the [[Database content|database content]]. These layouts are based on ICA descriptive standards: [[RS-1|ISAD(G)]], [[RS-2|ISAAR(CPF)]] and [[RS-3|ISDIAH]].
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'''Viewing and changing default templates'''
 
 
 
 
ICA-AtoM, however, is built on underlying software ([http://qubit-toolkit.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page 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).
 
 
 
 
 
[[Developer|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 [http://qubit-toolkit.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Qubit-toolkit website] for adding customized templates to the application.
 
 
 
  
 
1. Click the ''admin > settings'' tab.
 
1. Click the ''admin > settings'' tab.
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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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3. The ''name'' column shows the types of [[Entity|entities]] that are described in 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.  
 
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|drop-down menu]] shows only descriptive standards for which data entry / viewing templates are available.
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* The [[drop-down menu]] shows only descriptive standards for which data entry / viewing templates are available.
  
  
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6. When you return to viewing / editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.
 
6. When you return to viewing / editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.
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'''Adding new templates'''
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7. [[Developer|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 [http://qubit-toolkit.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Qubit-toolkit website] for adding customized templates to the application.

Revision as of 08:13, 16 June 2009

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.

Select default templates

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Select default templates


ICA-AtoM ships with default screen layouts ("templates") for viewing and editing archival descriptions, authority records and archival institutions. These layouts are based on the the following descriptive standards:


Viewing and changing default templates

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.


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.


6. When you return to viewing / editing information, the records will display in the templates you selected.


Adding new templates

7. 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.