Archives Components ID

Identifier that connects archives components from the Archives Portal and the Archives Portal Admin Interface to the MMS container or item records, present only for EAD-encoded finding aids

Table of Contents

1. Source
2. Guidelines
3. Format
4. Inheritance
5. Use With
6. See Also

Source

• Archives Portal

Guidelines

• The Archives Components ID is automatically populated into records when importing EAD-encoded finding aids
• If adding a Archives Components ID manually for a container or item, it can be located with the following methods:
  • In the Archives Portal, the Archives Components ID can be found by viewing the XML for an EAD-encoded finding aid
    • The Archives Components ID is present as the slug in the <dao xlink:href=> tag URL, e.g., <dao xlink:type=”simple” xlink:href=”http://archives.nypl.org/the/21738#d448691”>
  • In the Archives Portal, the Archives Components ID is also found in the in-line anchor to the <div> of the container or item
    • In Google Chrome, right click the container or item description and select Inspect to find the <div id> for the selected text
    • A link to the Archives Components ID can be constructed with a c (https://archives.nypl.org/the/21738#c448691) to allow a user to hover over the box/folder/location info to display a thumbnail of the digitized asset
    • A link to the Archives Components ID can be constructed with a d (https://archives.nypl.org/the/21738#d448691) to allow a user to view the digitized assets within a lightbox
  • In the Archives Portal Admin Interface, the Archives Components ID can be found in records with /components/ in the URL using the following methods:
    • As the numeric slug of the url, e.g., https://archives.nypl.org/admin/components/448691
    • As the value of the the id field (see example)

Format

Identifier type

Archives Components ID

Preferred structure

archives_components_unique numeric identifier

Example

archives_components_448691

Inheritance

• Do not set Archives Components IDs to be Inheritable

Use With

• Archives EAD ID, which are automatically imported into the container and/or item records for collections with EAD-encoded finding aids 

See Also

• Linking Between Systems › Archives Portal for an overview of how archives-related identifiers create links between Digital Collections and the Archives Portal
• Importing Metadata › Importing Finding Aids for the workflow of importing a finding aid into MMS