Hi Brian,

I don't think it's a good idea to change the data model just to avoid imports 
failing, though there may be other rationales that result in such a change.

In the mean time, it might be useful to write some XSLT or some other custom 
code to perform sanity checks relative to ASpace restrictions ahead of EAD 
import attempts. In that manner, those non-conformant captions (and anything 
else you check on) could be tweaked before import.

Cheers,
~Tim

> On May 23, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Brian Harrington <brian.harring...@lyrasis.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Currently when importing an EAD, <dao>s are used to create digital objects.  
> As part of this process, the @title attribute is used for both the digital 
> object title, and the caption under file versions.  I've recently run into a 
> fun issue with <dao>s with @titles longer than 255 characters.  These titles 
> are OK for digital_object:title, which is VARCHAR(8704) but too long for 
> file_version:caption, which is VARCHAR(255).  So the import fails.
> 
> Should this be considered a bug?  If it is, and if one were theoretically 
> considering a PR, would it make more sense to harmonize the length of the 
> title and caption, or truncate the caption to 255 characters?  My inclination 
> is just to increase the maximum length of captions, and rely on people to 
> show restraint, but I know that other people might have different opinions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
> 
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