Hi Laurie, I wanted to clarify one point you raised in your email. There is no automatic date parsing in AS out of the box; I’m thinking that any date parsing that you enjoyed was coming from Timewalk. The recent release notes for AS 3.0.2 did talk about date parsing, but that was very specific to preexisting dates in Agent records and was a one-time process associated with the update past 3.0.0, at which point AS parses dates for Agents. That date parsing isn’t referring to a feature in AS, just a one time script that gets run as part of the update past 3.0.0 and then never again.
This doesn’t help you, I know! I’m only clarifying that note associated with 3.0.2 and beyond and that date parsing isn’t a feature (so I wouldn’t expect a fix except from an updated timewalk plugin) -Valerie From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Benn Joseph Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 12:30 PM To: Archivesspace Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Date Expression Parsing / Issues with Timewalk Plugin This could be a good opportunity to plug this feature request: https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/ANW-1273 Part of the reason we at one point considered using date expressions in addition to normalized dates is because the normalized dates in the PUI are: * Not easily human-readable (i.e. “1935-03-19 - 1935-03-23”) * Only partially compliant with DACS 2.4.14 (the example given in DACS is “1906 March 17”; also, “Expression of dates as all numerals is discouraged due to the differing conventions in the order of information” --Benn From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Dan Michelson Sent: Monday, October 04, 2021 9:38 AM To: Archivesspace Users Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Date Expression Parsing / Issues with Timewalk Plugin Hi Laurie, I've never used the Timewalk plugin, but why use the date expression field at all when you don't have to? That would avoid having to enter the same information twice, aside from cases like "Spring 2020," which don't translate perfectly to the normalized date fields. All the best, Dan On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 9:29 AM Laurie Sather <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Anyone else having trouble with the Date Expression no longer parsing out? How is everyone else dealing with this? The timewalk plugin is no longer compatible, so we had to disable it, which is very inconvenient to now have to manually reenter all the same information. It sounded like Aspace was going to include a fix with v3.0.2, but the automatic date expression parsing still does not function (with or without the plugin). Solutions? Thank you! Laurie Laurie Sather, MA, MLIS, CA Head Archivist Archival Collections Department Hagley Museum and Library PO Box 3630 Wilmington, DE 19807-0630 Telephone: 302-658-2400 ext. 277 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!EbTwMfxfgl0_tDr-eM6uWB3x2Bp8T1BkloL3bhagVkPZNwJlVCqQZROf-gTTYoSEfYNckRVW$> -- Dan Michelson Project Manager Archivist Smith College Special Collections For current library access and services details, see Library Services During COVID-19<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/libraries.smith.edu/library-services-during-covid-19__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!EbTwMfxfgl0_tDr-eM6uWB3x2Bp8T1BkloL3bhagVkPZNwJlVCqQZROf-gTTYoSEfRmy6p47$>.
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