Dark archive - Use cases and Design features

This is an evolving list of use cases and design features that are supported by the various data models. In the future, this page may be split into record-specific use cases and design features.

Use cases

Navigate and view the stored records (assumption: Access to the dark archive is restricted to hospital and/or Library of Virginia staff, who have full access privileges, pending the development of graduated access roles)

Design features

Representation:

Create hierarchies of collections and objects to represent the original intellectual organization of CSH records.
Order items (objects or collections) in order to represent the original intellectual organization of CSH records.
Integrate multiple representations of a scan within an object. These include: digital master, access copies, thumbnails, transcriptions, aggregated scans (such as a PDF file that includes multiple pages in a register)
Represent associated files at appropriate levels. For example, a PDF file representing multiple scans may be associated with a parent object, while images of each of the scans will be associated with child objects.
Attach metadata with collections and objects at each level.

Access/retrieval:

List collections (board meeting registers, patient reports, financial records, photographs, etc.)
List items (objects or collections) within a collection
View metadata associated with items
List files associated with items
Retrieve a file associated with an object

Locate the the first item in a list (for example, pages in a register or registers in a collection)
Locate the last item in a list
Browse to the previous or next item in a list

Access policies:

The repository needs to control the access to the materials by implementing various levels of access. For example, a class of users may only be allowed to access low-resolution versions of the scans while some others (like CSH administration) may be allowed access to the digital masters.

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