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representing periferal cultures, and most importantly, that are at much higher
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representing periferal cultures, and most importantly, that are at much higher
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risk of loss than large institutions'"?
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risk of loss than large institutions'"?
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-Both: this software has been conceived with the experience of large-scale
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-repositories as the background to decide what works and what doesn't, what is
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-necessary and what is superfluous, and what catalogers and archivists need to
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-do their job.
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+The answer was: both. This software has been conceived with the experience of
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+large-scale repositories as the background to decide what works and what
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+doesn't, what is necessary and what is superfluous, and what catalogers and
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+archivists need to do their job.
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It is not inconceivable that if many Pocket Archives were to sprout all over
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It is not inconceivable that if many Pocket Archives were to sprout all over
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the place one day, they could be periodically harvested, linked together, and
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the place one day, they could be periodically harvested, linked together, and
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@@ -100,18 +100,18 @@ they can be found later.
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A submission is directed by a *laundry list*, which is a spreadsheet listing
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A submission is directed by a *laundry list*, which is a spreadsheet listing
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all the resources (both opaque and descriptive) to be created, and the metadata
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all the resources (both opaque and descriptive) to be created, and the metadata
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-assigned to them. The laundry list, formatted as a CSV (comma-separated value)
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+assigned to them. The laundry list, formatted as a CSV (comma-separated values)
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file, can be edited by several free and open source applications, such as
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file, can be edited by several free and open source applications, such as
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-LibreOffice. For repetitive, high-volume submissions, templates can be set to
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-facilitate filling in metadata fields. An [example submission
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-](test/sample_submission/postcard-bag/data/), which includes a laundry list, is
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-available.
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+LibreOffice or Google Sheets. For repetitive, high-volume submissions,
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+templates can be set to facilitate filling in metadata fields. An [example
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+submission ](test/sample_submission/postcard-bag/data/), which includes a
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+laundry list, is available.
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Using spreadsheets is for most users much faster and intuitive than clicking
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Using spreadsheets is for most users much faster and intuitive than clicking
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around an alien user interface filled with icons and terms that one has never
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around an alien user interface filled with icons and terms that one has never
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seen before.
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seen before.
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-Detailed instructions on how to write a laundry list are under the
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+Detailed instructions on how to write a laundry list are under the
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[submission documentation](doc/submission.md).
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[submission documentation](doc/submission.md).
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### Metadata & content model
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### Metadata & content model
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