DAMS Ingest Streams

There are several methods to get metadata and associated files into the DAMS. A custom plan and transformation can be created for a project, but ingest time can be greatly reduced if one of the standard, pre-mapped metods is used. Each method has some some restirctions, but in most cases they can accomidate user supplied data.

	Excel	MARC	Custom
Start with	DAMS Standard Excel template	UCSD Roger bib number(s)	Many possibilities
Time for ingest	Short	Short	Variable, but probably long
Hierarchy: whole • part • sub-part • ?	Three levels	None (single items only)	Unlimited
Number of associated files	Max. two files per object or component	Max. two files per object or component	Unlimited
File types supported	Anything (with variable results)	TIFF or PDF source file ZIP alternate (for archiving)	Anything (with variable results)