CaRo -- CombineArchive & ResearchObject

This is going to be a converter between COMBINE archives and Research objects.

How the Tanslation is done

Terms

• the documents in a container are called aggregates

Research Object to Combine Archive

• For every aggregate:

  • the document is extracted to a temporary file
  • if the document is called /metadata.rdf or /manifest.xml we won't add it to the new Combine Archive, as thoses are special files in COMBINE archives
  • if the format is not provided by the research object: it is guessed using the Combine Ext's formatizer
  • a new combine archive entry is added to the new combine archive
  • annotations of the aggregate are translated into combine archive meta data
    • if the files is annotated with

• remote files?

Combine Archive to Research Object

Rules

• History files of a Research Object will stay in their locations. Thus, the CA will probably contain files in /.ro/ directory