PAHMA Gap analysis

Overview

This gap analysis outlines functionality that is available in our current CMS and that is required by PAHMA collections management and registration activities, but that is neither currently available in CollectionSpace nor on the CollectionSpace v2.0 roadmap. It does not include a list of fields that will need to be added unless they exhibit behavior not supported by CollectionSpace.

Administration

Must-Have

Nice-to-Have

Cataloging

Must-Have

  • Condition report information (the Spectrum procedure "Object Condition Checking and Technical Assessment" will work)
  • Use information (the Spectrum procedure "Use of Collections" will work)

Nice-to-Have

  • The summary view
  • The ability to limit attributes by artifact type (may work through templates)

Collections Exposure

Must-Have

  • The ability to serve as the backend to Delphi

Nice-to-Have

  • Zoomable images
  • The summary view

Collections Management

Media Handling

Must-Have

  • The ability to flag sensitive representations and documents to prevent export to Delphi
  • The ability to add audio, video, and documents to a media record

Nice-to-Have

  • Zoomable images

Miscellaneous

Must-Have

  • An audit trail for each record type, including vocabulary terms

Reporting

Must-Have

  • The ability to export search results as a report

Must-Have

  • The ability to perform an advanced search

Vocabularies and Authorities

Must-Have

  • Contact information for people and organizations
  • Ability to view all usage for a given vocabulary term