Goal
Complete and document the migration of the Whitman College Arminda repository from Islandora 7.x to Islandora 8.x.
Scope
This project includes the following:
- Installation of an Islandora 8 instance based on ISLE
- Customized theme based on Carapace
- Installation documentation
- Metadata and data model mapping
- Complete data migration
- Updates to Islandora 8 to meet functional requirements
- Gap analysis
- Estimation of level of effort towards custom development
- Prioritization of custom development
- Custom development, QC, remediation
- Documentation of the process and decision points
Once all functional requirements are met any additional contractor hours may be allocated toward improvements to Islandora 8.
Deliverables
- Islandora 8 installation based on ISLE
- Customized theme based on Carapace
- Installation documentation
- Islandora 8 interface configured to meet functional requirements
- Documented metadata and data model mappings
- Updated migration utility capable of completing Whitman data migration
- Fully migrated repository dataset
- Functional Islandora 8 instance populated with all migrated data
- Documented migration process and outcomes
Requirements
Technical resources:
- Server provisioned with sufficient space and operating environment for Islandora 8 and migrated data
- A decision made with regard to the migration utility to be used
- Exported Islandora 7 data
- List of functional requirements for Islandora 8
- List of metadata schemas and fields
- List of data models
Timelines
Month | Activity | Assignee | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
October | Create and review project plan | David Pilot | In progress | |
October | Establish functional requirements
| Pilot David Alan | In progress | |
October | Establish metadata mapping and remediation scope and timelines | David Pilot | Complete | Scope and timelines established at 2020-10-08 meeting |
November | Complete metadata remediation work | Pilot | In progress | |
December | Map metadata and data models
| Pilot David | In progress | |
November | Document the mapping process | David Pilot | To do | |
November | Run test migration
| Alan | To do | |
January February | Install and configure Islandora 8 using ISLE
| Born Digital | To do | |
February March | Complete data migration
| Alan | To do | |
February March | Document the migration process | David Alan Pilot | To do | |
March April | Complete software updates to meet functional requirements
| Alan Born Digital | To do | |
April May | Complete acceptance and performance testing
| Pilot Danny Alan | To do | |
May | Complete process documentation
| David Pilot | To do | |
May | Create case study
| David Pilot | To do |
Milestones
- Metadata and data model mappings: December
- Islandora 8 installation: January/February
- Complete data migration: March
- Front-end configuration to meet functional requirements: April