Creating a transfer package
A transfer package is a zip file containing the born-digital files you want to store, plus some metadata.
The files can be in any structure, including folders and subfolders.

The metadata files must be stored in a top-level folder called metadata
.
Metadata files
We use two metadata files in our transfer packages:
metadata.csv
, which contains the identifier.If it's a catalogued package, the CSV should have two columns and the catalogue identifier in
dc.identifier
:filename,dc.identifier objects/,PP/MDM/A/3/1a
If it's an accession, the CSV should have three columns and the accession number in
accession_number
:filename,collection_reference,accession_number objects/,SA/TIH,2314_2
In both cases, the CSV only ever has
objects/
as the filename.
Compressing the package
The files must be in the top-level of the zip; there can't be an enclosing folder.
See also
Transfer in the Archivematica documentation – we use the "zipped directory" transfer type.
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