Introduction

A new collection of standard metadata fields has been introduced in Metadata 25.3 to allow for the archival of an object as part of its lifecycle by changing the MediaHaven Record Status to ultimately the value Archived.

Archival

Archival has the following implications

• The MediaHaven Record Status changes to Archived

• Administrative.ArchivalDate is set to the moment the archival transition occurs.

• Generates an Event of type UPDATE.ARCHIVAL

• Automatic archival is available if the object has the Published phase

Planning for Archival

If the metadata field Governance.AutomaticArchival.ExpectedDate is filled out with a particular date, then the system will automatically perform the archival at the given date with the effect described in the previous section. See Metadata 25.3 | Governance for the full reference of the new metadata fields.

An automatic mechanism fills out the Governance.AutomaticArchival.ExpectedDate based on the Governance.RetentionPeriod:

This calculation is performed only when Governance.ArchiveNomination is set to Archive. The field can only be set if module plugin GOVERNANCE_ARCHIVE_OBJECTS is active