Ingest Validations
Introduction
When an object is not considered valid, it is rejected by setting its Record Status to Rejected.
Overview
Validation | Description | Enforcement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deduplication | To prevent duplicate objects in the system, objects with the same MD5 are rejected. | Yes, by default, unless duplicate detection is explicitly disabled for the organisation |
| 2 | Virus | The physical file is scanned for viruses and rejected if one is detected. | Mandatory |
| 3 | Fixity | Compares the MD5 calculated on the physical file with the (optional) MD5 provided when creating the object. Rejects the object if it does not match. | Mandatory |
| 4 | Format registry |
| Mandatory (requires formats to be blacklisted) |
| 5 | Validations | Each applicable Validation Module checks the object and rejects it if not deemed valid. | Based on the activated validation modules and their individual configuration |
| 6 | Transformations | If the transformation fails, and the “Access representation failure” policy is strict. | No, unless the Ingest 2.0 Configuration Overview is set to |