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While content can be uploaded to Avalon either individually or several at a time using an Avalon dropbox, the batch ingest feature creates many items (and their metadata) at one time outside of the Avalon user interface. This user guide will explain how to form an Ingest Package and upload it into Avalon using the Batch Ingest.
Definitions
- Batch Ingest: the process of creating multiple media items by uploading an Ingest Package to an Avalon dropbox
- Ingest Package: the combination of content and metadata, consisting of one Manifest File and one or more Content Files
- Manifest File: a spreadsheet containing the metadata for the items to be created as well as the names of the Content Files that make up each item
- Content File: an audio or video file that will become a media a single media file that is part of an item; one or more Content Files can make up an item in the Avalon Media System
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- Item: a single media object accessible through one Avalon page; consists of one or more media files and metadata describing the media file(s)
- Collection: a grouping of items in Avalon for administrative and discovery purposes. Items belong to one and only one collection
Preliminaries
When a new collection is created, Avalon creates a sub-directory with the name of that collection (substituting underscores for any blanks), beneath the Avalon dropbox directory. A Batch Ingest is started by uploading an Ingest Package to the collection sub-directory in the dropbox. To connect to the Avalon dropbox, see Uploading Content to an Avalon Dropbox.
The manifest file is a spreadsheet (xls, xlsx, csv, or ods) containing the metadata for the items to be created, as well as the names of the content files that make up each item. See manifest_example.xlsx for a blank manifest template.