Export Gallery
Every export from The Archiver is standards-compliant and ready to import into your existing systems. Below are annotated examples of exactly what you get.
Encoded Archival Description (EAD3) is an XML standard maintained by the Society of American Archivists in partnership with the Library of Congress. The Archiver generates valid EAD3 finding aids with full hierarchical description, controlled access terms, and digital object links.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ead xmlns="http://ead3.archivists.org/schema/">
<control>
<recordid>GB-0001-ABC-123</recordid>
<filedesc>
<titlestmt>
<titleproper>Whitfield Parish Records</titleproper>
<author>Catalogued by The Archiver (AI-assisted, archivist-reviewed)</author>
</titlestmt>
</filedesc>
<maintenancehistory>
<maintenanceevent>
<eventtype value="created"/>
<eventdatetime standarddatetime="2026-03-10">10 March 2026</eventdatetime>
<agenttype value="machine"/>
<agent>Archivers.ai — AI-assisted cataloguing</agent>
</maintenanceevent>
</maintenancehistory>
</control>
<archdesc level="fonds">
<did>
<unittitle>Whitfield Parish Records</unittitle>
<unitdatestructured unitdatetype="inclusive">
<daterange>
<fromdate standarddate="1842">1842</fromdate>
<todate standarddate="1967">1967</todate>
</daterange>
</unitdatestructured>
<physdescstructured coverage="whole" physdescstructuredtype="materialtype">
<quantity>3</quantity>
<unittype>boxes</unittype>
</physdescstructured>
<repository>
<corpname>Northumberland Archives</corpname>
</repository>
<origination>
<corpname>Whitfield Parish Council</corpname>
</origination>
</did>
<accessrestrict>
<p>Open for public access. Some items contain personal data — restricted under GDPR.</p>
</accessrestrict>
<scopecontent>
<p>Parish minute books, rate books, correspondence, and photographs
documenting the administration of Whitfield Parish, 1842–1967.</p>
</scopecontent>
<dsc dsctype="combined">
<c level="series">
<did>
<unitid>ABC/123/1</unitid>
<unittitle>Parish minute books</unittitle>
</did>
<c level="file">
<did>
<unitid>ABC/123/1/1</unitid>
<unittitle>Minutes of Whitfield Parish Council</unittitle>
<unitdate>1842–1889</unitdate>
<dao daotype="derived" href="https://app.archivers.ai/files/abc123-001.jpg"/>
</did>
</c>
</c>
</dsc>
</archdesc>
</ead>EAD3 Version 1.1.1 is the current standard. Exports include maintenance history recording AI provenance, hierarchical <dsc> structure, and digital object links.
BagIt (RFC 8493) is a hierarchical file packaging format with hash manifests for integrity verification. The Archiver generates BagIt-compliant packages with PREMIS preservation metadata recording every AI and human action taken on each item.
whitfield-parish-records/
├── bagit.txt
├── bag-info.txt
├── manifest-sha256.txt
├── tagmanifest-sha256.txt
├── data/
│ ├── ABC-123-1-1_minute-book.tiff
│ ├── ABC-123-1-2_rate-book.tiff
│ └── ABC-123-2-1_photograph.jpg
└── metadata/
├── premis.xml
├── dublin-core.xml
└── ead3-finding-aid.xmlSource-Organization: Northumberland Archives
Organisation-Address: Woodhorn, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington
Contact-Name: J. Smith
External-Identifier: GB-0001-ABC-123
Bagging-Date: 2026-03-10
Bag-Software-Agent: Archivers.ai v2.1
Payload-Oxum: 45678912.3<premis:event>
<premis:eventIdentifier>
<premis:eventIdentifierType>UUID</premis:eventIdentifierType>
<premis:eventIdentifierValue>a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890</premis:eventIdentifierValue>
</premis:eventIdentifier>
<premis:eventType>metadata extraction</premis:eventType>
<premis:eventDateTime>2026-03-10T14:32:00Z</premis:eventDateTime>
<premis:eventOutcomeInformation>
<premis:eventOutcome>success</premis:eventOutcome>
<premis:eventOutcomeDetail>
<premis:eventOutcomeDetailNote>
AI-generated metadata: confidence 0.92. Reviewed and approved by archivist.
</premis:eventOutcomeDetailNote>
</premis:eventOutcomeDetail>
</premis:eventOutcomeInformation>
<premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>
<premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>software</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>
<premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>Archivers.ai v2.1</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>
<premis:linkingAgentRole>executing program</premis:linkingAgentRole>
</premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>
</premis:event>PREMIS is an international standard for preservation metadata, maintained through the Library of Congress. Every AI action and archivist review is recorded as a provenance event with timestamps, agents, and outcomes.
Dublin Core is a widely adopted metadata standard for cross-domain resource description. The Archiver exports Dublin Core XML for each item, suitable for OAI-PMH harvesting, repository ingest, and interoperability with library systems.
<metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
<dc:title>Minutes of Whitfield Parish Council, 1842–1889</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Whitfield Parish Council</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>Parish administration; Local government; Northumberland</dc:subject>
<dc:description>Bound volume of handwritten minutes recording parish council
meetings, decisions on poor relief, road maintenance, and local bylaws.</dc:description>
<dc:date>1842/1889</dc:date>
<dc:type>Text</dc:type>
<dc:format>image/tiff</dc:format>
<dc:identifier>ABC/123/1/1</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Open access. Some personal data restricted under GDPR.</dc:rights>
<dcterms:provenance>Donated by Whitfield Parish Council, 2024.
AI-catalogued by Archivers.ai; archivist-reviewed.</dcterms:provenance>
</metadata>Access to Memory (AtoM) is an open-source archival description and access system. The Archiver exports CSV files formatted for direct import into AtoM, preserving hierarchical relationships, ISAD(G) fields, and access conditions.
legacyId,parentId,identifier,title,levelOfDescription,repository,scopeAndContent,dateRange,accessConditions,findingAids
1,,ABC/123,"Whitfield Parish Records",fonds,"Northumberland Archives","Parish minute books, rate books, correspondence, and photographs.",1842–1967,"Open for public access.",
2,1,ABC/123/1,"Parish minute books",series,,"Bound volumes of handwritten council minutes.",1842–1920,,
3,2,ABC/123/1/1,"Minutes of Whitfield Parish Council",file,,"Decisions on poor relief, road maintenance, and local bylaws.",1842–1889,"Open.",CSV columns match AtoM's standard import template. Hierarchical relationships are preserved through legacyId/parentId references.
ArchivesSpace is a widely adopted open-source archives information management application. The Archiver exports CSV files ready for import, with fields mapped to ArchivesSpace's resource and archival object schema.
resource_id,ref_id,component_id,title,level,date_expression,date_begin,date_end,extent_number,extent_type,scope_note,access_note
,ABC-123-R,ABC/123,"Whitfield Parish Records",fonds,1842–1967,1842,1967,3,boxes,"Parish minute books, rate books, correspondence, and photographs.","Open for public access."
ABC-123-R,ABC-123-1,ABC/123/1,"Parish minute books",series,1842–1920,1842,1920,,,"Bound volumes of handwritten council minutes.",
ABC-123-R,ABC-123-1-1,ABC/123/1/1,"Minutes of Whitfield Parish Council",file,1842–1889,1842,1889,,,"Decisions on poor relief, road maintenance, and local bylaws.","Open."Archivematica is an open-source digital preservation system that produces trustworthy, standards-compliant archival information packages. The Archiver exports transfer metadata CSV files compatible with Archivematica's ingest workflow.
filename,dc.title,dc.creator,dc.date,dc.description,dc.subject,dc.rights,dc.identifier
data/ABC-123-1-1_minute-book.tiff,"Minutes of Whitfield Parish Council","Whitfield Parish Council",1842/1889,"Decisions on poor relief, road maintenance, and local bylaws.","Parish administration; Local government","Open access.",ABC/123/1/1
data/ABC-123-2-1_photograph.jpg,"Whitfield village street scene","Unknown",1955,"Black and white photograph of Whitfield main street.","Villages; Northumberland; Street scenes","Open access.",ABC/123/2/1File paths match BagIt data directory structure. Metadata columns use Dublin Core element names as expected by Archivematica's metadata.csv specification.
All Formats
Every format is generated from the same reviewed, provenance-tracked metadata. Choose the export that fits your workflow.