state after adding all of the user stuff and messing around with the wierd brave bug

OpenArchival.DataAccess/Models/ModelHelpers.cs

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+namespace OpenArchival.DataAccess;
+
+public class ModelHelpers
+{
+    public static string? MakeIdentifier(List<string>? values, string fieldSeperator, string? archiveEntryNumber)
+    {
+        if (values is null || values.Count == 0) return null;
+
+        return (archiveEntryNumber is not null) ? $"{string.Join(fieldSeperator, values)}{archiveEntryNumber}" : string.Join(fieldSeperator, values);
+    }
+}