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Encoded Archival Description ActivitiesObjective: To make the contents of archives readily known by promoting use of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) markup to create more and better archival finding aids on the Web. Overview: Finding aids are the collection guides or inventories that reveal where an archival collection came from, how it is organized, and what it contains. EAD is an international standard that archives and libraries can use to XML-encode the information in their finding aids for greater online access. RLG activities have included member training, a conversion outsourcing service, and, most recently, software for checking EAD encoding quality. EAD was also the basis of the RLG Archival Resources database, which included close to 50,000 finding aids together with briefer collections cataloging. RLG Archival Resources gave rise to a powerful search tool for primary source materials in 2006: ArchiveGridSM. This
working group helped shape standards for base-level
application of Encoded Archival Description (EAD). This standard format
for archival finding aids allows them to be easily accessed on
the Web. The group also developed the EAD Report card, an automated program for checking the quality of your EAD encoding. ParticipantsGreg Kinney Mary Lacy Dennis Meissner, Chair Naomi Nelson Richard Rinehart David Ruddy Bill Stockting Michael Webb Timothy Young RLG staff liaison Merrilee Proffitt BackgroundAdditional information and a Web site on this subject:
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