Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
Encoded Archival Description is a non-proprietary standard for the encoding of finding aids for use in a networked (online) environment. Documentation is hosted by the Library of Congress. The standard is maintained and developed by the SAA Standards Committee’s Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Description.
The EAD Tag Library (Version 2002) also is freely available for download as a PDF (see file attachments below).
SAA Council Approval/Endorsement Date:
August 1999 | Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 eadRevisionProgress_2012-08-08.pptx | 189.2 KB |
 EAD Revision-Points of Emphasis.pdf | 54.38 KB |
| EADRevisionTechnicalConsiderations.pdf | 142.15 KB |
| EAD_Comments_digest.pdf | 245.06 KB |
| EAD_TagLibrary_2002.pdf | 799.8 KB |
 EAD_Revision_Comments.xls | 109 KB |
 EAD_Comments_digest_draft.doc | 219 KB |
| Harvard University proposed EAD revisions final_2011_02_25.pdf | 354.74 KB |
| UK_ara_dsg_eadsubmission.doc | 44.5 KB |
 France_Proposals for evolution of EAD.rtf | 50.3 KB |
| saa11EADForum_Process.pptx | 71.45 KB |
 saa11EADForum_Suggestions.ppt | 236 KB |
| saa11EADForum_Outcomes.pptx | 207.47 KB |
| saa11EADForum_Technical Considerations.ppt | 101 KB |
| saa11EADForum_TagUsage.pptx | 129.04 KB |
| Katherine M. Wisser's EAD Tools Survey (2005) | 134.55 KB |
Related Resources:
Browse the following member-contributed references to case studies, journal articles, events, and other resources related to this standard.
| Title | Posted By |
Date |
Tags | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe | milesnimer | 09/10/2012 | Other | |
| User Contributed Stylesheets for EAD | matienzo | 07/08/2012 | Tools | 1 |
| Date Normalization Script | matienzo | 07/08/2012 | Tools | |
| Library of Congress EAD 1.0 to 2002 Conversion Toolkit | matienzo | 07/02/2012 | Tools | |
| EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Conversion Package | matienzo | 07/02/2012 | Tools | |
| EAD Report Card | matienzo | 07/02/2012 | Tools | |
| Katherine M. Wisser, EAD Tools Survey (2005) | matienzo | 07/02/2012 | Reports | |
| oac-ead-to-pdf | matienzo | 07/02/2012 | Tools | |
| MarcEdit | matienzo | 07/02/2012 | Tools | |
| NCEAD 2002 Tools | matienzo | 07/02/2012 | Tools |
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