Call for Comments: Encoded Archival Functions (EAF) draft

The Functions Team within the Technical Committee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) is happy to announce the release of a new white paper introducing EAF, a draft XML encoding standard based on the International Standard Description of Functions (ISDF) that can be incorporated into the EAS family of standards.

The white paper describes the work of the subteam and its proposed encoding solution, along with a number of examples. The white paper also includes some context about the draft and its potential value to the international archival community, which fills an existing gap in the XML encoding standards landscape.

We are now launching a call to gather feedback on the proposed format and to determine how the Functions Team, in collaboration with TS-EAS, should move forward in refining the drafts of the EAF XML schema and tag library.

• White paper: https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/White%20paper%20--%20A%20proposal%20for%20encoding%20functions.pdf
• Examples: https://github.com/SAA-SDT/TS-EAS-subteam-notes/tree/master/functions-subteam/WhitePaper_examples
• Survey: https://forms.gle/KRUtrASBfyb7umZP7

The call will remain open until September 30, 2024, and feedback may be submitted using the survey link above. Additional information will be available through presentations delivered during the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting in Chicago and through online webinars by the TS-EAS.

Stay tuned for more details!

Karin Bredenberg, team lead for Functions and co-chair of TS-EAS
Mary Samouelian, co-chair TS-EAS