Repurposing EAD (Encoded Archival Description)

Repurposing EAD ______________________________________

2009-03-20

Spring 2010 New England Archivists Meeting

Session: “Repurposing Metadata”

Mike Rush, EAD CoordinatorBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

EAD Background ______________________________________

2009-03-20

Why bother with EAD when HTML is easier?

Photo by Mike Rush

EAD Background______________________________________

2009-03-20

Costs•Staff time•Training•Outsourcing•Stylesheet development•Indexing and delivery

Justifications•Get finding aids online•Standardize look and feel•Fielded searching•First step toward structured, repurposable data http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcbeth/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

EAD Crosswalks ______________________________________

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Metadata Content Standards

•EAD DACS

•EAD ISAD (G)

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EAD Crosswalks ______________________________________

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Metadata Transmission Standards

•EAD MARC / MARCXML

•EAD MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)

•EAD Dublin Core

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XSLT Transformations ______________________________________

2009-03-20

•XML to HTML•XML to XHTML (XSLT 2.0) •XML to XML•XML to Text

Screen cap by Mike Rush, 2010-03-18

Transforming EAD______________________________________

2009-03-20

Commonplace EAD Transformations

•EAD to HTML •EAD to XSL-FO (and then rendered as PDF)

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Transforming EAD ______________________________________

2009-03-20

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EAD to XML Transformations

•EAD to Dublin Core•EAD to MODS•EAD to MARCXML•MARCXML to EAD

Transforming EAD ______________________________________

2009-03-20

http://my.nbc.com/groups/werewolf-barmitzvah Used without permission - Sorry, couldn’t resist.

EAD to Text Transformations

•Excel for Beinecke Digital Library (MODS-based)•Box and Folder Label Mail Merge•Microfilm Targets Mail Merge•Miscellaneous other spreadsheets

Getting Started______________________________________

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How do I start repurposing my EAD?

•Invest in a good XML editor(I recommend Oxygen)

•Take the SAA Workshop“Style Sheets for EAD”

•Think creatively about howyou might reuse EAD data

•Never start from scratch

•Ask for helphttp://www.flickr.com/photos/twid/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

Broader Context + Opportunities ______________________________________

2009-03-20http://www.flickr.com/photos/newyork808/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

•Impact of Collection Management Systems (Archivists’ Toolkit, Archon, etc.)•Upcoming EAD Revision•Encoded Archival Context – Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF)

Questions? ______________________________________

2009-03-20

Mike Rush

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twitter.com/mike_rush

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