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Bill Fliss
Marquette University
April 8, 2010
 Encourages
professional standardization
of archival finding aids.
 Uses SGML/XML language.
 Defined by a Document Type Definition
(DTD).
 Two major elements: <eadheader> and
<archdesc>.
 <dsc> is a sub-element of <archdesc>
that describes a collection’s contents list.
CONTENT
PRESENTATION
(EAD .xml file)
(.xslt stylesheet)
XSLT
Processor
OUTPUT
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2010/2010-04.pdf
Lack
of staff
Need
to re-write finding aids
Difficulty
delivering EAD to
web
Source: Sonia Yaco, “It’s Complicated: Barriers to EAD Implementation,” The American Archivist 71,
no. 2 (2008): 456-475.
CONTENT
PRESENTATION
(EAD .xml file)
(.xslt stylesheet)
?
OUTPUT
Add .xml file
Option to use
customized
thumbnail in
place of
default:
Option to map
EAD elements
to DC collection
fields
3 stylesheets (.xsl)
Description
description_default.xsl
Container list
contentslist_default.xsl
Full finding aid
fullfindingaid_default.xsl
Obstacles:
 Knowledge of XSLT recommended
 Must create finding aids one at a time
 Difficult to edit
Opportunities:
 Turnkey solution to EAD publishing
 Full-text searching with highlighted
results
 Allows <dao> embedded linking in
container list