EAD Revision Progress Report, 2012-08-08
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The EAD revision progress report outlines the timeline and key points for the ongoing updates to the EAD schema, emphasizing improvements in conceptual consistency, multilingual functionality, and user consideration. It details proposed changes, including the elimination of deprecated elements, updates to access terms, and the introduction of new structured descriptive features. The document also provides information on community contributions, migration tools, and a timeline for future releases and comments.
![DISENTANGLE DESCRIPTIVE
ELEMENTS
Remove <arrangement> from <scopecontent>
Remove <acqinfo> from <custodhist>
Remove <legalstatus> from <accessrestrict>
[and promote it to a sibling]
Remove <unitdate> from <unittitle>
Eliminate recursion
bioghist/bioghist
controlaccess/controlaccess
Provide alternative using <div>](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/eadrevisionprogress2012-08-08-120913083246-phpapp01/85/EAD-Revision-Progress-Report-2012-08-08-17-320.jpg)
![REDUCE SEMANTIC
OVERLOAD
<note>
8 distinct uses in EAD:
<notestmt>
<titlepage> or <div> [in <frontmatter>
<did>
<did> sibling
Within <did> siblings [as a block element]
Recursively within <note>
Within block elements like <p> [as mixed content]
<namegrp>](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/eadrevisionprogress2012-08-08-120913083246-phpapp01/85/EAD-Revision-Progress-Report-2012-08-08-18-320.jpg)
![STRUCTURED PHYSDESC
<physdesc> will remain
Unstructured and textual
Provides migration path
<physdescstruct> [provisional name] will be
added
Fully
encoded
Machine actionable](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/eadrevisionprogress2012-08-08-120913083246-phpapp01/85/EAD-Revision-Progress-Report-2012-08-08-31-320.jpg)
![STRUCTURED PHYSDESC
<physdescstuct>
@physdesctype
carrier
space [space occupied]
matttype [material type]
Specified Materials <specmat>
Physical Type <phystype>
Physical Details <physdetail>](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/eadrevisionprogress2012-08-08-120913083246-phpapp01/85/EAD-Revision-Progress-Report-2012-08-08-32-320.jpg)
EAD Revision Progress Report, 2012-08-08
- 1. EAD REVISION PROGRESS REPORT EAD Roundtable, SAA 2012, 2012-08-08
- 2. THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
- 3. TIMELINE TO DATE Comments Funding Revision Forum • 2010-10 to 2011- • Spring 2011 • SAA 2011 02 Conference calls TS-EAD Share Essential • Spring/Summer Working Meeting Documentation 2012 • March 2012 • Winter 2012
- 4. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
- 5. SUPPORT Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
- 6. GET BACK
- 7. POINTS OF EMPHASIS Achieving greater conceptual and semantic consistency in the use of EAD. Exploring mechanisms whereby EAD- encoded information might more seamlessly and effectively connect with, exchange, or incorporate data maintained according to other protocols.
- 8. POINTS OF EMPHASIS Improving the functionality of EAD for representing descriptive information created in international and particularly in multilingual environments. Being mindful that a new version will affect current users.
- 9. DRIVE MY CAR
- 10. COMMUNITY COMMENTS Non-Descriptive Schema and documentation General nature and purpose Relationships to related resources and entities EAD Header
- 11. COMMUNITY COMMENTS Descriptive Hierarchy elements Wrapper elements Controlled terms Digital Archival Objects Date encoding Languages and scripts Other elements
- 12. HELLO GOODBYE
- 13. GENERAL PROCEDURES Elimination of elements deprecated in EAD2002 <add> <admininfo> <dentry> <drow> <organization> <tspec> @langmaterial, @legalstatus, @otherlegalstatus Deprecation as a blanket rule for new removals
- 14. 2011 QUALIFIERS Preliminary Provisional Contingent Possible Potential
- 15. 2012 QUALIFIERS Likely Highly Likely But nothing is final.
- 16. HELTER SKELTER
- 17. DISENTANGLE DESCRIPTIVE ELEMENTS Remove <arrangement> from <scopecontent> Remove <acqinfo> from <custodhist> Remove <legalstatus> from <accessrestrict> [and promote it to a sibling] Remove <unitdate> from <unittitle> Eliminate recursion bioghist/bioghist controlaccess/controlaccess Provide alternative using <div>
- 18. REDUCE SEMANTIC OVERLOAD <note> 8 distinct uses in EAD: <notestmt> <titlepage> or <div> [in <frontmatter> <did> <did> sibling Within <did> siblings [as a block element] Recursively within <note> Within block elements like <p> [as mixed content] <namegrp>
- 19. UPDATE ACCESS TERMS Split mixed content and block uses of access term elements into separate elements Separate semantics of the following: <p>Includes correspondence from <persname>John Lennon.</persname></p> <controlaccess> <persname>Lennon, John.</persname> </controlaccess>
- 20. UPDATE ACCESS TERMS Enable <part> <controlaccess> <persname> <part>Lennon, John, </part> <part>1940-1980</part> </persname> </controlaccess>
- 21. ALIGN WITH XHTML Minor tweaks to <table> Minor tweaks to <list> Remove <table>, <list>, and <chronlist> from within <p> Limit <blockquote> to a block element, add <quote> for inline use.
- 22. SIMPLIFY LINKS Consolidate <extref>, <extptr>, <ref>, and <ptr> to just <ref> Remove linking attributes from assorted elements, e.g. <title> Deprecate extended links <daogrp> <linkgrp> Remove XLINK namespace, but implement linking attributes isomorphic with XLINK
- 23. SUPPORT MULTIPLE LANGUAGES Add language code and script code attributes to each non-empty element
- 24. REDUCE MIXED CONTENT Reduce mixed content by more carefully considering what elements are appropriate within a given element Examples: Limit available children of <container> to <emph> and <ref> Limit available children of <langmaterial> to <languagef>, <emph>, and <ref>
- 25. COME TOGETHER
- 26. RECONCILIATION WITH EAC- CPF Replace <eadheader> with <control> Keeping <filedesc> but replacing the rest Add <relations> at all levels * Improve data model for dates * Improve <chronlist> * * Pending discussion
- 27. ELEANOR RIGBY
- 28. DEPRECATED ELEMENTS <frontmatter> <eadgrp>, <archdescgrp>, <dscgrp> <descgrp> <fileplan> <abbr> + <expan> <runner> <daogrp> + <linkgrp> <note>* <dsc>
- 29. SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW
- 30. ADDITIONS Structured <physdesc> <formsavailable> container/@containerId <didnote> unittitle/@normal <relations>
- 31. STRUCTURED PHYSDESC <physdesc> will remain Unstructured and textual Provides migration path <physdescstruct> [provisional name] will be added Fully encoded Machine actionable
- 32. STRUCTURED PHYSDESC <physdescstuct> @physdesctype carrier space [space occupied] matttype [material type] Specified Materials <specmat> Physical Type <phystype> Physical Details <physdetail>
- 33. STRUCTURED PHYSDESC <physdesc type="carrier"> <specmat>Diaries</specmat> <num>52</num> <phystype>volumes</phystype> <dimensions>25 cm.</dimensions> </physdesc>
- 34. STRUCTURED PHYSDESC <physdesc type="space"> <specmat>Collection</specmat> <num>39</num> <phystype>linear feet</phystype> </physdesc>
- 35. STRUCTURED PHYSDESC <physdesc type="mattype"> <num>27</num> <phystype>architectural drawings</phystype> <physdetail>blueprints</physdetail> <dimensions> 28 x 36 inches</dimensions> </physdesc>
- 36. FORMS AVAILABLE <did> <unittitle>Photograph</unittitle> <formsavailable> <container type=“Box”>1</container> <dao href=“url”/> </formsavailable> </did>
- 37. CONTAINER ID <container type=“Box” containerid=“1234”> 1 </container> represents the same container as <container type=“Box” containerid=“1234”> 1 </container>
- 38. CONTAINER ID <container type=“Box” containerid=“1234”> 1 </container> represents a different container from <container type=“Box” containerid=“5678”> 1 </container>
- 39. DID NOTE <didnote> Contain PCDATA, mixed content elements (<emph>, <ref>, etc.) Will not contain <p>, <table>, <list> <did> <didnote @label=“Note”>Mean Mr. Mustard sleeps in the park.</didnote> </did>
- 40. ADDITIONS Structured <physdesc> <formsavailable> container/@containerId <didnote> unittitle/@normal <relations>
- 41. LET IT BE
- 42. REJECTED PROPOSALS Eliminate <did> Eliminate <head> Eliminate <abstract> Eliminate numbered components Make <archdesc> a wrapper tag for components alone Make @level required for all components
- 43. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
- 44. RELATED TOOLS Migration stylesheet(s) External validation tools to Validate ISO code lists, etc. Establishing subset profiles Encoding manipulation tools Stylesheet to change between numbered and unnumbered components
- 46. TESTING AND COMMENTS Changes Github Review Testing Comme nts
- 47. SDT GITHUB REPOSITORY http://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD- Revision
- 48. REVISED SCHEMA Currently pre-Alpha Hacked version of existing schema Comprehensive re-write pending http://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD- Revision/blob/master/ead_revised.rng
- 49. MIGRATION STYLESHEET Draft conversion of existing EAD 2002 instances to new EAD Intended to be developed alonside schema, but lagging behind http://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD- Revision/blob/master/ead2002toEADx.xsl
- 50. ISSUE TRACKER Three tags for issues “Bugs” (TS-EAD)“Feature Requests” “Comments” http://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD- Revision/issues
- 52. REMAINING TIMELINE Progress Report Alpha Schema Schema • 2012 EAD Roundtable Release Development • Fall 2012 Team Meeting • Comments begin • October 2012 Final comment Beta Schema period ends Release • 15 February 2013 • 15 January 2013 • Final comments begin
- 53. REMAINING TIMELINE Tag Library Finalize schema Editorial Meeting requirements and • March 2013 tag library • 1 April 2013 Schema and tag library release • 1 July 2013
- 54. YOU KNOW MY NAME (LOOK UP THE NUMBER)
- 55. FURTHER INFORMATION SAA Standards Portal http://www2.archivists.org/standards Schema Development Team Github Repository http://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD-Revision Library of Congress EAD List EAD Roundtable List
- 56. CONTACT Michael Rush [email protected] twitter.com/mike_rush