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An unmoderated listserv ([email protected]) is open to developers and implementers of the EAD DTD and schemas, EAC-CPF, and other encoded archival standards.

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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) is an XML standard for encoding archival finding aids, maintained by the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards of the Society of American Archivists, in partnership with the Library of Congress.

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