News and Announcements
- EAD3 Implementation Survey [from TS-EAS] New!
- Implementing EAD3: Conversion and Migration [courtesy EAD3 Study Group]
- EAD2002 to EAD3 Beta Stylesheet
EAD Listserv
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.
Version EAD3 - Current 
- EAD3 1.0 (GitHub)
- EAD3 Schemas and DTD
- EAD3 Starter Kit (GitHub)
- EAD3 Tag Library
- EAD3 Tag Library [PDF - 425 p., courtesy Society of American Archivists]
- EAD3 FAQ [courtesy SAA EAD Roundtable]
Version
2002
- EAD 2002 Schema
- EAD DTD, version 2002
- EAD Tag Library (with examples and crosswalks), version 2002
- EAD Tag Library, version 2002 [PDF - 315 p., courtesy Society of American Archivists]
- EAD 2002 Tag Library Translations
Related Standards
Community and Support
In addition to the EAD Listserv, sites for activities and standards related to EAD, its usage and
development, portals and deployment of EAD encoded finding aids over the Web are available for reference.