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Encoded Archival Description

This is a link to RGL's [EAD Best Practice Guide]

Overview of EAD Structure:

<eadheader> contains information describing the finding aid itself
<frontmatter> contains prefatory matter incorporating information useful for the display or publication of the finding aid
<archdesc> contains description of archival materials and associated administrative and contextual information

Example:

<ead>
<eadheader>
lanencoding=
relatedencoding= (this section is often mapped to Dublin Code for easier search-ability)
repositoryencoding=
countryencoding=
dateencoding=
<eadid> (content must uniquely identify the EAD instance, should include at least one of the following: publicid, identifier, or url)
countrycode=
mainagencycode= (repository code)
publicid= (public text owner identifiers?? obsolete?)
identifier= (ARK)
url=
encodinganalog= (maps to URL)
<filedesc>
<titlestmt>
<titleproper> (use for formal title of the finding aid itself and not the title of the fonds or record group being described)
encodinganalog=
<author> (record the person or institution responsible for the intellectual content of the encoded finding aid)
encodinganalog=
<publicationstmt>
<publisher>
encodinganalog=
<date>
encodinganalog=
normal=
<address>
encodinganalog=
(etc.,)

Education and Research Archive

*The University of Alberta Libraries [*ERA homepage]


ERA deposit ???how-to???:

Step 1 - about your item

Type of Item*Language*Title or Caption*Author or Creator*Additional ContributorsSubject/Keyword* Is this item about: a time? a place?Description (abstract)Citation for previous publication (If item has been previously published provide a citation)Date createdSource (brief information about a physical item from which this item was derived)Link to related item (must be a url)

Step 2 - Where does this itembelong?

Choose a community*Choose a collection

Step 3 - Licensinginformation

Who should see this item and when should they see it?* Everyone University of Alberta Community (CCID-Protected) No-one (for preservation only) embargo dateChoose a license (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial No-Derivative Works 3.0 Unported)

Step 4 - Add your item

Upload your item

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