EAD and ERA uploading

Encoded Archival Description

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

Step 1 - about your item

*Type of Item
Language
Title or Caption
Author or Creator
Additional Contributors
Subject/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 created
Source (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 item belong?

Choose a community
Choose a collection

Step 3 - Licensing information

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

Step 4 - Add your item

Upload your item