Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

Official EAD Version 2002 Web Site

The EAD Document Type Definition (DTD) is a standard for encoding archival finding aids using Extensible Markup Language (XML). The standard is maintained in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress (LC) in partnership with the Society of American Archivists.

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EAD DTD Official Documentation for Version 2002

EAD DTD Version 2002 and related files: FTP and download instructions
EAD Version 2002 Tag Library: Printed edition | Changes/Errata | Web (HTML) edition
EAD Version 2002 Application Guidelines: (Not yet available)

EAD DTD Official Documentation for Superseded Version 1.0 (1998)

We hope you have considered Version 2002 before using this older version of EAD.

EAD Version 1.0 (1998) Tag Library: Printed edition | Web (HTML) edition
EAD Version 1.0 (1998) Application Guidelines: Printed edition | Web (HTML) edition

EAD Tools and Helper Files

A variety of tools and helper files for a number of different XML authoring and editing applications is available at the SAA EAD Roundtable's Web site:
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/ead/products.html
These tools will be kept up to date with the current versions of the software with which they are intended to be used.

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