News and Announcements
- Statement on Standards Alignment Updated!
- SAA EAS Section Tools
- EAS Primer Video Available!
- Call for EAD translations
- TS-EAS Webinar Available!
- Release of EAD3 v1.1.1
- EAD3 Implementation Survey Results
- Suggestions, Report an Issue
- EAD3 Ver. 1.1.0 Release Notes [GitHub]
- 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.
Use this link to subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your settings to the EAD Listerv
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 Version 1.1.1 [GitHub]
- EAD3 Schemas and DTD
- EAD3 Starter Kit [GitHub]
- EAD3 Tag Library Version 1.1.2 Update!
- EAD3 Tag Library [PDF - 425 p.] Version 1.1.2 Update!
- EAD3 FAQ [courtesy SAA EAD Roundtable]
Version
2002
EAD 2002 is deprecated and no longer supported by the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards. The latest status is from fall 2021. As of 2021, this version of the standard is still used in the archival community and will hence remain available at this location and on GitHub (https://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD2002).
- EAD 2002 Schema
- EAD DTD, version 2002
- EAD Tag Library (with examples and crosswalks), version 2002
- EAD Tag Library, version 2002 [PDF - 315 p.]
- EAD 2002 Tag Library Translations
Related Standards
- Statement on Standards Alignment New!
- EAC-CPF: Encoded Archival Context - Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families
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.
Submit an EAD issue or request a feature on this Web form: https://www2.archivists.org/standards/TS-EAS-report-an-issue.
Submit an EAD issue or request a feature on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FSAA-SDT%2FEAD3%2Fissues%2Fnew.
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