I am pleased to forward the following files to you.
<<ead.css>> <<ead.ctm>> <<ead.mcr>> <<ead.rlx>> <<eadcorporate.xml>>
<<eadperson.xml>>
<<EAD Cookbook.doc>> <<ead.dtd>> <<eadbase.ent>>
I look forward to receiving your comments.
Michael
Michael Fox
Acting Assistant Director for Library and Archives
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellogg Blvd West
St. Paul MN 55102-1906
phone: 651-296-1014
fax: 651-296-9961
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> Hey!
>
> I am interested in participating. We are using XML-spy and XMetal. We have
> so far tested the EAD against both traditional forms of data and sets of
> digital journals in XML-form.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Magnus Wåhlberg
>
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> Från: Fox, Michael [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Skickat: den 19 april 2000 18:55
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> Ämne: EAD Cookbook available for testing (long message)
>
>
> The beta version of the EAD Cookbook is now available to anyone who is
> interested in helping to test it before it is formally made available
> through the SAA EAD Roundtable Help Pages.
>
> What is the Cookbook?
>
> Archives and libraries implementing EAD face many options: what software
> to
> use to create documents, what elements and attributes to employ in
> encoding,
> how to configure their software for maximum efficiency, and how to create
> print and web-ready versions of their inventories. During the meeting of
> the EAD Roundtable at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Society of American
> Archivists, attendees agreed that a simple model encoding scheme with an
> accompanying suite of software tools for "authoring" electronic finding
> aids
> and stylesheets for "publishing" them would be very useful. This cookbook
> has been developed to accomplish that end. It functions as an extension
> of
> the EAD Tag Library and the EAD Application Guidelines. To use it, one
> must
> have a basic understanding of the EAD element set.
>
> What's in the Cookbook?
>
> The Cookbook has two components:
>
> 1. The Cookbook itself- a 44 page document now in MS Word95. This
> publication contains a prototype EAD encoding scheme that defines a set of
> basic elements, attributes and default text that an archives might adopt
> as
> standard encoding practice. This prototype is based on recommendations in
> the EAD Application Guidelines, the guidelines of several EAD
> implementation
> projects, and comments from earlier reviewers. The second part of the
> document is a set of step-by-step instructions for installing and using
> the
> various electronic tools that accompany the Cookbook and which are
> described
> next.
>
> 2. Electronic tools to aid in creating and publishing EAD finding aids on
> the web and in print form. The basic tool is a template that contains
> all
> of the default elements, attributes, and text specified in the encoding
> prototype. This makes data entry a matter of filling in the blanks on the
> template. Templates are available for three software products: XMetaL,
> Author/Editor, and WordPerfect 9. There are also accompanying files for
> keyboard macros, styles, and customization files particular to each of
> these
> software applications- all designed to simplify and expedite data entry.
>
> Finally, there is a set of stylesheets written in the XSL Transformation
> (XSLT) language that can be used to convert EAD documents based on the
> prototype encoding scheme into HTML for distribution on the web.
>
> The stylesheets produce a presentation whose format is drawn for several
> existing models. You can see examples of the output at
>
> http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/2468f.html (frames version)
>
> http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/2468.html (no frames
> version)
>
> As mentioned previously, the Cookbook contains detailed instructions for
> using all of these tools.
>
>
> How can I participate?
>
> I will be glad to send the appropriate files to anyone who wishes to help
> test these products if
>
> 1. you tell me whether you will be using XMetaL, Author/Editor, or
> WordPerfect 9
>
> 2. you promise to really, truly, actually test the products and
>
> 3. you promise to send me your comments and one encoded finding aid by
> June 2. The finding aid need not be extensive; I'm looking for examples
> to
> test the stylesheets against a variety of implementations other than my
> own.
> I will incorporate any and all suggestions into the final version to the
> extent reasonably possible.
>
> This distribution will not include the stylesheets until they have been
> tested further. However, I will use the stylesheets to convert the
> finding
> aid you send me into HTML and send the file back to you as quickly as
> possible.
>
>
> I hope this will become a useful tool that will further reduce the
> learning
> curve for implementing EAD. Your help in making that possible is greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
> Michael
>
> Michael Fox
> Acting Assistant Director for Library and Archives
> Minnesota Historical Society
> 345 Kellogg Blvd West
> St. Paul MN 55102-1906
> phone: 651-296-1014
> fax: 651-296-9961
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Michael
>
> Michael Fox
> Acting Assistant Director for Library and Archives
> Minnesota Historical Society
> 345 Kellogg Blvd West
> St. Paul MN 55102-1906
> phone: 651-296-1014
> fax: 651-296-9961
> [log in to unmask]
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