As you may have intuited would happen given my last message, I've asked SAA
to take the DACS PDF file down, which they have done. As handy as it may
have been, it's just not a good idea to have a non-canonical version of such
a document floating around cyberspace.
That said, I have also asked SAA to renew their efforts to have DACS added
to the Cataloger's Desktop. Primarily it's an issue of licensing. I'll
keep you posted.
Kris
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Burt Altman
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:18 AM
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Thanks for noting that, Kris. However, I wonder if there's another link to
this file. I can't access
it using the link below.
Burt Altman
At 10:42 AM 3/17/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Peter et al,
>
>This PDF file is definitely NOT the final version of DACS. It is most
>likely the version that was made available for public comment. Lots of
>changes were made based on those comments, some of them very significant.
>Thank you, Peter, for pointing this out.
>
>Kris Kiesling
>
>
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>From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>digest Peter Hirsch
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:59 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Status of APPM
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>Well, DACS is available (minus some appendices and possibly not in its
>final form) on-line at:
>
>http://www.archivists.org/DACS.pdf
>
>I have this bookmarked so I can get to it, but I am not sure of its context
>within the SAA site at this point, so I can't vouch 100% for its
>up-to-dateness. Still, it is better than nothing and might be of use while
>you are waiting for your hard copy to show up.
>
>Peter Hirsch
>
>NYPL
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> Kris Kiesling
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>Peter,
>
>APPM has been superseded by Describing Archives: A Content Standard
>(published by SAA, 2004 http://www.archivists.org/catalog/index.asp). DACS
>is designed to be used for the creation of finding aids and bibliographic
>records, in conjunction with EAD and MARC 21, for everything from
>collection
>to item level descriptions. It also can be used with EAC for the creation
>of archival authority records. DACS is not yet available online, but at
>some point in the future will be incorporated into Cataloger's Desktop.
>
>Kris Kiesling
>Associate Director for Technical and Digital Services
>Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Peter Verhaar
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:58 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Status of APPM
>
>I have a question about the Archives, Personal Papers, & Manuscripts (APPM)
>standard. The company that I work for, IDC Publishers (in the Netherlands)
>has used this standard in past for the bibliographic description of
>archival
>collections, next to EAD of course as a data format. My question is about
>the current status of APPM. I noticed that the current version of
>Cataloger's Desktop of the Library of Congress does no longer include a
>description of the APPM standard. I have also been unable to locate a
>on-line version of APPM elsewhere. Does anybody know if this standard is
>still actively maintained? And do many institutions still use APPM for the
>actual description of archives, also on item level?
>Kind regards,
>
>Peter Verhaar
>
>Bibliographic Department
>IDC Publishers
>Leiden, The Netherlands
>www.idc.nl
Burt Altman, CA
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