Thanks so much! Wonderful news! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Kiesling" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:54 AM Subject: Re: OK for consortium project to use EAD 2002? > Seasons Greetings to all! > > I am very pleased to say that the DTD is finished and that WG member Randall > Barry is working even as I type to put the files on the Library of Congress > EAD web site. I anticipate that the files will be widely available > immediately after the first of the year, along with the online 2002 Tag > Library. > > Kris > > Kris Kiesling > Chair, SAA EAD Working Group > Coordinator, Technical and Digital Services > Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center > University of Texas at Austin > P.O. Drawer 7219 > 21st St. and Guadalupe > Austin, TX 78713-7219 > Voice: +1-512-232-4614 > Fax: +1-512-471-7930 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of > Marsha Maguire > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:28 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: OK for consortium project to use EAD 2002? > > > Greetings, all, > > The Northwest Digital Archives consortium is six months into a two-year > grant to develop a union database of EAD-encoded finding aids. Because most > participants will be doing their first encoding as part of this project, we > want to start out using EAD version 2002 (no point in encoding a few finding > aids in version 1 and then have to switch almost immediately to the new > version). The problem is, version 2002 has not yet been released, and from > here, it's difficult to tell when that might happen. > > I do have version 2002 EAD files (the DTD and related files for use with > XMetaL) that date from late October (thanks to Michael Fox). I could use > these to customize a template that would allow project participants to begin > encoding, but I'm concerned that changes may have been made to the DTD since > October. If members of the EAD Working Group monitor this list, may I ask if > you would recommend that we get going or wait a little longer? I think we'd > all like to be encoding finding aids fairly early in Jan. > > Thanks very much. > > Marsha Maguire > Manuscripts and Special Collections Cataloging Librarian > University of Washington Libraries > Box 352900 > Seattle, Washington 98195-2900 > (206) 543-9935 > (206) 543-1931 fax > [log in to unmask] >