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The RLG report card does exactly that.  It uses two style sheets to verify an EAD instance against the RLG best practices.  You can download the report card here http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/past/rlg/ead/reportcard.htm .  I've never used the online version but use the standalone desktop version on a daily basis as part of our QA process.  With that one you can customize the two style sheets it uses, which is handy for checking local practice variations.

Michele

From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:36 PM
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Subject: QA stylesheets for checking EAD validation

Hi,

Has anyone on the list ever written or used XSLT stylesheets that can be run against EAD guides to list errors or warnings that the guide fails to meet certain criteria (invalid content, usage of elements/attributes fails to meet best practices)?

I'm attempting to process some EAD guides against dtd2schema.xsl and post the result to eXist, but if a file doesn't validate, eXist will not accept it.  I'd like to be able to preprocess the file and output human-readable error reports before attempting to post it to eXist.

Thanks,
Ethan Gruber