Robert and Kim, A copy of the ead.rls files is available at the Berkeley library ftp site: ftp to library.berkeley.edu traverse the following file structure pub|sgml|ead|tools|ae| Michael Fox On Wed, 19 Mar 1997 17:34:01 -0500, ROBERT ANGER <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Sorry to bother everyone with this message, but we seem >to need a little help in getting started, and in truth, don't know >who else to turn to - I don't think there's anyone up here in Canada >available for troubleshooting. > >We're attempting to begin encoding a finding aid using the >DTD and related files downloaded from the Library of >Congress web-site, as well as using Softquad Rules >Builder and Softquad Author/Editor. > >In order to use Author Editor to begin encoding the finding aid, it >asks for you to "choose" a ruleset (***.rls). Not having a ruleset, >we've gone into Rules Builder, opened the EAD DTD, and under >Special in the menu, clicked on "Build Rules". We then typed in >"ead" as the Doctype name and clicked on the Build Rules button, >but this gives an error message. > >We were wondering if this might be because the DTD contains several >"entity references" to external files, and the Rules Builder is >having difficulty finding them. However, the entity files >(eadbase.ent, eadnotat.ent, etc.) are kept in the same directory >that the EAD.DTD file can be found. > >Along with this, we were just wondering if it is necessary to "build" >a set of rules anyway. We couldn't find anything discussing >this in the Applications Guidelines. > >There is, I'm sure, a very logical and easy explanation to this >problem, unfortunately we're having difficulty figuring it out. If >anyone out there who uses Softquad products in order to encode their >finding aids knows what we're doing wrong, or can fill us in on the >correct steps in order to begin "tagging" a new document, we'd >greatly appreciate your assistance. > > >Robert Anger and Kim Murray >Graduate Students - Faculty of Information Studies >University of Toronto Effective March 15, members of the Processing Department can be reached at individual e-mail accounts. The naming convention is [log in to unmask] e.g. [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Processing Department Minnesota Historical Society [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] fax 612.296.9961