Tools & helper files Bodleian Library, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts

URL: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/online.htm

Encoding Procedure:  

Our legacy finding aids exist in a variety of formats - published catalogues and unpublished typescripts. Retrospective conversion began in 1998 with the unpublished finding aids which were converted into EAD (SGML) by a data conversion company, and subsequently transformed into XML in house. EAD 2002 is used for all current cataloguing. Existing EAD catalogues will be converted in due course. Perl scripts are used to automate repetitive aspects of encoding.

Delivery Mechanism:  

XSLT (Saxon) is used to transform XML into HTML for delivery on the web.

Contact:  

Mike Webb, Head of Western MSS. Cataloguing, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3GB, United Kingdom. Tel; (01865) 277164 mnw@bodley.ox.ac.uk

RLG Member:  

Yes

Last updated:  2007-02-19

Update information:
If any information concerning the above EAD implementation is incorrect or out of date download the XML source file for this entry, make required changes and mail back to levjen@umd.edu. Updated entries may only be submitted by the contact listed above.