Help Pages
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Readings
Help Pages
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Readings
The following is a brief list of on-line readings and Internet sites which
contain information on XML and SGML. The list includes general
readings as well as more in-depth sites that provide information
on tagging, style sheets, discussion forums, etc.
Granular Collections Access: A Strategy Informed by Standards - By Günter Waibel
An overview of relations between EAD - MOA2 - TEI Lite information architectures, useful for presenting browsable book-like objects online. -- NEW!
OCLC Systems & Services Journal, vol.17, no.2 contains three items about EAD:
Kris Kiesling's "Metadata, metadata, everywhere - but where is
the hook?" pp:84-88.: Her article discusses issues that currently
exist between EAD and Dublin Core.
Chris Prom's "Extending the capabilities of the EAD
Cookbook," pp: 89-95: He shares his experiences in
simplifying the tagging process with WordPerfect macros and incorporating a
digital image linking process into EAD Cookbook routine.
and an editorial: "EAD: a true machine-readable
encoding standard for archivists" covers EAD development history, use
of EAD, and the future of EAD.
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Museums and the Online Archive of California:
Museum Consortia, Digital Library Projects, Standards for Complex Multimedia Objects,
and More Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys - By Richard Rinehart
An account of the creation of MOAC.
Produce, Publish and Preserve: A Holistic Approach to Digital Assets Management -
By Guenter Waibel
A description of how the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive manages digital objects.
Archives and Museum Informatics, volume 12, nos. 3-4, 1998
This issue is devoted to EAD in action. There is an article by David C Gartrell
entitled "Word Processing and Database Software as EAD Encoding Tools."
A
Gentle Introduction to XML
An overview and introduction to XML
Encoded Archival
Description: using SGML to create permanent electronic handlists
A discussion of SGML and the use of EAD
Berkeley
Finding Aid Conference
A series of papers from the Berkeley Finding Aid Conference, April
4-6, 1995
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Site - Overview of SGML Resources
In addition to information on SGML resources, this section of the W3C site also provides information on groups and discussion forums.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Site - XML Activities
Provides a good overview of XML and its relationship to HTML and SGML,
then leads into information on tagging and style sheets for XML
XML FAQ
A list of frequently asked questions and answers pertaining to XML
XML.COM
keep up on developments related to XML
xmlhack.com
Developer news from the XML community