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An unmoderated listserv ([email protected]) is open to developers and implementers of the EAD DTD and schemas, EAC-CPF, and other encoded archival standards.

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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) is an XML .standard for encoding archival finding aids, maintained by the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards of the Society of American Archivists, in partnership with the Library of Congress.

  Version EAD3 - Current  


  Version 2002  

EAD 2002 is deprecated and no longer supported by the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards. The latest status is from fall 2021. As of 2021, this version of the standard is still used in the archival community and will hence remain available at this location and on GitHub (https://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD2002).


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  Community and Support  

In addition to the EAD Listserv, sites for activities and standards related to EAD, its usage and development, portals and deployment of EAD encoded finding aids over the Web are available for reference.

Submit an EAD issue or request a feature on this Web form: https://www2.archivists.org/standards/TS-EAS-report-an-issue.

Submit an EAD issue or request a feature on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FSAA-SDT%2FEAD3%2Fissues%2Fnew.
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