[sdx-users] Registration for European conference on the DTDs EAD and EAC (Paris, France, October 7th and 8th)

[CLAVAUD Florence]

Hi,

you'll find information about registration for this conference below.

the program will be issued later.


Florence Clavaud

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European Conference on the DTDs (Document Type Definition) EAD (Encoded 
Archival Description) and EAC Encoded Archival Context)

Paris, Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires
6, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75016 Paris, metro: Les Sablons (line 1)

Following the seminar held 2 years ago in the conference room of the 
National Library of France, (on the application of the EAD DTD for cultural 
heritage purposes in archives and in libraries), the Directorate of the 
Archives of France is organising a European Conference on 7th and 8th 
October 2004 on data-processing software for encoding research aids for 
archives and authority data into XML (Extensible Markup Language). The last 
European Conference on the subject took place at the Public Record Office 
in Kew, in October 1999.

The EAD, whose first public version (1998) was revised in September 2002, 
is a document type definition founded on the same principle of multilevel 
description as the General International Standard Archival Description, 
ISAD(G). The EAD was influenced by TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) and 
contains elements that are equivalent to MARC fields (an EAD inventory aid 
may be linked with a MARC note, and conversely, an EAD notice may be 
converted into MARC).

The EAD is now well established in North America and in the rest of the 
world, and it has attained technical stability while continuing to keep 
abreast of technological advances. Training courses have been organised; 
handbooks and application guidelines have been written. Several 
institutions using the EAD in France, United Kingdom, Germany, the 
Netherlands or Spain have developed innovative solutions for encoding, 
editing and displaying theirsearching tools . It is now time to assess 
progress and to facilitate the exchange of experience.

Since 2001 another DTD, EAC (Encoded Archival Context), has been developed 
simultaneously. Perfectly compatible with the International Standard 
Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families 
ISAAR(CPF), and complementary to the UNIMARC/Authorities format, the EAC 
combines bibliographic authority records and archival authority records, 
which give information both about the creator and the context of creation 
of archival material.
The version 1.0 of EAC Tag Library should shortly become available. Tests 
have been done on the conversion of authority data into EAC/XML format, in 
particular within the LEAF project (Linking and Exploring Authority Files): 
local authority data will be downloaded from the local servers of the 
participating organisations to a central system which links automatically 
the authorities belonging to the same entity.

The participants will present their research results and ideas on different 
issues:
-       what is required for EAD implementation: thoughts on 
standardisation, training;
-       EAD implementation: tools for creating EAD documents, 
interoperability, compatibility with other standards;
-       publishing EAD/XML documents: editing tools, documentary management 
applications with documents stored on a Web server in native XML;
the EAC DTD and the first examples of authority records encoded into XML.
The European seminar will be held at the conference room of the Musée 
national des Arts et Traditions Populaires (MNATP), 6 avenue du Mahatma 
Gandhi, 75016 Paris, metro: Les Sablons (line 1),1.0

between 8.45 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 7th,
and between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, October 8th, 2004.

The registration is free. The travel and accomodation expenses have to be 
taken in charge by the participants.

However, the registration is mandatory because of the limited seating 
capacity of the MNATP's conference room (300 seats).

If the requests exceeded the room capacity, we would ask the institutions 
that have registered several participants to cancel some registrations.

For registration, please contact by e-mail Ms Maryline Wasikowski, 
Directorate of Archives of France, and give family name, first name, 
functions, institution, all details and especially e-mail.

Ms Wasikowski will be able to deliver attendance certificates at the hall 
entrance to the conference room.

e-mail: address@hidden