From 12eb8ad4ae9b83a0bdf9fc9d8b877a3da2052ff0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?ibu=20=E2=98=89=20radempa?= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 10:05:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add page on archival metadata standards --- archival_metadata_standards.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 archival_metadata_standards.md diff --git a/archival_metadata_standards.md b/archival_metadata_standards.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b81c0bb --- /dev/null +++ b/archival_metadata_standards.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Archival metadata standards + +## Common standards + +Archives are frequently described using these [Standards](https://www2.archivists.org/standards): + +* [DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard): Description of archive on multiple levels of detail.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Describing_Archives:_A_Content_Standard), see in particular [Relation to Other Standards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Describing_Archives:_A_Content_Standard#Relation_to_Other_Standards) +* [ISAD(G) (General International Standard Archival Description)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAD(G)) +* [EAD (Encoded Archival Description)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encoded_Archival_Description); current version: EAD3 +* [EAC-CPF Encoded Archival Context](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encoded_Archival_Context) - for describing corporate bodies, persons, and families, maintained by Society of American Archivists and [Berliner Staatsbibliothek](https://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de) is a standard for encoding contextual information about persons, corporate bodies, and families related to archival materials using Extensible Markup Language [(XML)](https://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/schema/v2/eac.html); can be used on its own, or as extension to others. (Probably less relevant to us.) + +## Notes + +* DACS requires a minimum of descriptive fields, out of 25 in total; own fields can be added +* DACS can be exported to EAD or MARC21 +* EAC-CPF seems to be frequentyl use in German-speakng areasscheint im deutschen Sprachraum häufig verwendet zu werden (für Organisationen, Personen, Familien); in v2.0 (2018) it was aligned to EAD + +## See also + +* https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiv#Erschlie%C3%9Fung +* https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivische_Verzeichnung#Felder_der_Titelaufnahme +* https://saa-ts-dacs.github.io/dacs/06_part_I/03_chapter_02/00_identity_elements.html +* https://www2.archivists.org/standards/encoded-archival-context-corporate-bodies-persons-and-families-eac-cpf