These statements are intended as guiding principles to be used in formulating future enhancements to the EAD DTD. They were developed as part of the project that led to the EAD 2002 DTD made public in late 2002. These principles support the objective of facilitating the widest possible use of EAD. When considering the submission of suggestions for possible change to the EAD DTD, 2002americanarchivalarchivistscongressdescriptiondesigndevelopmentdtdeadencodedenhacementlibraryprinciplessociety in EADwith eadprinciples
This document provides a history of thedevelopment of the Encoded Archival Description DTD, from its beginnings as a University ofCalifornia, Berkeley project to its current 2002 release as a developing international standard forfinding aids. The DTD was developed by the archival community. The standard is maintainedby the Library of Congress. 2002americanarchivalarchivistscongressdescriptiondevelopmentdtdeadencodedlibrarysociety in EADwith dtdead