From a415131d70e68de59abc0e8a95ef2264c2cedce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kerstin Arnold Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:21:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update README.md Draft update to the README for the EAD 2002 repository as part of the minor schema release --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 43135da..035502e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ # EAD2002 Encoded Archival Description Version 2002 -EAD 2002 is deprecated and no longer supported by the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards. As of 2019, this version of the standard is still used in the archival community. The EAD2002 schemas will remain available at this location and all versions are also still hosted by the Library of Congress (e.g. https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd). +EAD 2002 is deprecated and no longer supported by the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards. + +The latest status is from fall 2021, when the value lists included in EAD 2002 e.g. for country, language, and script codes have been removed and the data type of the relevant attributes has been changed to NMTOKEN. This does now allow for more recently published codes from the respective ISO standards 3166-1, 639-2b, and 15924 to be used with EAD 2002 files, but also enables other values to be included where appropriate. This change follows TS-EAS' design principles 7 and 10 (see: [Design Principles](https://github.com/SAA-SDT/TS-EAS-subteam-notes/wiki/Design-Principles)). + +As of 2021, this version of the standard is still used in the archival community. The EAD 2002 schemas will remain available at this location and all versions are also still hosted by the Library of Congress (e.g. https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd). For more information about EAD, including its current version, EAD3, please visit https://www.loc.gov/ead/ From 072094ca45fdbf41d2f9076af0570a1ec6edb133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kerstin Arnold Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:49:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 035502e..b375ec1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Encoded Archival Description 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, when the value lists included in EAD 2002 e.g. for country, language, and script codes have been removed and the data type of the relevant attributes has been changed to NMTOKEN. This does now allow for more recently published codes from the respective ISO standards 3166-1, 639-2b, and 15924 to be used with EAD 2002 files, but also enables other values to be included where appropriate. This change follows TS-EAS' design principles 7 and 10 (see: [Design Principles](https://github.com/SAA-SDT/TS-EAS-subteam-notes/wiki/Design-Principles)). +The latest status is from fall 2021, when the value lists included in the XML and the RelaxNG schemas of EAD 2002 e.g. for country, language, and script codes have been removed and the data type of the relevant attributes has been changed to NMTOKEN. This does now allow for more recently published codes from the respective ISO standards 3166-1, 639-2b, and 15924 to be used with EAD 2002 files, but also enables other values to be included where appropriate. This change follows TS-EAS' design principles 7 and 10 (see: [Design Principles](https://github.com/SAA-SDT/TS-EAS-subteam-notes/wiki/Design-Principles)). As of 2021, this version of the standard is still used in the archival community. The EAD 2002 schemas will remain available at this location and all versions are also still hosted by the Library of Congress (e.g. https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd).