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*Apologies for cross posting Last minute reminder for anyone interested in learning more about EAC. This online workshop is this afternoon at 2pm. Victoria From: Schaffner,Jennifer [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:55 PM To: Archives & Archivists (A&A) List Subject: [archives] Fwd: EAC Webinar Announcement Webinar Invitation: EAC-CPF Workshop on Thursday, 8 October from 9-10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time OCLC Research, the RLG Partnership and the EAC Working Group invite archivists, authorities librarians, system developers and linked-data geeks to an online workshop to discuss the draft EAC-CPF (Encoded Archival Context—Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families) standard on Thursday, 8 October from 6:00-7:00 a.m. PDT / 9:00-10:00 a.m. EDT / 2:00-3:00 p.m. BST / 13:00-14:00 GMT. This presentation is free and open to the general library and archives community. EAC-CPF (EAC for short) is a communications structure (XML schema) for archival contextual information. EAC records are akin to traditional MARC authority records, while also enabling inclusion of much greater contextual information, such as biographical information about people and administrative history and functions of governmental and private organizations. The final draft EAC schema is open for comment until October 31, 2009. Imagine EAC records as a new data source about entities that produce archival and manuscripts materials. In addition, they can provide meaningful links to related access points in many domains. EAC’s capabilities enable important steps toward an archival component of the Semantic Web. In this webinar, Katherine Wisser, chair of the international EAC Working Group, will introduce the EAC-CPF standard and then open the phone and chat lines for questions. Daniel Pitti, chief architect of the EAC schema, will also be online to participate in the discussion. Please join us! The EAC Working group needs your input. Pass this invitation on to interested colleagues. • Register to attend this webinar here<https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=126727332&RG=1&UID=1094891687>. • Learn more about EAC, the EAC schema and the tag library here<http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/>. • Contact Jennifer Schaffner<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with questions or comments. This presentation will be recorded and made available on the OCLC Research Web site by mid-October. If there is interest we will run another workshop for the Pacific Rim. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o The ARCHIVES & ARCHIVISTS (A&A) LIST is sponsored by the Society of American Archivists. The opinions expressed on the A&A List do not necessarily represent those of SAA and are not endorsed by the Society. To post to the list, send messages to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. To unsubscribe or to modify your subscription settings, log in at: http://www.archivists.org/listservs/change.asp To read the list archives: September 2006 to Present: http://forums.archivists.org/read/?forum=archives Aprill 1993 to September 2006: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html To view the A&A List Terms of Participation, visit: http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp A&A List Coordinator: Meghan Petersen [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra