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[Apologies for cross-posting.] This is a final reminder that the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Description (TS-EAD) is currently accepting comments on the upcoming revision of EAD. The original call for comments is below. Please consider submitting any and all ideas you may have on how EAD can be improved. The deadline for comments is February 28, 2011. Thanks in advance for your input. Mike Rush, (Yale University) Bill Stockting (British Library) Co-chairs, TS-EAD ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Rush <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:30 AM Subject: Revision of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) - Call for Comments To: Encoded Archival Description List <[log in to unmask]> [Apologies for cross-posting.] Revision of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) - Call for Comments In February this year the Society of American Archivists charged a new subcommittee of the Standards Committee, the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Description (TS-EAD), to undertake a revision of the standard within a period of 5 years. To ensure the greatest possible input from EAD users around the world, the subcommittee has an extensive international membership and is calling for proposed changes to the current version, EAD 2002. The deadline for change proposals is 28 February 2011. The timetable for this revision process is as follows - NB this is an indicative timetable and may be subject to change. 30 September 2010: Call for comments 28 February 2011: Deadline for comments August 2011: Forum for discussion at SAA Annual Meeting Spring 2012: Working meeting of TS-EAD (subject to funding) December 2012: Release of draft schema for testing and comment August 2013: Publish revised version at SAA Annual Meeting In completing the revision process the subcommittee will take note of the Design Principles for Enhancements to EAD published at the time of the last revision. The subcommittee will take account also of the global success of EAD and current implementation practice. It will endeavour to encourage continued adoption of EAD as a tool for the online dissemination of archival information by ensuring that EAD is as economical and straightforward as possible to implement and use. To propose changes, please fill out the form at http://www.archivists.org/standards/ead/eadRevisions.asp. Please fill in a separate form for each change suggested, with a brief description and the rationale for the proposed change. Comments may also be sent by e-mail to [log in to unmask] and should include the information in the form. To ensure that the revision process is as open as possible, all comments must be attributable to named individuals and affiliated organisations where appropriate. Anonymous responses will not be considered. All change proposals will be made publicly available, with attribution, in a forum to be determined. E-mail addresses are asked for so that we may contact respondents for clarification, but will not be shared. Michael Rush (Yale University) Bill Stockting (British Library) Co-chairs, TS-EAD Bill S&C Cataloguing Systems and Processing Manager British Library Tel: (0)20 7412 7188 Please think before you print! 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