Descriptive Standards: International Context and

New Directions

Descriptive Standards: International Context and

New Directions

Michael RushBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,

Yale University

Michael RushBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,

Yale University

SAA Maintained StandardsSAA Maintained Standards

• Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

• Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

• Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

• Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

ICA Maintained StandardsICA Maintained Standards

• General International Standard Archival Description, 2nd ed. —ISAD(G)

• International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families, 2nd ed. — ISAAR(CPF)

• General International Standard Archival Description, 2nd ed. —ISAD(G)

• International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families, 2nd ed. — ISAAR(CPF)

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• EAD• EAD• DACS

New SAA StandardsNew SAA Standards

• Encoded Archival Context — (EAC)• Encoded Archival Context — (EAC)

New ICA StandardsNew ICA Standards

• International Standard for Describing Functions — ISDF

• International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings — ISDIAH

• International Standard for Describing Functions — ISDF

• International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings — ISDIAH

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• ISDF

• ISDIAH

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• ISDF

• ISDIAH

• EAD

• EAC

• EAD

• EAC

• DACS

On the Horizon…On the Horizon…

• Encoded Archival Function (EAF)?• Encoded Archival Group (EAG)?

• Encoded Archival Function (EAF)?• Encoded Archival Group (EAG)?

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• ISDF

• ISDIAH

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• ISDF

• ISDIAH

• EAD

• EAC

• EAF?

• EAG?

• EAD

• EAC

• EAF?

• EAG?

• DACS

Standards RamificationsStandards Ramifications

• Revise/expand DACS?• Develop separate national

standards?• Would ICA standards suffice?

• Revise/expand DACS?• Develop separate national

standards?• Would ICA standards suffice?

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• ISDF

• ISDIAH

• ISAD(G)

• ISAAR(CPF)

• ISDF

• ISDIAH

• EAD

• EAC

• EAF?

• EAG?

• EAD

• EAC

• EAF?

• EAG?

• DACS

•DACS2?

•DACS2?

•DACS2?

Technical RamificationsTechnical Ramifications

• Revise EAD? • Expansion of tools like Archivists’

Toolkit and Archon?

• Revise EAD? • Expansion of tools like Archivists’

Toolkit and Archon?

Web of DescriptionWeb of Description

EAC

EAD EAD EAD

Web of DescriptionWeb of Description

EAF

EAC EAC EAC

Web of DescriptionWeb of Description

EAG

EAD EAD EAD

Questions?Questions?

Michael Rush

michael.rush@yale.edu