Encoded Archival Context – Corporate bodies, Persons and Families (EAC-CPF) is an

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standard for encoding information about the creators of archival materials – i.e., a corporate body, person or family -- including their relationships to (a) resources (books, collections, papers, etc.) and (b) other corporate bodies, persons and families. The goal is to provide contextual information regarding the circumstances of record creation and use. EAC-CPF can be used in conjunction with

Encoded Archival Description Encoded Archival Description (EAD) is a standard for encoding descriptive information regarding archival records.Pitti, D (2012). "Encoded Archival Description (EAD)." In Bates, Marcia J., (ed.) ''Understanding Information Retrieval Systems: Managem ...

(EAD) for enhancement of EAD's capabilities in encoding

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s, but can also be used in conjunction with other standards or for standalone authority file encoding. EAC-CPF is defined in a document type definition as well as in an

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and a

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schema. EAC-CPF elements reflect the

International Standard Archival Authority Record An International Standard Archival Authority Record (ISAAR) is a form of authority control record, standardized by the Committee of Descriptive Standards of the International Council on Archives The International Council on Archives (ICA; French: ...

standard and the General International Standard Archival Description, two standards managed by the

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. EAC-CPF has been and is being tested in various institutions, such as the European Union ''LEAF'' project; 'Linking and Exploring Authority Files', funded between 2001 and 2004. The Ad Hoc EAC-CPF Working Group's early drafts were published in 2004. and the working group released a draft for public comment in August 2009. prior to publication of the completed standard in 2010.

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External links

* {{official website, http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/, name=EAC-CPF home page
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families ISAAR (CPF)

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) project
Archival science Markup languages