Experimenting Locally with Encoded Archival Context - Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF): Moving toward Linked Archival Metadata?

Tim Thompson & Matt CarruthersUniversity of Miami Libraries

Archival Description

» Focused on the collections themselves

Archival Description

» Problem: How do we capture context?˃ Creator descriptions and context are essential

EAC-CPF

» Solution: Encoded Archival Context – Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families

EAC-CPF

» <control>» <cpfDescription>

˃ <identity>˃ <description>˃ <relations>

(Tag Library: http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/eac/cpf/tagLibrary/cpfTagLibrary.html)

EAC-CPF

» <relations>

EAC-CPF(Person)

Archival Collection

Colleague

Employer

EAC-CPF

EAC-CPF

»Why experiment?

EAC-CPF

» Discover buried or implicit relationships» Allows for much more granular

description» Aggregates all relevant information about

an entity in one record

EAC-CPF

» “Connecting the Dots: Using EAC-CPF to Reunite Samuel Johnson and His Circle” – Harvard and Yale

+ https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/liblab/proj/connecting-dots-using-eac-cpf-reunite-samuel-johnson-and-his-circle

» Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) – National Archival Authorities Cooperative

+ http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/search

EAC-CPF at UM Libraries

» First Step:˃ Use XSLT to batch create EAC-CPF records from

existing EAD data

EAC-CPF at UM Libraries

» Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP)˃ https://github.com/UMiamiLibraries/RAMP

EAD

EAC-CPF

Wiki Markup

EAC-CPF at UM Libraries

» Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP)

Thank You!