Post SCAN and Preportal - Towards an Integrated UK Archival Gateway Jane Jamieson, National Archives of Scotland (NAS)
SCAN Online Catalogues Project - Aftermath End of 4 year project funded by HLF to put top level descriptions from Scottish archives online Possible creation of catalogue descriptions down to item level Mac2A Export of data into XML using Encoded Archival Description
Scottish Archive Network Scottish Archive Network
Higher Education Archives Hub
HE HUB Project to put archive catalogues of higher education online Uses XML to display data and allow searching Operated on a Linux platform Now co-operating very closely with A2A
Access to Archives A2A
A2A A2A - Access to Archives | Home A2A - Access to Archives | Home A2A - Access to Archives | Home Project run by National Archives, Kew to join together and put online catalogues of English local record offices Using DS Calm as cataloguing tool in a Windows environment Proposal to act as UK archival gateway
XML – Extensible Markup Language Same family as SGML (Standard Markup Language Platform independent should run on Linux and Windows Developed originally in USA by aircraft manufacturer in Seattle to keep control over stock of parts Developed in USA by Daniel Pitti for web display and retrieval of archive catalogues
EAD Website
Finding Aid Detail Finding Aid Detail
EAD and EAC
ICA/CDS | Standards & Guidelines ards.htm ICA/CDS | Standards & Guidelines ards.htm