apeEAC-CPF

The use of EAC-CPF in the Archives Portal Europe

The Archives Portal Europe also uses the standard Encoded Archival Context for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (EAC-CPF), which is an XML standard for encoding archive records creators according to the principles of International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR/CPF), drafted by the International Council on Archives (ICA). While the standard EAC-CPF is maintained by the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), in partnership with the Library of Congress, its website and tag library are hosted by the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.

Describing records creators

EAC-CPF is an ongoing initiative within the international archival community to design and implement a prototype standard for encoding descriptions of records creators. The description of individuals, families, and organisations that create records is an essential component of the preservation of the documentary evidence of human activity, which facilitates both access to and interpretation of records.