EAG2012

Describing archival institutions using Encoded Archival Guide (EAG)

The Archives Portal Europe provides comprehensive information about institutions with archivals holdings in the "Directory". Often the self-description of an institution is the first step to become visible in the European archival landscape, even without having archival descriptions online. The archives description is encoded in EAG. The Archives Portal Europe enables content providers to create EAG files within the provides tools, the Dashboard and the Data Preparation Tool.

This page provides an overview of the XML standard Encoded Archival Guide (EAG) in its version of 2012, which has been developed within the APEx project in the context of expanding and enhancing the Archives Portal Europe. EAG2012, forthwith referred to as EAG, is the result of reviewing the existing version EAG 0.2, created initially in the context of the Censo-Guía de los Archivos de España e Iberoamérica, and relating this to the International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings (ISDIAH) as published by the International Council on Archives (ICA).