EAC lansat!/EAC released

Dupa cum se stie, marea varietate a sistemelor informatice care administreaza arhive a generat nevoia unei codificari de inter-schimb, care sa asigure compatibilitatea, adica trecerea datelor dintr-un sistem in altul.  Un exemplu este atunci cand Brasovul are un sistem si Clujul are altul, iar la Bucuresti vor sa treaca toate inventarele noaste dintr-o structura electronic in alt sistem, este nevoie, pentru compatibilizare, de o codificare de inter-schimb . Aceasta codificare pentru descrierea arhivelor este EAD. Pentru celelalte standarde nu exista o codificare specifica. Recent insa, a fost lansat codificarea pentru ISAAAR-CPF, care este EAC: Encoded Archival Context. Este bazat tot pe XML si cu siguranta va fi iarasi un subiect extrem de trendy in perioada urmatoare la nivel international.

Eu fac inca parte din grupa scepticilor, si nu sunt deosebit de entuziast fata de EAD/EAC. Ma gandesc ca oricum se poate exporta in XML si de aici sa fac ajustarile pentru import in alt sistem, asa ca de ce am nevoie de o schema distincta? Apoi, atat timp cat chestiile astea se fac in Notepad, nu cred ca le voi invata vreodata.. Mi se pare munca de nebun..Dar in egala masura, stiu pe multi din oamenii care lucreaza la treaba asta si sunt nsite exceptionali. Deci, poate or fi stiind ei ceva de tot muncesc la minunile astea… Astept sa ma convinga.

Iata comunicatul oficial.

The EAC Working Group is pleased to announce the release of the EAC-CPF schema and tag library. The EAC-CPF site is hosted by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in partnership with the Bundesarchiv and is accessible at: http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ This release consists of a “final draft” version of the EAC-CPF schema and Tag Library. The final draft version is being released to provide the international archival community an opportunity to test the schema and review the Tag Library in order to provide corrections, comments, and suggestions for considering to the EACWG before the final release. The final draft version of EAC-CPF is available for review for 75 days (deadline October 30th, 2009), and the final version is scheduled to be released on November 15th, 2009. Please take the time to test the schema, review the Tag Library, and provide the EACWG with your findings. The final draft version of the EAC-CPF should be used for REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY. The Tag Library and examples are working draft documents and thus NOT NORMATIVE. The schema will continue to be revised to fix errors and inconstancies, and to refine controlled constraints on some elements and attributes. No major structural changes are anticipated.