Remote access to EAC-CPF context and authority records for metadata indexing: a solution based on open information retrieval standards Articles uri icon

authors

  • EITO BRUN, RICARDO

publication date

  • June 2016

start page

  • 149

end page

  • 165

issue

  • 2

volume

  • 16

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1389-0166

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1573-7519

abstract

  • This paper describes the implementation of a profile of the Search/Retrieve URL protocol for searching EAC-CPF repositories. This implementation gives archivists access to remote repositories of context and authority records when writing finding aids. This implementation of SRU is a key component in an open, distributed work environment where archivists can locate authority records and reuse them as access points. The possibility of combining and linking EAC-CPF records with descriptive metadata records (based on EAD or in any other XML-based format) leverages the investments made in the development of EAC-CPF repositories and supports innovative, distributed archival information services.

keywords

  • authority control; information retrieval; descriptive; standards; sru