Cuadra Associates Releases Version 4 of the STAR/Archives Collections Management Solution.New Version Allows for Generating EAD EAD Ensino A Distancia (Brazil) EAD Encoded Archival Description (DTD for SGML) EAD Employment Authorization Document (US INS) EAD Exposure At Default XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Files from the Archival Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Cuadra Associates, Inc. (Cuadra), a leading provider of knowledge management solutions, announced the release of a new version of STAR/Archives, its acclaimed archival collections management solution. The centerpiece of this new release is a new feature that allows for generation of EAD finding aids as XML files from the archival catalog. Cuadra decided to create this new feature because more and more archives are creating finding aids in EAD (Encoded Archival Description Encoded Archival Description is an XML standard for encoding archival finding aids, maintained by the Library of Congress in partnership with the Society of American Archivists. History EAD originated in 1993, at the University of California, Berkeley. ) format, which has become the recognized exchange format for both archival institutions and researchers. Up until now, creating EAD finding aid files has been a labor-intensive process involving the encoding See encode. of descriptions and container-list information by hand, using a text editor or an SGML/XML authoring tool. With STAR/Archives' new feature for generating such finding aids "on the fly," users can take advantage of the descriptive work that they have already done and generate the needed finding aids in a single step, as a byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. of their cataloging efforts. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Judith Wanger, Cuadra's Executive Vice President, "Our goal was to provide our users with an efficient way to generate EAD finding aids. We know that most of our customers are under pressure to provide access to new archival materials quickly, both in-house and on the Web. We wanted to make it easy for them to generate finding aids, without re-keying, re-encoding, or re-interpretation of the intellectual work." About Cuadra Associates, Inc. Founded in 1978, Cuadra Associates, Inc. is a leading provider of knowledge management software products. The core of every Cuadra product is STAR, an acclaimed multi-purpose software package with the power and flexibility to manage collections of all types. STAR is unique in that it is able to manage collections effectively in many types of environments, including libraries and information centers, records centers, archives, museums, competitive intelligence, and publishing. Many of these organizations have multiple, related information management needs that can be met with a single STAR software package. For more information on Cuadra or any of its products, contact Cuadra Associates, Inc. at 800-366-1390 or 310-478-0066; Fax: 310 477-1078. Or visit the company's Web site at: http://www.cuadra.com |
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