Encoded Archival Description (EAD) is an implementation of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) used for archival descriptive data (finding aids).

• Berkeley Finding Aid Conference Papers - April 1995
• Cornell Institute for Digital Collections EAD/XML Finding Aids Project - site experiments with delivering archival finding aids encoded in EAD directly in XML, making use of eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
• EAD at Duke University
• EAD Help Pages - EAD Round Table of the Society of American Archivists
• EAD Official Site - Library of Congress
• Background Information on EAD
• EAD Design Principles (formerly the "Ann Arbor Accords")
• Encoded Archive Description Electronic Forum - un-moderated computerized mailing list open to anyone interested in the development of the EAD Document Type Definition
• EAD Publications Catalog - Society of American Archivists (SAA)
• Research Libraries Group (RLG)
- Encoded Archival Description Activities
• Online Archive of California (OAC) Toolkit - provided for the participants in the Online Archive of California to assist in the creation, editing, manipulation, proofing and viewing their EAD-encoded finding aids