 ##  [Encoded Archival Description (EAD)](/encoded-archival-description-ead) 

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**Information &amp; Communication Dictionary**

 
Definition

An XML application and tag set for representing the hierarchical description and metadata of archival finding aids and collection inventories, designed to express levels of arrangement, container lists, control access points, scope and content notes, and related descriptive elements in a machine‑readable, interoperable form for exchange, discovery, and presentation.