Presenting Archives Portal Europe, the largest online archives catalogue in the world. It provides access to archival descriptions from over 1,300 institutions across Europe. The portal uses international metadata standards like EAD and EAC-CPF and sees 500,000 users annually. The Archives Portal Europe Foundation governs the portal and has a strategy to improve its API, processing of EAC records, and additional finding aids.

1. Presenting Archives Portal Europe –
the largest online archives catalogue in the world

3. APEnet –APEx – APEF
30.01.2009
APEnet
2012
APEx
Septiembre 2015.
APE Foundation

5. user statistics 2017
1’300 Single Users / Day
2’307 Sessions / Day
500’000 Single Users / Year

6. Metadata Standard
Finding aids
holding guides
EAD
2002
Encoded Archival Description.
apeEAD, das APE-eigene EAD-Profil
Archival Landscape
institutions
EAG Encoded Archival Guide
Corporate bodies,
Persons, and Families
EAC-
CPF
Encoded Archival Context-
Corporations, Persons, Families.
apeEAC
information on digital
objects
METS Metadata Encoding and Transmission
Standard, e.g., apeMETS
Europeana EDM Europeana Data Modell
Standards

7. APEF
Governing board
Country ManagersAssembly of Associates
Content Providers
Staff: communication officer;
developers

8. Strategy 2020
1. Enhance API / functionalities
2. Improving the uploading and processing of
EAC-CPF records in the Archives Portal
Europe
3. Enabling the uploading/processing of
“additional finding aids (indexes)“

9. Thank you
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