Many of you know that I am a nerd. But my nerd juices are really flowing lately. I have a digital history project that has been rolling around in my head for a LONG time,  and I've started connecting with people who are working in the area, and who may be interested and able to help out. Most recently, I have been introduced to the Encoded Archival Context (EAC) and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standards. These things have been around for a long time, so why don't I know about these things? Also, in a digital world, why aren't these standards (or others) being applied to digital history documents to produce something you might call super-footnotes or metanotes? Why, in a hyperlinked world, are footnotes isolated from the library/archive framework to which they almost always refer?

It is now my mission to end this divide.

If you are curious to know what the NC Department of Cultural Resources is doing about this, check out this site.