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Part-time .NET Development Position / Digital Library Center

Need a part-time .NET developer for creation of the classes and editor for the open-source EAC
metadata editor. Programming will be contributed to SobekCM, which powers UFDC and dLOC, and
distributed openly to other interested groups. Pay will be $15/hour for 240 hours and all work should
be completed within sixteen weeks.

Ideal candidates will have the following skills and experience:
Proficiency with C#, SQL Server, and Transact-SQL
Strong object oriented development
Familiarity with XML, XSLT, and related technologies
Good technical, analytical and problem solving skills required
Self motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Additional considerations for skills or experience in:
User interface and graphics design
WinForms development
ASP.net development
Experience writing and debugging SQL stored procedures

The successful candidate will be required to:
1. Take the EAC schema and create a class library with the interfaces and classes to hold the data.
The final classes will be Serializable and implement the iEquatable interface, as appropriate for
each object. Collections of objects will be stored as generic collections, with public access via
ReadOnlyCollections and appropriate gettors and settors (i.e., 'Add', 'Remove'). Additional
internal methods will allow for clearing the collections and comparing/merging collections.
2. Create a static reader class which will accept either a file name or a Stream object, convert to a
XmlTextReader, and then iterate through each node, fully populating the data structure
3. Create a static writer class which will write EAC-compliant XML to a Stream object, using a
minimal number of StringBuilder intermediate objects, as necessary.
4. Design database tables and stored procedures to store the main EAC information which will be
need to be retained in a pre-existing database.
5. Create the iDatabase interface, static database gateway class, and appropriate database
connection classes for saving the pertinent data to the database and retrieving the pertinent
data from the database.
6. [AS TIME PERMITS] Create windows forms and/or web forms to allow users to view and edit the
information from the EAC files.

EAC Details:
The EAC schema is based on the Extensible Markup Language (XML), which enables the display,
discovery and sharing of contextual information. The standard is maintained by the Society of American
Archivists in partnership with the Berlin State Library, and is compatible with ISAAR(CPF), the
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families. EAC
allows us to encode contextual information about the creation and use of historical records by agents

including individuals, families, and organizations. In addition to basic biographical and historical data,
the contextual information may describe functions, activities, geographic places, events, and
relationships to other agents.

The richness and flexibility of the EAC schema makes it possible to enhance all digital services based on
provenance. EAC supports the linking of contextual information about record-creating agents to digital
object metadata or to descriptions of library and archives holdings. It also supports the linking of
contextual information about one agent to contextual information describing other agents, based on
defined relationships between the agents and/or their records. EAC can be used for authority file
encoding either as a standalone schema or in combination with other standards. For example, EAC can
be used in conjunction with the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) schema for encoding and delivering
archival finding aids. EAD would be used to encode descriptive information about archival records, and
EAC would be used to encode contextual metadata about the agents responsible for creating the
records.

Background on SobekCM (UFDC and dLOC)

Full proposal
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/?m=hdPD&b=UF00095574&v=00001