Merge pull request #10 from SAA-SDT/release/final

Updating the main branch with the new readme

README.md

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 # EAD2002
 Encoded Archival Description Version 2002
 
-EAD 2002 is deprecated and no longer supported by the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards. As of 2019, this version of the standard is still used in the archival community. The EAD2002 schemas will remain available at this location and all versions are also still hosted by the Library of Congress (e.g. https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd).
+EAD 2002 is deprecated and no longer supported by the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards. 
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+The latest status is from fall 2021, when the value lists included in the XML and the RelaxNG schemas of EAD 2002 e.g. for country, language, and script codes have been removed and the data type of the relevant attributes has been changed to NMTOKEN. This does now allow for more recently published codes from the respective ISO standards 3166-1, 639-2b, and 15924 to be used with EAD 2002 files, but also enables other values to be included where appropriate. This change follows TS-EAS' design principles 7 and 10 (see: [Design Principles](https://github.com/SAA-SDT/TS-EAS-subteam-notes/wiki/Design-Principles)). 
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+As of 2021, this version of the standard is still used in the archival community. The EAD 2002 schemas will remain available at this location and all versions are also still hosted by the Library of Congress (e.g. https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd).
 
 For more information about EAD, including its current version, EAD3, please visit https://www.loc.gov/ead/