EAD Tag Library for Version 1.0

EAD Elements: <archdescgrp> Archival Description Group

Description:

A wrapper element used only within <eadgrp> in the EAD Group Document Type Definition. The <archdescgrp> summarizes the content, context, and extent of the archival materials described in separate EAD documents bundled within the <archdescgrp> <dscgrp> subelement. The <archdescgrp> may contain all data elements available in <archdesc>, except for <dsc>. The <dscgrp> subelement fills the role of <dsc>. As with <archdesc>, a Descriptive Identification <did> element is required to appear in <archdescgrp> before presenting more detailed descriptions in such elements as <bioghist>.

May contain:

add, admininfo, arrangement, bioghist, controlaccess, dao, daogrp, did, dscgrp, note, odd, organization, runner, scopecontent

May occur within:

eadgrp

Attributes:

ALTRENDER	#IMPLIED, CDATA
AUDIENCE	#IMPLIED, external, internal
ENCODINGANALOG	#IMPLIED, CDATA
ID	#IMPLIED, ID
LANGMATERIAL	#IMPLIED, CDATA
LEGALSTATUS	#IMPLIED, public, private, otherlegalstatus
LEVEL	#REQUIRED, series, collection, file, fonds, item, otherlevel, recordgrp, subgrp, subseries
OTHERLEGALSTATUS	#IMPLIED, CDATA
OTHERLEVEL	#IMPLIED, CDATA
OTHERTYPE	#IMPLIED, CDATA
RELATEDENCODING	#IMPLIED, CDATA
TYPE	#IMPLIED, inventory, register, othertype

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