EAD Tag Library for Version 1.0

EAD Elements: <dsc> Description of Subordinate Components

Description:

A wrapper element that bundles information about the hierarchical groupings of the materials being described. As more fully explained in the Overview of the EAD Structure, the subordinate components can be presented in several different forms or levels of descriptive detail, which are identified by the element's required TYPE attribute. For example, "analyticover" identifies an overview description of series and subseries, which might be followed by a second <dsc> with the TYPE attribute set to "in-depth" that provides a more detailed listing of the content of the materials, including information about the container numbers associated with those materials. The TYPE attribute value "combined" is used when the description of a series is followed immediately by a listing of the contents of that series. The attribute "othertype" is for models that do not follow any of the above-mentioned formats.

See also related elements <c> and <c01> through <c12>.

May contain:

address, blockquote, c, c01, chronlist, dsc, head, list, note, p, table, thead, tspec

May occur within:

archdesc, c, c01, c02, c03, c04, c05, c06, c07, c08, c09, c10, c11, c12, dsc

Attributes:

ALTRENDER	#IMPLIED, CDATA
AUDIENCE	#IMPLIED, external, internal
ENCODINGANALOG	#IMPLIED, CDATA
ID	#IMPLIED, ID
OTHERTYPE	#IMPLIED, CDATA
TYPE	#REQUIRED, analyticover, combined, in-depth, othertype

Examples:

<dsc type="analyticover">
<c01 level="series">
<did><unitid>1-429-1</unitid>
<unittitle>Forest Stand Maps by Township and Basemap </unittitle>
<unitdate type="inclusive">1958-1979</unitdate>
<physdesc><extent>36 ft. (approx. 1700 sheets)</extent><genreform>
of cartographic records.</genreform>
<physfacet>Scale: predominantly 4 inches to 1 mile (1:15,840)</physfacet>
</physdesc></did>
<scopecontent><p>Series consists of forest stand maps.  A map sheet was created
for each township of the surveyed section of the province and for each basemap area in unsurveyed
areas.</p>
[...]</scopecontent>
</c01>
<c01 level="series">
<did><unitid>RG 1-429-2</unitid>
<unittitle>Forest Stand Map Composites</unittitle>
<unitdate type="inclusive">1958-1971</unitdate>
<physdesc><extent>ca. 70</extent><genreform>maps</genreform>
<physfacet>Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile</physfacet>
</physdesc></did>
<scopecontent><p>Series consists of composite maps  of the forest resource inventory
data from all the townships within a Forestry Management Unit.  The composites offer a
broader view of an area than the township/basemaps, however the forest stand statistics are
quite small and difficult to read.</p>
[...]</scopecontent>
</c01>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</dsc>

<dsc type="combined">
<c01 level="series">
<did><unittitle>Activities,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1965-1971</unitdate></unittitle>
<physdesc><extent>0.3 linear ft.</extent></physdesc></did>
<scopecontent><p>The Activities series gives examples of the types of activities
offered at the camp.  The folders contain
<genreform>reports,</genreform> <genreform>schedules,</genreform> and
<genreform>inventories</genreform>
from each activity area of the camp.  These records are predominantly from the late 1960s and
early 1970s and replicate some of the information found in the staff manuals.</p></scopecontent>
<c02 level="file">
<did><container label="Box" type="box">1</container>
<unittitle>General,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1970-1971</unitdate></unittitle></did></c02>
<c02 level="file">
<did><container type="box">1</container>
<unittitle>Camp Crafts,
<unitdate type="single">1967</unitdate></unittitle></did></c02>
<c02 level="file">
<did><container type="box">1</container>
<unittitle>Education Program,
<unitdate type="single">1967</unitdate></unittitle></did></c02>
<c02 level="file">
<did><container type="box">1</container>
<unittitle>Expressive Arts,
<unitdate type="single">1970</unitdate></unittitle></did></c02>
[...]
</c01>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</dsc>

<dsc type="in-depth">
<c01 level="series">
<did><unittitle>Series 1: Administrative Records,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1912-1956.</unitdate></unittitle></did>
<c02><did>
<container id="mss92-894c-bx1" type="box">Box 1</container>
<container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">7-8 </container>
<unittitle>Annual reports,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1912-16, 1922</unitdate></unittitle>
</did></c02>
<c02><did>
<container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">9 </container>
<unittitle>Board of Directors—Minutes and correspondence,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1947-1949</unitdate></unittitle>
</did></c02>
<c02><did>
<container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">10 </container>
<unittitle>Contracts and specifications for construction of nurses' quarters,
<unitdate type="single">ca. 1947</unitdate></unittitle>
</did></c02>
<c02><did>
<container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">11 </container>
<unittitle>Marin County Reports,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1955-1956</unitdate></unittitle>
</did></c02>
[...]
</c01>
<c01 level="series">
<did><unittitle>Series 3: Philip King Brown,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1910-1931 & n.d.</unitdate>
</unittitle></did>
<c02><did>
<container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">21 </container>
<unittitle>Correspondence,
<unitdate type="inclusive">1910-1931</unitdate></unittitle>
</did></c02>
<c02><did>
<container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">22 </container>
<unittitle>Writings,
<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate></unittitle>
</did></c02>
[...]
</c01>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</dsc>

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