I just have to comment on an aspect of EAD that may or may not be implied in the original post, one that has nothing to do with the technical solutions suggested.
To be very clear, the statement that
My understanding correct EAD encoding:
>
> * c1 - Series
> * c2 - Subseries
> * c3 - File
>
> OR
>
> * c1 - Series
> * c2 - File
is not literally correct. There is no assumption in EAD that any level of component relates to any level of intellectual arrangement. A <c01> might be a sub-collection, series, subseries, file or item. The same principle applies to every component level. The LEVEL attribute is available to make such designations if one wishes.
I'm not sure I understand what a "false level" might be. Sometimes I have seen individuals attempt to encode containers as component levels- a real no no. But of course we do create levels of hierarchy within our arrangements that organize more than describe subordinate units of "real stuff." As I understand, German archives actually have a term that describes such levels that is rendered by the value "class" for the attribute LEVEL. It is short for classification or in German "Tektonik". It is not classification in the sense of Dewey but rather refers to the structural elements of a hierarchy.
Michael Fox
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Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:10 PM
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Subject: Re: Promoting Container Levels
That's true. One needs to remember that component levels are nested and
that valid EAD documents require <did> within component levels, so you
can't just remove the false component level and expect it to work.
Assuming that you are using the EAD DTD, this script appears to work
(although I haven't tested it extensively). Contact me offlist if you
want to pursue trying it. Mark
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt">
<xsl:output method="xml" doctype-public="+//ISBN 1-931666-00-8//DTD
ead.dtd (Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002)//EN"
doctype-system="ead.dtd" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="* | processing-instruction() | comment()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Change this to match the <did> of the false level -->
<xsl:template match="c03/did"/>
<!-- Change this to match the component level of the false level -->
<xsl:template match="c03">
<!-- The following should match the component level of the line above -->
<c03>
<!-- This should match the next component level down from the one being
matched above -->
<xsl:copy-of select="descendant::c04/*"/>
</c03>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
On 4/14/2010 7:37 AM, Nathan Tallman wrote:
> As far as I know, there isn't an easy way to do this. But it never
> hurts to ask, right?
>
> Past encoding practices at my institution inserted a false c0 layer in
> EAD finding aids. For example,
>
>
> My understanding correct EAD encoding:
>
> * c1 - Series
> * c2 - Subseries
> * c3 - File
>
> OR
>
> * c1 - Series
> * c2 - File
>
>
> Past practices at my institution:
>
> * c1 - Series
> * c2 - Subseries
> * c3 - False layer to enclose files
> * c4 - File
>
> OR
>
> * c1 - Series
> * c2 - False layer
> * c3 - File
>
>
> Other than hand-coding, is there a way to promote the c4s to c3s and
> eliminate the false level? I haven't used Archivist Toolkit or many
> other collection management software packages that might have this
> functionality.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nathan Tallman
> Associate Archivist
> American Jewish Archives
>
>
>
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