Mary,

At the Bodleian we are using <add> to contain the indexes
to our retrospectively converted finding aids. These
contain a vast amount of detailed data about the
collections. We recognise that this is not an ideal mode of
access in an electronic document (in effect a
back-of-the-book index) and have abandoned the practice for
current cataloguing.

Mike Webb
Western Manuscripts
Bodleian Library

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> All,
>   Is anyone using <add> at this point for information that doesn't fit
> neatly under its subelements? Right now we're putting some information
> within the generic formatting (table, list) elements, such as: reel
> concordances, genealogy charts, collection concordance by format, list of
> legal abbreviations. I'm afraid this practice will be dubious in the new
> version of the DTD when <add> is unbundled. Should we be thinking <odd>ly
> instead? Many thanks!
>
> Mary Lacy
> Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
> (202)707-8799 fax (202)707-6336
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