here here! I agree entirely Dr. Dow!
g.k. bridges-tollison
--- Elizabeth H Dow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Another reason to use <scopecontent>: When we get
> to the era when we can
> do tag-based searching, a search on <scopecontent>
> would collect these
> summaries as well as the more general ones. If the
> summaries are indeed
> mini-scope-and-content notes, that seems an
> advantage.
>
> If you have transcriptions and other
> non-scope-and-content data, another
> tag seems a better choice.
>
> My point is this: in the perfect world, the tagging
> reflects the
> role/meaning of the information it surrounds, not
> the position the
> information occupies in the document.
>
> Elizabeth H. Dow
>
>
>
> Mark,
>
> I avoid using <note> because it is so vague and
> there is almost always
> something more specific. I've used <odd> before,
> primarily for strange
> appendices, but I've never used it at the <c##>
> level. Nothing wrong in
> terms of the EAD structure, but again, I think in
> most cases there is a
> more specific tag available.
>
> Have you considered using <scopecontent>? If you
> were to catalog the items
> you are describing in your <dsc>, you'd put the
> summary description of them
> in a 520 field, which is the MARC analog of
> <scopecontent>. I see no
> reason why <scmpecontent> isn't an appropriate place
> for transcriptions,
> and there's no clear home for them in EAD. If you
> wanted to systematically
> treat transcriptions in a particular way - say with
> certain margins and/or
> font - you might want to encode them with <odd
> type="transcription"> so
> that your stylesheet could treat them appropriately,
> but by looking at your
> file it doesn't seem like this would be necessary.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Mike Rush
>
> At 12:01 PM 1/3/2006, you wrote:
> Hi everyone and happy new year. We have a finding
> aid with item-level
> description with a summary description/transcription
> underneath (see link
> below). Initially we put the information in a note
> element, but have also
> considered putting in the other descriptive data
> element. Are there any
> advantages or disadvantages to either element? Any
> suggestions welcome and
> thanks, Mark
>
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