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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