While I agree in archival arrangement theory that a sub-subseries is really just another form of subseries, Nathan and I must have had the same instructor (!) because we encode it as:

<!-- use this format if you have series, subseries and sub-subseries -->
<c01 level="series">
<did><unitid>Series #: </unitid><unittitle>Series Title<unitdate></unitdate></unittitle>
<physdesc></physdesc></did>
<scopecontent>
<p></p>
</scopecontent>

<arrangement><p>The series is arranged as # subseries:</p>
<p>
<list>
<item>unitid #: Subseries Title, date</item>
<item>unitid #: Subseries Title, date</item>
<item>unitid #: Subseries Title, date</item>
</list>
</p></arrangement>

<c02 level="subseries"><did><unitid>#: </unitid>
<unittitle>Subseries Title<unitdate></unitdate></unittitle></did>
<scopecontent>
<p></p>
</scopecontent>
     
<c03 level="otherlevel" otherlevel="subsubseries">
<did><unitid>#: </unitid>
<unittitle>Subsubseries Title<unitdate></unitdate></unittitle>
</did>
<scopecontent>
<p></p>
</scopecontent>

<c04><did>
<container type="box"></container>
<container type="folder"></container>
<unittitle>Folder Title<unitdate></unitdate></unittitle>
<physdesc></physdesc>
</did></c04>
   
</c03>
</c02>
</c01>

Maybe this just means that both are acceptable? Or perhaps it affects the way it displays in various stylesheets.



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-----Original Message-----
From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Rush
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 1:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sub-subseries

Nathan,

That level of specificity in the level attribute adds too much
complexity to the markup. What is a sub-subseries if it isn't a <c
level="subseries"> within a <c level="subseries">? By encoding <c
level="otherlevel" otherlevel="sub-subseries"> you use two attributes
where you could use one and don't gain any semantic meaning. What if
you have a third subseries? Do you encode <c level="otherlevel"
otherlevel="sub-sub-subseries">? Where does it end?

Encoding <c level="otherlevel" otherlevel="sub-subseries"> creates two
thing - more encoding work and the need for a more complicated
stylesheet - neither of which I like. Since I can't see what you gain
by it, I argue for sticking with @level="subseries".

This is not to say there aren't times to use @otherlevel - we often
use @otherlevel="accession" - I just don't think there's any reason to
specify sub-sub-sub-sub-subseries when you can easily identify them as
such given the encoding context.

Mike

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Nathan Tallman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mike,
> When I was trained on EAD, I was instructed to use level="otherlevel" for
> sub-subseries.  May I ask why you don't recommend this approach?
> Thanks!
> Nathan
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Michael Rush <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Christine,
>>
>> I don't recommend that approach.  I when I have sub-subseries, I just
>> encode them with level="subseries".  Keep it simple, as always.  If
>> for some reason you need to identify the actual sub-subseries - in a
>> stylesheet for example - it's a simple xpath: *[@level='subseries' and
>> parent::*[@level='subseries']].
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM, De Catanzaro, Christine D
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > This is hopefully a rather straightforward question for the list: For a
>> > collection with sub-subseries, when entering the level, would the correct
>> > attribute for level be "otherlevel" and then to specify the level would it
>> > be "sub-subseries" (with the hyphen)?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Christine
>> >
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