Stephen,
  Panorama is capable of solving your display problems by acting on the
attributes for <unitloc>.  We've encoded microfilmed collections much as
you have, but using <drow><dentry> in the Container List and <did> in the
Description of Series.  Using the style sheet editor, you can qualify
the style based on each attribute so that you get either "Container No."
or "Reel No." depending on the attribute.  What we haven't managed yet is
a columnar display with either <drow><dentry> or <did>, but hope springs
eternal.  Let me know if this helps,
Mary Lacy
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997,
Stephen wrote:

> Steven et. al.,
> Reviewing some of my encoding I found that I have run into a few similar
> situations, but decided to handle them differently.  Here's an example:
>
> Ledgers:
> Box     Microfilm Reels         Contents
>   3             1                       1920-1921
>                 2                       1922-1923
>                 3                       1924-1925
>
> <C02 LEVEL="SUBSERIES"><DID><UNITTITLE>Ledgers:</UNITTITLE></DID>
>
> <C03><DID><UNITLOC LOCTYPE="CONTAINER" CONTAINERTYPE="BOX">3</UNITLOC>
> <UNITLOC LOCTYPE="CONTAINER" CONTAINERTYPE="REEL">1</UNITLOC>
> <UNITTITLE>1920-1921</UNITTITLE></DID></C03>
>
> <C03><DID><UNITLOC LOCTYPE="CONTAINER" CONTAINERTYPE="REEL">2</UNITLOC>
> <UNITTITLE>1922-1923</UNITTITLE></DID></C03>
>
> etc...
>
> The only problem with doing it this way is that Panorama isn't able to
> recognize the attribute differences between the different types of
> unitlocs, so displays anything marked with unitloc as "Box No. #"  Right
> now we're holding out for Dynaweb, and my hopes are that it will be able to
> use the attribute in determining the appropriate prefix, displaying as:
>
> Box No. 3
>         Microfilm Reel 1        1920-1921
>         Microfilm Reel 2        1922-1923
>
> For those with Dynaweb experience, is it possible for the Dynaweb
> Stylesheets to do this?
>
> Stephen
>
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>
> Stephen Douglas Miller
> Digital Encoding Archivist
> Special Collections Library
> Duke University
> Durham, NC 27708
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