All,

The idea behind the <dao> was that it was for a digital representation of
an archival unit originally created in another form or for an orginal
digital archival unit. The <dao> can and should be used for a TEI encoded
representation (or original TEI document) of a archival unit.

Daniel



 At 11:26 AM 8/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm not sure if an TEI-encoded version of an item in an archival
>collection is the same as a tiff image of the same. If they are, <dao>
>is the way to go whatever the description says.
>Michael
>
>>----------
>>From: Bill Landis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 9:08 AM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list EAD
>>Subject: Query concerning external pointers
>>
>>To all;
>>
>>I have a generic question about pointing from a finding aid to a
>>TEI-encoded item from the collection. It isn't clear to me from the
>>information in the tag library which element would be the appropriate one
>>to contain a pointer to an item from the collection encoded using another
>>SGML DTD and saved as another .sgm file.
>>
>>The <dao> explicitly states that it isn't to be used for textual objects.
>>
>>The <ref> and <ptr> both explicitly state that they are for
>>pointing/referencing other information within the same encoded document.
>>
>>The <extref> or <extptr> seem like the only options, but the tag library
>>documentation on their intended usage is nonexistent and, as they can
>>both carry exactly the same attributes, it isn't clear to me what the
>>differnce between them might be or if they would be the appropriate tag
>>for what I'm trying to do.
>>
>>Any clarifications or suggestions from members of this list would be
>>greatly appreciated!
>>
>>Bill
>>
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>
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