This sort of problem is the reason that I have continued to describe these stylesheets as being a beta version- you are the first person who has noticed this problem and said anything about it. Fortunately, the fix is quite simple.

In the part of the Cookbook that deals with the dsc, you will find the following line in many places.

Assuming that you want the style for the organization and arrangement elements to resemble the others on this list , it is easy to add them in the followng manner.

I know the Cookbook states that the stylesheets "specifically support the presentation of <scopecontent>, <bioghist>, <note>, <odd>, <userestrict>, and <accessrestrict> within components." Consequently, we're unable to get <organization> or <arrangement> information to display at the component level. We often have series that are broken down into subseries and would like to have the <organization> and <arrangement> tags available to us to display at this level. I realize that we can put this information in <scopecontent> if necessary. Alternatively we could try and adapt the stylesheets to our needs, but since one of the goals of the Cookbook is to encourage consistency and standardization across institutions, I'd like to know what the logic was of not supporting organization and arrangement in the stylesheets before we go down that path? Was it simply that it was considered too detailed?

Any information you can give us will be greatly appreciated,

Stephanie Ashley
Project Archivist
Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
202-275-1672
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