Amy, If you look at the new content model in EAD 2002 for the type attribute in <container>, you will see that the restricted list of possible values, e.g., box, folder, reel, othertype, etc. is no longer there. The type attribute can now contain any form of character data (CDATA). As a result there is no longer a need for the othertype attribute as any value may be found directly in type. This change was made because the former semi-closed list was felt to be too restrictive and U.S. or at least English-centric. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Amy McCrory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:38 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: alternate container markup in EAD 2002 Up till now, I've been using the @othertype attribute in the <container> element in order to accommodate finding aids that assign "box-folder-item" markup to individual items in collections. Looking through the 2002 DTD, I see that this attribute has been discontinued. What avenues are available for doing this sort of markup? In the 2002 Tab Library there is an example of a finding aid with some item-level description; however, it assumes one item per folder, so only box-folder numbers are used. Some of our finding aids describe multiple items in a single container, so each item is numbered separately. For instance: Folder 1--Item 1, Folder 1--Item 2, etc. Has anyone found a way to handle this, in the absence of the othertype attribute? Amy McCrory Archivist, Cartoon Research Library 023L Wexner Center (614) 292-0538 EAD Specialist, Special Collections Cataloging 036 Main Library (614) 292-8114 The Ohio State University Libraries Columbus, OH 43210