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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

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From: Amy McCrory [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:38 AM
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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