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Thanks to both Michael and Kris for the replies. My next question: where can I look at the content model? The 2002 Tag Library still says "NMTOKEN" for the type attribute in <container>. My ability to interpret the information in the DTD itself is limited, to put it mildly, though improving. Amy At 08:02 AM 9/3/2003 -0500, you wrote: >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