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Amy, In EAD 2002, the type attribute of <container> is no longer a closed list. In other words, you can set whatever value you want. So rather than having to use <container type="othertype" othertype="box-folder-item"> you can use <container type="box-folder-item">. I hope this answers your question. Mike ____________________________________________ Michael Rush - Manuscript Processor Massachusetts Historical Society [log in to unmask] - http://www.masshist.org (617)646-0553 - (617)859-0074 (fax) > -----Original Message----- > From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of > Amy McCrory > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:38 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Symantec Anti-Virus for SMTP gateways