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Amy, The list of values for the @type in container was discontinued because it was too limiting--witness your need to use the @othertype for the purpose you describe. Without the presence of the @type value list, @othertype became unnecessary. You may now supply your own words for the @type value, so if "box-folder-item" worked for you in @othertype, you can now use it in @type. Kris Kiesling Head, Technical and Digital Services Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 21st Street and Guadalupe Austin, TX 78713-7219 voice: 512-232-4614 fax: 512-471-7930 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Amy McCrory 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