Hi Mike- No report as such from this tool, I just happened to notice this particular issue because I was comparing output from the tool to some simple changes I'd made in order to decide how best to do this conversion. I don't think it's putting in a default value in this case. I do suspect its solution to not being able to use type="single" in EAD2002 is to use the datechar attribute. As I mentioned before, I'm not sure I like this approach. I'm still wondering if it's safe to assume a unitdate is a single date if there's no type attribute. Jenn > -----Original Message----- > From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Mike Ferrando > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 7:19 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: unitdate type attribute > > Jenn R., > There are no required or fixed attributes for EAD 2002 DTD > UNITDATE element. I wonder what else the conversion tool is > changing. Is it giving you a report? > > Mike Ferrando > Library Technician > Library of Congress > Washington, DC > 202-707-4454 > > --- "Riley, Jenn" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hello- > > > > I'm planning for the conversion of a set of EAD1.0 finding aids to > > EAD2002. In EAD1.0, the type attribute could have the > attributes bulk, > > inclusive or single. In EAD2002, this list is restricted to bulk or > > inclusive. For dates previously marked as single, is it > correct to not > > include a type attribute, rather than using type="inclusive"? The > > conversion tools available from > > <http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/ead/> add a datechar="single" > > attribute, which I'm not sure I like in this situation. > > > > So I'm thinking for a single date, something like <unitdate > > normal="19940802">August 2, 1994</unitdate> is sufficient > to get the > > meaning across. Does that sound reasonable? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jenn > > > > ======================== > > Jenn Riley > > Metadata Librarian > > Digital Library Program > > Indiana University - Bloomington > > Wells Library E170 > > (812) 856-5759 > > www.dlib.indiana.edu > > > > Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com >