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A question for the collective wisdom: how do you encode material in non-standard containers? We have a set list of "accepted" terms for primary <container> element (Box, Package, Oversize, Mapcase, etc) and secondary (Folder, Drawer, Reel, etc). Occasionally we have items that are in something weird -- a metal box, for example, or a camera case, or a canvas bag, or a tube, or... Is it better to only use the <container> element for a consistent list of standard container types, and put the oddities in the abstract or other descriptive element? Or should one use the <container> element always, even for strange things? I can see arguments for both approaches and wondered what others have done. Thanks Michele ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michele Combs Manuscripts Librarian Special Collections Research Center E.S. Bird Library Syracuse University 222 Waverly Ave. Syracuse, NY 13244 ++++++++++++++++++++++++