You need a copy of the EAD Tag Library which documents the use and structure of each EAD element <runner> is "an optional formatting element that provides for a header, footer or watermark to appear on every page of a printed finding aid or throughout an electronic version." It is certainly not a required element. Michael Michael Fox Head of Processing Minnesota Historical Society 345 Kellogg Blvd West St. Paul MN 55102-1906 phone: 651-296-1014 fax: 651-296-9961 [log in to unmask] **NOTE NEW AREA CODE EFFECTIVE JULY 12, 1998** > ---------- > From: Nancy Ruck[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:55 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list EAD > Subject: "runner" tag... > > Hello everyone! > I am using Corel's WordPerfect 9 in the pilot EAD project here at the > Historic New Orleans Collection, and as I try to save my template in the > viewer, I encounter an interesting twist: the software continues to alert > me > that a "runner" subelement is required within "archdesc." I cannot seem > to > find information on this subelement anywhere. Has anyone encountered this > before? If I do not add this subelement then it appears to be just one of > the errors that cuts the template in half. Input is greatly appreciated. > Thanks for your time! > Mimi Dionne > Project Archivist > The Historic New Orleans Collection >