EAD Tag Library for Version 1.0

EAD Elements: <controlaccess> Controlled Access Headings

Description:

A wrapper element that designates key access points for the described materials and enables authority-controlled searching across finding aids on a computer network. Hundreds of names and subjects can appear in a finding aid. Prominence can be given to the major ones by bundling them together in a single place within the <archdesc> or within a large Component <c> and tagging them with <controlaccess>.

As explained in the Overview of the EAD Structure, the <controlaccess> element designates terms comparable to those found in the 1xx, 6xx, and 7xx fields of MARC catalog records. Finding aid searches limited to the <controlaccess> element and its subelements will improve the likelihood of locating strong sources of information on a desired subject, because access terms will have been entered in a consistent form across finding aids, and also because only the most significant terms are likely to have been selected for encoding.

Although names and terms from locally controlled vocabularies are possible, the <controlaccess> subelements (<corpname>, <famname>, <function>, <genreform>, <geogname>, <occupation>, <persname>, <subject>, and <title>) should come from national or international vocabularies whenever they are available to enable searches in information systems that include multiple finding aids, or finding aids and bibliographic records from many institutions.

These subelements have SOURCE attributes to specify the vocabulary tool from which the heading is taken or by which rules it has been formulated. The attribute AUTHFILENUMBER can be used to identify an authority file record that provides additional information about a heading and includes cross references. The ROLE attribute can be used to specify such factors as whether a heading is for the creator of the materials, the subject of the materials, or both.

May contain:

address, blockquote, chronlist, controlaccess, corpname, famname, function, genreform, geogname, head, list, name, note, occupation, p, persname, subject, table, title

May occur within:

archdesc, archdescgrp, c, c01, c02, c03, c04, c05, c06, c07, c08, c09, c10, c11, c12, controlaccess, dentry

Attributes:

ALTRENDER	#IMPLIED, CDATA
AUDIENCE	#IMPLIED, external, internal
ENCODINGANALOG	#IMPLIED, CDATA
ID	#IMPLIED, ID

Example:

<archdesc langmaterial="eng" level="collection">
<did>[...]</did>
<admininfo>[...]</admininfo>
[other possible elements and text... ]
<scopecontent>[...]</scopecontent>
<controlaccess><head>Index Terms</head>
<p>These records are indexed under the following headings in the
catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society.  Researchers wishing to find
related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.</p>
<controlaccess><head>Organizations:</head>
<corpname encodinganalog="610" source="lcnaf">Board of Game and Fish
Commissioners of Minnesota.</corpname>
</controlaccess>
<controlaccess><head>Topics:</head>
<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Fishery law and legislation--Minnesota.</subject>
<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Game-law--Minnesota.</subject>
<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Law enforcement--Minnesota.</subject>
</controlaccess>
<controlaccess><head>Government Functions:</head>
<function encodinganalog="657" source="aat">Law enforcing.</function>
<function encodinganalog="657" source="aat">Convicting.</function>
</controlaccess>
</controlaccess>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</archdesc>

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