EAD Tag Library for Version 1.0

EAD Elements: <editionstmt> Edition Statement

Description:

An optional subelement within the <filedesc> portion of the <eadheader> element that groups information about a finding aid edition by providing a specialized <edition> element as well as a Paragraph <p> element for narrative statements.

The <editionstmt> element is modeled on a header element found in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI).

May contain:

edition, p

May occur within:

filedesc

Attributes:

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

Example:

<eadheader audience="internal" langencoding="ISO 639-2">
[other possible elements and text... ]
<filedesc>
<titlestmt>[...]</titlestmt>
<editionstmt>
<edition encodinganalog="250$a">2nd ed.</edition>
<p>This edition reflects substantial additions to the collection in 1994.</p>
</editionstmt>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</filedesc>
</eadheader>

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