EAD Tag Library for Version 1.0

EAD Elements: <unittitle> Title of the Unit

Description:

The name, either formal or supplied, of the described materials. May consist of a word, phrase, character, or group of characters. As an important subelement of the Descriptive Identification <did>, the <unittitle> encodes the name of the described materials at both the highest unit or <archdesc> level (e.g., collection, record group, or fonds) and at all the subordinate Component <c> levels (e.g., subseries, files, items, or other intervening stages within a hierarchical description).

The date of the described materials may be included within the <unittitle> as part of the text string or as a separate nested element called <unitdate>. Generally, if a description of a Component <c> consists of nothing but the <unitdate>, the encoder tags the string as a <unitdate> nested inside a <unittitle>, e.g.,

	<c04><did><unittitle><unitdate>1950-1961</unitdate>
	</unittitle></did></c04>

Do not confuse <unittitle> with Title <title>, a more general element used to encode the formal names of works such as monographs, serials, paintings, etc. Also do not confuse with Title Proper of the Finding Aid <titleproper>, used to designate the name of a finding aid, or a finding aid series encoded in EAD.

May contain:

#PCDATA, abbr, archref, bibref, corpname, date, emph, expan, extptr, extref, famname, function, genreform, geogname, lb, linkgrp, name, num, occupation, persname, ptr, ref, subject, title, unitdate

May occur within:

archref, dentry, did, entry, event, extref, extrefloc, item, label, p, ref, refloc

Attributes:

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

Examples:

<dsc type="analyticover">
[other possible elements and text... ]
<c level="subseries">
<did>
<unittitle>Documentary Movies, <unitdate type="inclusive">1952-1964
</unitdate></unittitle>
<physdesc><extent>2.5 linear ft.</extent></physdesc>
<abstract label="Summary:">Includes scores, arranged alphabetically by movie title,
and some correspondence, arranged chronologically.</abstract>
</did>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</c>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</dsc>

<dsc type="analyticover">
<c01 level="series">
<did>
<unitid>1-429-1</unitid>
<unittitle>Forest Stand Maps by Township and Basemap </unittitle>
<unitdate type="inclusive">1958-1979</unitdate>
<physdesc><extent>36 ft. </extent>
<extent>(approx. 1700 sheets) </extent>
of <genreform>cartographic records.</genreform>
<physfacet>Scale: predominantly 4 inches to 1 mile (1:15,840)</physfacet>
</physdesc></did>
<scopecontent>[...]</scopecontent>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</c01>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</dsc>

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