EAD Tag Library for Version 1.0

EAD Elements: <head> Heading

Description:

A generic element that designates the title or caption for a section of text, including a list. When a Heading <head> is used, it should be the first subelement, followed by one or more other elements.

Do not confuse with the <listhead> subelements <head01> and <head02>, which designate headings for columns in a list. A <thead> element is used for column heads in a table.

May contain:

#PCDATA, emph, extptr, lb, ptr

May occur within:

accessrestrict, accruals, acqinfo, add, admininfo, altformavail, appraisal, arrangement, bibliography, bioghist, c, c01, c02, c03, c04, c05, c06, c07, c08, c09, c10, c11, c12, chronlist, controlaccess, custodhist, daodesc, did, div, dsc, dscgrp, fileplan, index, list, odd, organization, otherfindaid, prefercite, processinfo, relatedmaterial, scopecontent, separatedmaterial, table, userestrict

Attributes:

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

Examples:

<add>
<note><p>The following is a complete listing of the children's book
titles written by Dolores Kinder, along with their original publication dates.</p></note>
<chronlist>
<head>Publications List</head>
<listhead>
<head01>Publication Year</head01>
<head02>Book Title</head02></listhead>
<chronitem>[...]</chronitem>
[...]
</chronlist>
</add>

<archdesc langmaterial="eng" level="collection">
<did>[...]</did>
<bioghist>
<head>Administrative History</head>
<bioghist id="PRO123"><p>In October 1964, the incoming Labour government
created new office of Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (combined with First
Secretary of State) and set up the Department of Economic Affairs under the
Ministers of the Crown Act 1964 to carry primary responsibility for long term
economic planning.</p>
[...]</bioghist>
[other possible elements and text... ]
</archdesc>

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