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Katherine M. Wisser & Jackie DeanAugust 2011EAD Roundtable and EAD ForumSociety of American Archivists

EAD Tag UsageSlide2

Some initial numbers1,136 finding aids108 repositories

File Sizes

Mean: 273.22 KB, Median: 50 KB, Mode: 11 KBSlide3

<eadheader>

Element

Number in

Sample

Number in unique

finding aid

% in Sample

eadid

1,136

1,136

100.0%

filedesc

1,136

1,136

100.0%

profiledesc

1,114

1,114

98.1%

revisiondesc

372

372

32.7%Slide4

<filedesc>

Element

Number in

Sample

Number in unique

finding aid

% in Sample

editionstmt

45

45

4.0%

notestmt

103

103

9.1%

publicationstmt

1,081

1,081

95.2%

seriesstmt

1

1

0.1%

Titlestmt

1,136

1,136

100.0%Slide5

<profiledesc>

Element

Number in

Sample

Number in unique

finding aid

% in Sample

Creation

1,076

1,076

94.7%

Descrules

48648642.8%Langusage1,0471,04792.2%

<revisiondesc>

Element

Number in

Sample

Number in unique

finding aid

% in Sample

Change

552

345

30.4%

List

7,575

27

2.4%Slide6

<frontmatter>

Element

Number in

Sample

% in Sample

titlepage

259

92.8%

div

6

2.2%

empty

145.0%(n=279)Slide7

Values for @level within <archdesc>

@level

value

Number in

Sample

% in Sample

collection

1,033

90.9%

fonds

55

4.8%

class30.3%recordgrp161.4%

series70.6%subfonds30.3%subgrp111.0%subseries00.0%

File

4

0.4%

item

1

0.1%

otherlevel

1

0.1%

Total

1,136Slide8

Elements within the <archdesc>/<did>

Element

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

abstract

1,085

984

86.6%

container

10

40.4%langmaterial1,0421,02189.9%

materialspec18181.6%origination1,2161,01189.0%physdesc1,1761,104

97.2%

physloc

557

316

27.8%

repository

1,141

1,132

99.6%

unitdate

1,651

1,102

97.0%

unitid

1,151

1,024

90.1%

unittitle

1,582

1,136

100.0%Slide9

Other elements within the <archdesc>

Element

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

accessrestrict

991

979

86.2%

accruals

81

817.1%acqinfo79677268.0%

altformavail15214412.7%appraisal57544.8%custodhist163160

14.1%

originalsloc

39

39

3.4%

otherfindaid

146

135

11.9%

phystech

48

48

4.2%

prefercite

970

970

85.4%

processinfo

676

645

56.8%

userestrict

808

776

68.3%Slide10

Other elements within the <archdesc>

Element

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

arrangement

761

744

65.5%

bibliography

134

11510.1%bioghist1,11899287.3%

controlaccess3,54396685.0%fileplan770.6%index4814

1.2%

odd

214

110

9.7%

relatedmaterial

494

458

40.3%

scopecontent

1,111

1,061

93.4%

separatedmaterial

178

168

14.8%Slide11

<dsc>

Element

Number in

Sample

% in Sample

One <

dsc

>

1,026

90.3%

Multiple <

dsc

>s272.4%No <dsc>s837.3%(n=1,136)Slide12

@type for <dsc>

@type

values

Number in

Sample

% in Sample

Total <

dsc

>s

1,105

97.2%

(n=1,136)

no type attribute908.1%(n=1,105)analyticover565.1% (n=1,105)combined735

66.5% (n=1,105)in-depth18516.7% (n=1,105)othertype393.5% (n=1,105)Slide13

<c>-<c12> (n=1,053)

Element

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

c

113,133

117

11.1%

c01

31,792

92788.0%c02189,14876372.5%

c03239,02944041.8%c04104,16121720.6%c0531,30611310.7%

c06

10,820

48

4.6%

c07

3,127

21

2.0%

c08

1,546

7

0.7%

c09

485

3

0.3%

c10

10

10.1%

c

011 = 0 c012 = 0Slide14
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Values for @level within <dsc> (n=1,053)

@level

value

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

collection

509

22

2.1%

fonds

1270.7%class1,53513

1.2%recordgrp3170.7%series8,39081877.7%subfonds11918

1.7%

subgrp

339

33

3.1%

subseries

14,962

372

35.3%

file

357,262

599

56.9%

item

130,178

255

24.2%

otherlevel

25,87796

9.1%Slide16

Elements within the <c>-<c12>/<did> (n=1,053)

Element

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

abstract

7,128

26

2.5%

container

704,884

86982.5%langmaterial10,078646.1%

materialspec8,395141.3%origination20,549858.1%physdesc124,76357354.4%

physloc

11,354

61

5.8%

repository

2,651

3

0.3%

unitdate

470,673

954

90.6%

unitid

233,952

486

46.2%

unittitle

697,246

1,041

98.9%Slide17

Other elements within the <c>-<c12> (n=1,053)*Note: in the presentation at SAA the number for prefercite was erroneously reported as the

archdesc

-level value.

Element

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

accessrestrict

6,727

113

10.7%

accruals000.0%acqinfo

3,613474.5%altformavail5,518282.7%appraisal4370.7%custodhist

5,504

23

2.2%

originalsloc

150

11

1.0%

otherfindaid

463

24

2.3%

phystech

570

16

1.5%

prefercite

*

2

10.1%

processinfo

740

40

3.8%

userestrict

848

34

3.2%Slide18

Other elements within the <c>-<c12> (n=1,053)

Element

Number in

Sample

Unique finding aids

% in Sample

arrangement

2,128

200

19.0%

bibliography

1,435

161.5%bioghist1,099484.6%

controlaccess58,366545.1%fileplan000.6%index2,94370.7%

odd

16,525

76

7.2%

relatedmaterial

1,701

46

4.4%

scopecontent

110,648

645

61.3%

separatedmaterial

0

0

0.0%Slide19

Content tags in <dsc> (n=1,053)

Element

Number in

Sample

Number in unique

finding aid

% in Sample

corpname

11,384

88

8.4%

famname

251181.7%function000.0%genreform

28,082666.3%name23,555151.4%occupation20440.4%persname66,197

136

12.9%

subject

28,767

49

4.7%Slide20

Digital Archival Objects

Element

Number in

Sample

Number in unique

finding aid% in Sample

dao

24,997

87

7.7%

daodesc

2,217

13612.0%daogrp5,5031069.3%daoloc

12,19312310.8%Slide21

Date attributes

Attributes

Number in

Sample

calendar

193,658

certainty

5,101

datechar

4,229

era

193,669

type111,125type=“inclusive”

110,744type=“bulk”381Slide22

@relatedencoding

@

relatedencoding

value

Standard

Number in sample% of all @

relatedencoding

relatedencoding

1,662

MARC

1,079

66.5%

Dublin Core52132.1%ISAD(G)v2

191.2%MidosaXML30.2%Number of @relatedencodingNumber in Sample% with relatedencoding (n=885)@ in sample (n=1,136)one

222

25.1%

19.5%

two

569

64.3%

50.1%

three

94

10.6%

8.3%