Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<c01> Component (First Level)

Description:

A wrapper element that designates the top or first-level subordinate part of the materials being described. Components may be either unnumbered <c> or numbered <c01>, <c02>, etc. The numbered components <c01> to <c12> assist a finding aid encoder in nesting up to twelve component levels accurately.

The LEVEL attribute is used to identify which level of description the <c01> covers, e.g., "series," "subseries," "file," or "item." Do not expect that all elements at the same numbered component designation represent the same level of description. The <c01> element can start at different levels of description in different finding aids, and, the quantity of hierarchical components can vary between, for example, a "series" and a "file." For example, a <c03> element could represent a "file" in one part of a finding aid, and in another part of the finding aid, a file might be a <c05> element because additional hierarchical groupings were needed to categorize the materials being described.

See the description under Component <c> for additional information.

May contain:

accessrestrict, accruals, acqinfo, altformavail, appraisal, arrangement, bibliography, bioghist, c02, controlaccess, custodhist, dao, daogrp, descgrp, did, dsc, fileplan, head, index, note, odd, originalsloc, otherfindaid, phystech, prefercite, processinfo, relatedmaterial, scopecontent, separatedmaterial, thead, userestrict

May occur within:

dsc

Attributes:

Example:

<dsc type="combined">
    <c01 level="series">
        <did>
            <unittitle>Topical Files</unittitle>
            <unitdate normal="1918/1945">1918-1945</unitdate>
        </did>
        <scopecontent>[...]</scopecontent>
        <c02 level="file">
            <did>
                <unittitle>California Dining Club</unittitle>
            </did>
            <c03 level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Annual financial statements</unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1923/1929">1923-1929</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c03>
            <c03 level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Membership rosters</unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1918/1932">1918-1932</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c03>
            <c03 level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Minutes</unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1925/1930">1925-1930</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c03>
            <c03 level="file">
                <did>
                    <unittitle>Newsletters</unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1919/1932">1919-1932</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c03>
        </c02> . . .
    </c01>
</dsc>