Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002
EAD Elements
<descrules> Descriptive Rules
Description:
A subelement of Profile Description <profiledesc> for the enumeration of the rules, standards, conventions, and protocols used in preparing the description.
Do not confuse this element with the RULES attribute in the <controlaccess> subelements, e.g., <persname>, <geogname>, and <title>, which are used to specify the descriptive rules, such as AACR2R, used in formulating individual access points.
The <descrules> element is comparable to ISAD(G) data element 3.7.2.
May contain:
#PCDATA, abbr, archref, bibref, emph, expan, extptr, extref, lb, linkgrp, ptr, ref, title
May occur within:
profiledesc
Attributes:
| ALTRENDER | #IMPLIED, CDATA |
| AUDIENCE | #IMPLIED, external, internal |
| ENCODINGANALOG | #IMPLIED, CDATA |
| ID | #IMPLIED, ID |
Example:
<descrules>Finding aid prepared using
<title render="italic">Rules for Archival Description</title>
</descrules>