Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<dsc> Description of Subordinate Components

Description:

A wrapper element that bundles information about the hierarchical groupings of the materials being described. The subordinate components can be presented in several different forms or levels of descriptive detail, which are identified by the element's required TYPE attribute. For example, "analyticover" identifies an overview description of series and subseries, which might be followed by a second <dsc> with the TYPE attribute set to "in-depth" that provides a more detailed listing of the content of the materials, including information about the container numbers associated with those materials. The TYPE attribute value "combined" is used when the description of a series is followed immediately by a listing of the contents of that series. The TYPE attribute "othertype" is for models that do not follow any of the above-mentioned formats, in which case the OTHERTYPE attribute can then be used to specify a particular presentation model.

See also related elements <c> and <c01> through <c12>.

May contain:

address, blockquote, c, c01, chronlist, dsc, head, list, note, p, table, thead

May occur within:

archdesc, c, c01, c02, c03, c04, c05, c06, c07, c08, c09, c10, c11, c12, dsc

Attributes:

Examples:

1.
    <dsc type="combined">
        <c01 level="series">
            <did>
                <unittitle>Activities, </unittitle>
                <unitdate type="inclusive">1965-1971</unitdate>
                <physdesc><extent>0.3 linear ft.</extent></physdesc>
            </did>
                <scopecontent>
                    <p>The Activities series gives examples of the types of activities
                    offered at the camp.  The folders contain <genreform>reports,</genreform>
                    <genreform>schedules,</genreform> and <genreform>inventories
                    </genreform> from each activity area of the camp.  These records are
                    predominantly from the late 1960s and early 1970s and replicate some of the
                    information found in the staff manuals.</p>
                </scopecontent>
            <c02 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container label="Box" type="box">1</container>
                    <unittitle>General, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive">1970-1971</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
            <c02 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="box">1</container>
                    <unittitle>Camp Crafts, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1967</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
            <c02 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="box">1</container>
                    <unittitle>Education Program, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1967</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
            <c02 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="box">1</container>
                    <unittitle>Expressive Arts, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1970</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02> . . .
        </c01> . . .
    </dsc>
     
2.
    <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. (approx. 1700 sheets)</extent> of
                <genreform>cartographic records.</genreform>
                </physdesc>
                <materialspec>Scale: predominantly 4 inches to 1 mile (1:15,840)</materialspec>
            </did>
                <scopecontent><p>Series consists of forest stand maps.  A map sheet
                was created for each township of the surveyed section of the province and for
                each basemap area in unsurveyed areas.</p> . . .
            </scopecontent>
        </c01>
        <c01 level="series">
            <did>
                <unitid>RG 1-429-2</unitid>
                <unittitle>Forest Stand Map Composites</unittitle>
                <unitdate type="inclusive">1958-1971</unitdate>
                <physdesc><extent>ca.70</extent><genreform>maps
                </genreform></physdesc>
                <materialspec>Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile</materialspec>
            </did>
            <scopecontent><p>Series consists of composite maps  of the forest
            resource inventory data from all the townships within a Forestry Management Unit.
            The composites offer a broader view of an area than the township/basemaps, however
            the forest stand statistics are quite small and difficult to read.</p> . . .
            </scopecontent>
        </c01> . . .
    </dsc>

3.
    <dsc type="in-depth">
        <c01 level="series">
            <did>
                <unittitle>Series 1: Administrative Records, </unittitle>
                <unitdate type="inclusive">1912-1956.</unitdate>
            </did>
            <c02>
                <did>
                    <container id="mss92-894c-bx1" type="box">Box 1</container>
                    <container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">7-8 </container>
                    <unittitle>Annual reports, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive">1912-16, 1922</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
            <c02>
                <did>
                    <container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">9 </container>
                    <unittitle>Board of Directors&mdash;Minutes and correspondence, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive">1947-1949</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
            <c02>
                <did>
                    <container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">10 </container>
                    <unittitle>Contracts and specifications for construction of nurses' quarters, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>ca. 1947</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
            <c02>
                <did>
                    <container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">11 </container>
                    <unittitle>Marin County Reports, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive">1955-1956</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
        </c01>
        <c01 level="series">
            <did>
                <unittitle>Series 3: Philip King Brown, </unittitle>
                <unitdate type="inclusive">1910-1931, n.d.</unitdate>
            </did>
            <c02>
                <did>
                    <container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">21 </container>
                    <unittitle>Correspondence, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate type="inclusive">1910-1931</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02>
            <c02>
                <did>
                    <container parent="mss92-894c-bx1" label="Folder" type="folder">22 </container>
                    <unittitle>Writings, </unittitle>
                    <unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c02> . . .
        </c01>
    </dsc>