Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002
EAD Elements
<frontmatter> Front Matter
Description:
A wrapper element that bundles prefatory text found before the start of the Archival Description <archdesc>. It focuses on the creation, publication, or use of the finding aid rather than information about the materials being described. Examples include a title page, preface, dedication, and instructions for using a finding aid. The optional <titlepage> element within <frontmatter> can be used to repeat selected information from the <eadheader> to generate a title page that follows local preferences for sequencing information. The other <frontmatter> structures, such as a dedication, are encoded as Text Divisions <div>s, with a <head> element containing word(s) that identify the nature of the text.
May contain:
div, titlepage
May occur within:
ead, eadgrp
Attributes:
| ALTRENDER | #IMPLIED, CDATA |
| AUDIENCE | #IMPLIED, external, internal |
| ID | #IMPLIED, ID |
Example:
<frontmatter>
<titlepage>
<titleproper>Register of the Gibbons (Stuart C.) Papers,
<date>1955-1964</date>
</titleproper>
<num>Collection number: Ms28</num>
<publisher>San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
<lb/>
<extptr actuate="onload" show="embed entityref="sjmlogo">
<lb/>
Lodi, California</publisher>
&tp-cstoh;
<list type="deflist">
<defitem>
<label>Processed by: </label>
<item>Don Walker</item>
</defitem>
<defitem>
<label>Date Completed: </label>
<item>1997</item>
</defitem>
<defitem>
<label>Encoded by: </label>
<item>Don Walker</item>
</defitem>
</list>
<p>© 2000 San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum. All rights reserved.</p>
</titlepage>
</frontmatter>