Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<legalstatus> Legal Status

Description:

The statutorily-defined status of the materials being described in the encoded finding aid, as, for example, defined by the Public Records Act of 1958 in the United Kingdom.

The <legalstatus> element is comparable to the ISAD(G) data element 3.4.1 and MARC field 506.

May contain:

#PCDATA, date, emph, extptr, lb, ptr

May occur within:

accessrestrict

Attributes:

Example:

    <did>
        <unitid label="Reference Code">PREM 8</unitid>
        <unittitle label="Title">Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and
        Papers</unittitle>
        <unitdate label="Creation Dates" type="inclusive">1935-1951</unitdate>
    </did>
    <accessrestrict>
        <legalstatus>Public Record(s)</legalstatus>
    </accessrestrict>