Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002
EAD Elements
<phystech> Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Description:
A description of important physical conditions or characteristics that affect the storage, preservation, or use of the materials described. This includes details of their physical composition or the need for particular hardware or software to preserve or access the materials.
The <phystech> element is comparable to ISAD(G) data element 3.4.4 and MARC fields 340 and 538.
May contain:
address, blockquote, chronlist, head, list, note, p, phystech, table
May occur within:
archdesc, archdescgrp, c, c01, c02, c03, c04, c05, c06, c07, c08, c09, c10, c11, c12, descgrp, phystech
Attributes:
| ALTRENDER | #IMPLIED, CDATA |
| AUDIENCE | #IMPLIED, external, internal |
| ENCODINGANALOG | #IMPLIED, CDATA |
| ID | #IMPLIED, ID |
| TYPE | #IMPLIED, CDATA |
Examples:
1.
<c04 level="item">
<did>[...]</did>
<phystech>
<p>Some oxydization of the aluminum layer.</p>
</phystech>
</c04>
2.
<c02 level="subseries">
<did>[...]</did>
<phystech>
<head>System Requirements</head>
<p>48K RAM; Apple Disk II with controller; colour monitor</p>
</phystech>
</c02>