Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<publicationstmt> Publication Statement

Description:

A wrapper element within the <filedesc> portion of <eadheader> for information concerning the publication or distribution of the encoded finding aid, including the publisher's name and address, the date of publication, and other relevant details. The <publicationstmt> may contain just text, laid out in Paragraphs <p>, or it may include the <publisher>, <address>, <date>, and <num> elements, which allow for more specific tagging of a publisher's name and address, the date of publication, and the number, if any, assigned to the published finding aid.

May contain:

address, date, num, p, publisher

May occur within:

filedesc

Attributes:

Examples:

    <filedesc>
        <titlestmt>[...]</titlestmt>
        <publicationstmt>
            <date>1995</date>
            <publisher>Prints &amp; Photographs Division<lb/>Library of Congress</publisher>
            <address><addressline>Washington, D.C. 20540</addressline></address>
        </publicationstmt>
    </filedesc>