Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<revisiondesc> Revision Description

Description:

An optional subelement of the <eadheader> for information about changes or alterations that have been made to the encoded finding aid. The revisions may be recorded as part of a <list> or as a series of <change> elements. Like much of the <eadheader>, the <revisiondesc> element is modeled on an element found in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) DTD. The TEI recommends that revisions be numbered and appear in reverse chronological order, with the most recent <change> first.

May contain:

change, list

May occur within:

eadheader

Attributes:

Example:

    <eadheader audience="internal" langencoding="iso639-2b">
        <eadid>[...]</eadid>
        <filedesc>[...]</filedesc>
        <profiledesc>[...]</profiledesc>
        <revisiondesc>
            <change>
                <date normal="19970505">May 5, 1997</date>
                <item>This electronic finding aid was updated to current markup
                standards by Sarah Taylor using a perl script. Updates included: eadheader,
                eadid, arrangement of did elements and their labels.</item>
            </change> 
        </revisiondesc>
    </eadheader>