Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<seriesstmt> Series Statement

Description:

A wrapper element within the <filedesc> portion of <eadheader> that groups information about the published monographic series, if any, to which an encoded finding aid belongs. The <seriesstmt> may contain just text, laid out in Paragraphs <p>, or it may include the <titleproper> and <num> elements, which allow for more specific tagging of names or numbers associated with the series.

May contain:

num, p, titleproper

May occur within:

filedesc

Attributes:

Example:

    <filedesc>
        <titlestmt>
            <titleproper>Inventory of the Alfred Harrison Joy Papers,
            <date>1910-1972</date></titleproper>
            <author>Processed by Ronald S. Brashear; machine-readable finding
            aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou</author>
        </titlestmt>
        <publicationstmt>
            &hdr-huntm;
            <date>&copy; 1998</date>
            <p>The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.</p>
        </publicationstmt>
        <seriesstmt>
            <p>Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Collection</p>
        </seriesstmt>
    </filedesc>