Element Name: Encoded Archival Description
EAD Tag: <
ead>
Occurrence:
Top level, Required
Component levels, N/A
Description: The outermost wrapper tag for all of the other elements in a single encoded finding aid.
DACS rule: N/A
MARC field: N/A
Comments: N/A
Controlled Vocabulary: N/A
Attributes
Default Attributes
N/A
User Supplied Attributes
N/A
Subelements
Required Subelements
eadheader
archdesc
Optional Subelements
frontmatter
See EAD Tag Library for other possible subelements, which are primarily formatting and linking elements.
Examples
Top Level:
<ead>
<eadheader>[...]</eadheader>
<frontmatter>[...]</frontmatter>
<archdesc>[...]</archdesc>
</ead>
Component Level:
N/A