Element Name: Front Matter



EAD Tag: <frontmatter>

Occurrence:
Top level, Required
Component levels, N/A

Description: The <frontmatter> section repeats selected information from the <eadheader> to create an "electronic title page" for the finding aid. It occurs after the <eadheader> and before the <archdesc> sections of the finding aid.

DACS rule: N/A

MARC field: N/A

Comments: N/A

Controlled Vocabulary: N/A

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