<originalsloc> is used when originals exist but the unit being described consists of copies. It may contain information about the originals’ existence, location, availability, and/or desctruction. If the unit being described consists of originals, of which there are copies available, use <altformavail> instead. This element is comparable to ISAD(G) data element 3.5.1 and MARC field 535.
<originalsloc> is one of the elements which may be used within <archdesc>, <archdescgrp>, <c>, <c01> through <c12>, and <descgrp>.
Attributes
- ALTRENDER – not required. Use if the content of the element should be displayed or printed differently than the rendering established in a style sheet for other occurrences of the element.
- AUDIENCE – not required. Use to set whether the element’s contents will be visible to external users or to internal ones. Possible values are: “internal” and “external.”
- ID – not required. Creates an ID for element. Can be used for linking.
- ENCODINGANALOG – not required. May contain information to map this tag to a particular element in another schema.
- TYPE – not required. This may provide more information on the type of disposition.
Subelements
<originalsloc> can include further <originalsloc> elements, as well as <address>, <blockquote>, <chronlist>, <head>, <list>, <note>, <p>, and <table>.
DACS
See DACS Section 6.1, Existence/location of originals. Added value. (DACS 2013, pp.69-70)
Examples
<c level="file"> <did> <unittitle>STS 1023 flight test records</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1961">1961</unitdate> </did> <originalsloc> <p>Folder contains photocopies of originals. Originals are in custody of the National Archives and Records Administration, in accordance with the institution's records rentention schedule and federal policy.</p> </originalsloc> </c> |
<c level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1832">1832</unitdate> </did> <originalsloc> <p>Originals were destroyed after digitization.</p> </originalsloc> </c> |
