<chronlist> Chronology List

<chronlist> is a formatting element used to designate information about the sequence of significant past events associated with the described materials. It provides a structured display using <chronitem> elements to match dates to an event or events.

This element can be used within a wide range of elements: <accessrestrict>, <accruals>, <acqinfo>, <altformavail>, <appraisal>, <arrangement>, <bibliography>, <bioghist>, <blockquote>, <controlaccess>, <controlnote>, <custodhist>, <dsc>, <fileplan>, <footnote>, <index>, <legalstatus>, <odd>, <originalsloc>, <otherfindaid>, <phystech>, <prefercite>, <processinfo>, <relatedmaterial>, <scopecontent>, <separatedmaterial>, and <userestrict>.

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.”
  • @encodinganalog – not required. May contain information to map this tag to a particular element in another schema.
  • @id – not required. Creates an ID for element. Can be used for linking.
  • @lang – not required. Three-letter code that indicates the language in which the element’s contents were written. It should come from ISO 639-2b.
  • @localtype – not required. This attribute may be used within a number of elements. Its use and values are not defined by the schema and may be defined locally.
  • @script – not required. Four-letter code that indicates the script in which the element’s contents were written. It should come from ISO 15924.

Child Elements

Information in <chronlist> should be encoded within <chronitem>. <head> or <listhead> may be used to provide a heading.

Notes on required use: <head> and <listhead> are optional. At least one <chronitem> must be used.

  • <head>
  • <listhead>
  • <chronitem>* (may be repeated)

    • Examples

    <custodhist>
  <head>Custodial History</head>
  <chronlist>
    <chronitem>
      <daterange>
        <fromdate standarddate="1978">1978</fromdate>
        <todate standarddate="1989">1989</todate>
      </daterange>
      <chronitemset>
        <event>Materials held by faculty members.</event>
        <event>Materials collected by departmental secretaries as informal archive</event>	      
      </chronitemset>
    </chronitem>
    <chronitem>
      <datesingle>1989</datesingle>
      <event>Departmental Records Collection Initiative conducted by <corpname normal="University Archives, Piecemaking University"><part>University Archives</part></corpname></event>
    </chronitem>
    <chronitem>
      <daterange>
        <fromdate standarddate="1989">1989</fromdate>
        <todate notbefore="2020">2020</todate>
      </daterange>
      <event>Records held by University Archives</event>
    </chronitem>
  </chronlist>
</custodhist>
    <chronlist>
  <listhead>
    <head01>Date</head01>
    <head02>Place</head02>
    <head03>Event</head03>
  </listhead>
  <chronitem>
    <datesingle>1990</datesingle>
    <chronitemset>
      <geogname identifier="https://www.geonames.org/5194941/"><part>Intercourse</part> <part>Pennsylvania</part></geogname>
      <event><persname identifier="http://id.quiltlink.org/people/2847245"><part>Lo</part> <part>Mao</part> <part>Moua</part></persname> establishes <corpname><part>Pennsylvania Hmong Crafts</part></corpname> to sell Amish-style quilts alongside <foreign lang="hmn"  render="italic">paj ntaub</foreign> and Hmong embroidery in the tourist district of Intercourse, PA.</event>
    </chronitemset>
  </chronitem>
  <chronitem>
    <daterange>
      <fromdate>1990</fromdate>
      <todate>1997</todate>
    </daterange>
    <chronitemset>
      <geogname identifier="https://www.geonames.org/5194941/"><part>Intercourse</part> <part>Pennsylvania</part></geogname>
      <event>The shop remains open alongside competing institutions.</event>
    </chronitemset>
  </chronitem>
  <chronitem>
    <datesingle>1997</datesingle>
    <chronitemset>
      <geogname identifier="https://www.geonames.org/5197079/"><part>Lancaster</part> <part>Pennsylvania</part></geogname>
      <event><persname identifier="http://id.quiltlink.org/people/2847245"><part>Moua</part></persname> moves the business to her home in Lancaster while continuing to sell at events.</event>
    </chronitemset>
  </chronitem>
</chronlist>

    Changes from EAD 2002

    <chronlist> gained attributes @lang, @localtype, and @script. It gained the new element <chronitemset>. It can now be used within <controlnote>, <footnote>, <legalstatus>, and <materialspec>. It is no longer a child of <descgrp>, <div>, <dscgrp>, <event>, <extref>, <extrefloc>, <item>, <note>, and <p>. Some of these have been deprecated and it was deemed unneeded in others.

    EAD3 Tag Library Entry

    View the official tag library entry for <chronlist>