<notestmt> is an optional child element within <filedesc> which is used to group <controlnote> elements. These notes provide general descriptive information about the finding aid. Only one <notestmt> element may be used, but it may group as many <controlnote>s as needed.
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.
- @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
<notestmt> must contain one or more required <controlnote> elements.
Adjacent Elements
<notestmt> is the file element in <filedesc>.
Examples
<notestmt> <controlnote audience="external"> <p>To submit corrections or request clarifications, please use the <ref show="new" actuate="onrequest" href="https://archives.piecemaking.edu/contact/finding-aid-feedback">University Archives' feedback form</ref>.</p> </controlnote> </notestmt> |
Changes from EAD 2002
<notestmt> gained @lang and @script elements. Thanks to the deletion of <note> and its function being broken into more specific types, it now contains <controlnote> instead of <note>.