<arrangement> encodes information on how the described materials have been subdivided into smaller units. Can also be used to express the filing sequence of described materials.
<arrangement> is one of the elements which may be used within <archdesc>, <archdescgrp>, <c>, <c01> through <c12>, and <descgrp>. It may also be used within <scopecontent>.
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. May be used to designate the type of acquisition info.
Subelements
<arrangement> may contain further <arrangement> elements, as well as <address>, <blockquote>, <chronlist>, <head>, <list>, <note>, <p>, and <table>. Note, since PCDATA is not used within this element, it serves as a wrapper, at least of a <p> element containing the actual text.
DACS
See DACS Section 3.2, System of arrangement. Added value. (DACS 2013, pp.49-50)
Examples
Some examples of how <arrangement> may be used:
<arrangement> <head>Arrangement</head> <p>Chronological</p> </arrangement> |
<arrangement> <head>Arrangement of the Materials</head> <p>The materials have been divided into the following three subseries: <list> <item>Correspondence</item> <item>Drafts</item> <item>Commissions</item> <list></p> <p>Correspondence is organized alphabetically by author, then chronologically. Correspondence by [creator's name] is organized by correspondent, then chronologically.</p> </list> </arrangement> |