<expan> is a generic element which encodes the expanded form of a word, including acronyms. The @abbr attribute may be used to supply the abbreviated form of the word or words for indexing or searching, but it is not required. See also <abbr>.
<expan> may be used within <abstract>, <addressline>, <archref>, <author>, <bibref>, <citation>, <container>, <date>, <datesingle>, <didnote>, <dimensions>, <edition>, <emph>, <entry>, <event>, <fromdate>, <head>, <head01>, <head02>, <head03>, <item>, <label>, <materialspec>, <num>, <p>, <part>, <physdesc>, <physfacet>, <physloc>, <publisher>, <quote>, <ref>, <sponsor>, <subtitle>, <titleproper>, <todate>, <unitdate>, <unitid>, and <unittitle>.
Attributes
- @abbr – not required. May contain the abbreviation of the word.
- @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.
- @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
<expan> may only contain text.
Examples
<originalsloc> <head>Location of Originals</head> <p>File contains photocopies of the originals. Original newsletters are held by the <expan abbr="NARA">National Archives and Records Administration</expan> in accordance with <ref href="https://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/independent-agencies/rg-0255/n1-255-92-004_sf115.pdf" linkrole="application/pdf"><abbr expan="National Archives and Records Administration">NARA</abbr> Request N1-255-92-004</ref>.</p> </originalsloc> |
<c level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Map of American Quilt Guilds</unittitle> <unitdate>1999</unitdate> <abstract>The map combines data from state directories and the <expan abbr="MQG">Modern Quilt Guild</expan>.</abstract> <materialspec localtype="scale">1:4,000,000</materialspec> <physdescstructured coverage="whole" physdescstructuredtype="materialtype"> <quantity>1</quantity> <unittype>map</unittype> <dimensions localtype="width" unit="cm">88</dimensions> <dimensions localtype="height" unit="cm">90</dimensions> </physdescstructured> </did> </c> |
Changes from EAD 2002
<expan> only had a few changes from EAD 2002, changing a few parent elements and gaining attributes @lang and @script.