<relation> Relation

<relation> is new element in EAD3 a required child element of <relations> which encapsulates the description of a relationship between described materials and a related entry (another finding aid, and EAC-CPF file, etc.).

Attributes

  • @actuate – not required. Determines whether a link occurs automatically or must be requested by a user. Possible values: onload, onrequest, other, none.
  • @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.
  • @arcrole – not required. Specifies the role that a remote resource plays in the link.
  • @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.
  • @href –not required. May be used to designate a URI/URL for the material cited.
  • @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.
  • @lastdatetimeverified – not required. Enter a date to specify the last date and time verified. Best practices format should be YYYY-MM-DD, up to YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss and with offset.
  • @linkrole – not required. Specifies the role that a remote resource plays in the link.
  • @linktitle – not required. Designates a title for the link.
  • @otherrelationtype – not required. If “otherrelationtype” is set as the value in @relationtype, indicate a designation for the relation type in this attribute.
  • @relationtyperequired. A required attribute which indicates how the entity is related to the described materials. Possible values are: cpfrelation, resourcerelation, and functionrelation, otherrelationtype.
  • @script – not required. Four-letter code that indicates the script in which the element’s contents were written. It should come from ISO 15924.
  • @show – not required. Specifies when a link will be shown. Possible values are: new, replace, embed, other, none.

Child Elements

<relation> may contain in order:

Any item may be omitted, including <relationentry>, but the order of use cannot be changed (for validation).

Example

<relations>
  <relation relationtype="cpfrelation" actuate="onload" show="new" href="https://piecemaking.edu/ark:1313/gqt014">
    <relationentry>Graduate Society of Quilting Technologists</relationentry>
    <daterange>
        <fromdate standarddate="1980">1980</fromdate>
    </daterange>
    <descriptivenote>
        <p>Organized and run by graduate students within the department with a rotating faculty advisor, this society co-sponsors the "Threads and Voices" symposium series. Its students invite speakers, conduct event planning, and host the event, while the department provides financial support and guidance.</p>
    </descriptivenote>
  </relation>
  <relation relationtype="resourcerelation" actuate="onload" show="new" href="https://quilthismus.org/archives/coll/9274">
    <relationentry>Collaborations</relationentry>
    <objectxmlwrap>
        <rdf:Description>
        <dc:title>Collaborations: Quilting History Museum and Piecemaking U</dc:title>
        <dc:identifier>9274</dc:identifier>
        <dc:date>1986-1992</dc:date>
        <dc:subject>exhibits</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>teaching</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>quilts</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>technology</dc:subject>
        </rdf:Description>
    </objectxmlwrap>
    <descriptivenote><p>Exhibit notes and meeting minutes from a project partnership between the Quilting History Museum and department members of the Quilting Technologies Department</p></descriptivenote>
  </relation>
</relations>

EAD3 Tag Library Entry

View the official tag library entry for <relation>