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Overview of EAD Tag Usage in Finding Aids: Insights from the SAA Forum

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This report presents a comprehensive analysis of Electronic Archival Description (EAD) tag usage based on data gathered from 1,136 finding aids across 108 repositories. The mean file size is 273.22 KB, with a median of 50 KB and a mode of 11 KB. The study delves into the hierarchical organization of archival descriptions, examining the @level attributes and elements within the and tags. The findings include insights into digital archival objects and related encoding attributes, providing valuable benchmarks for archivists and researchers.

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Overview of EAD Tag Usage in Finding Aids: Insights from the SAA Forum

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  1. EAD Tag Usage Katherine M. Wisser & Jackie Dean August 2011 EAD Roundtable and EAD Forum Society of American Archivists

  2. Some initial numbers 1,136 finding aids 108 repositories File Sizes Mean: 273.22 KB, Median: 50 KB, Mode: 11 KB

  3. <eadheader>

  4. <filedesc>

  5. <profiledesc> <revisiondesc>

  6. <frontmatter> (n=279)

  7. Values for @level within <archdesc>

  8. Elements within the <archdesc>/<did>

  9. Other elements within the <archdesc>

  10. Other elements within the <archdesc>

  11. <dsc> (n=1,136)

  12. @type for <dsc>

  13. <c>-<c12> (n=1,053) c011 = 0 c012 = 0

  14. Values for @level within <dsc> (n=1,053)

  15. Elements within the <c>-<c12>/<did> (n=1,053)

  16. Other elements within the <c>-<c12> (n=1,053)*Note: in the presentation at SAA the number for prefercite was erroneously reported as the archdesc-level value.

  17. Other elements within the <c>-<c12> (n=1,053)

  18. Content tags in <dsc> (n=1,053)

  19. Digital Archival Objects

  20. Date attributes

  21. @relatedencoding

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