Harvard Minimal-Level EAD Requirements

See also: Recommended guidelines

• <ead>
  • <eadheader>
  • <eadid></eadid>
  • <filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper> </titleproper></titlestmt></filedesc>
  • <profiledesc><creation><date></date></creation> </profiledesc>
  • </eadheader>
  • <frontmatter>
    • <titlepage>
    • <titleproper></titleproper>
    • <author></author>
    • <publisher></publisher>
    • <p> Copyright statement </p>
    • </titlepage>
  • </frontmatter>
  • <archdesc level=" insert appropriate attribute value "> level will usually be "collection"
    • <did> This element must be here, even if empty.</did>
    • <repository> repository name </repository>
    • <unittitle> collection title </unittitle>
    • <admininfo>
    • <accessrestrict><p> Must use if use is restricted; otherwise omit. </p></accessrestrict
    • <userestrict><p> Must use if use is restricted; otherwise omit. </p></userestrict>
    • </admininfo>
    • <dsc type="insert appropriate attribute value"> type usually will be "in-depth"
    • <c level="insert appropriate attribute value"> <did> </did>
      • Use this <c><did> if there are series or subseries; otherwise omit.
      • The following <c>...</c> tags are repeated for each unit/item being described.
      • <c><did><unitid></unitid>
      • <unittitle></unittitle>
      • </did></c>
      • end of unit/item listing
      • </c> if series or sub-series.
      • </dsc>
    • </archdesc>
• </ead>

The following tags are optional, but recommended, particularly for use within the container listing portion of the finding aid. Attributes, such as "source" (for names) and "type" (for dates) may also be used.

<persname></persname>

<corpname></corpname>

<famname></famname>

<genreform></genreform> [See OASIS list of recommended form and genre terms. ]

<unitdate> </unitdate>