Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<expan> Expansion

Description:

A generic element to designate the full form of a word that often appears as an abbreviation or acronym. Use the ABBR attribute to supply the abbreviated form for indexing or searching purposes.

See also related element Abbreviation <abbr>.

May contain:

#PCDATA

May occur within:

abstract, archref, bibref, container, creation, descrules, dimensions, emph, entry, event, extent, extref, extrefloc, item, label, langmaterial, langusage, materialspec, origination, p, physdesc, physfacet, physloc, ref, refloc, repository, subtitle, titleproper, unitdate, unitid, unittitle

Attributes:

Example:

    <note>
        <p>
            <expan abbr="ALS">Autograph Letter Signed</expan>
        </p>
    </note>