EAD (Encoded Archival Description ; Version 2002 Official Site)

Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<event> Event

Description:

That part of a Chronology List Item <chronitem> which describes or names something that happened. The <event> is paired with a <date> (a single date or date range) and can be grouped with other events in <eventgrp>, if multiple events need to be associated with the same <date>.

See related element Chronology List <chronlist>.

May contain:

#PCDATA, abbr, address, archref, bibref, blockquote, chronlist, corpname, date, emph, expan, extptr, extref, famname, function, genreform, geogname, lb, linkgrp, list, name, note, num, occupation, origination, persname, ptr, ref, repository, subject, table, title, unitdate, unittitle

May occur within:

chronitem, eventgrp

Attributes:

ALTRENDER #IMPLIED, CDATA
AUDIENCE #IMPLIED, external, internal
ID #IMPLIED, ID

Example:

    <bioghist>
        <head>Biographical Note</head>
        <chronlist>
            <chronitem>
                <date>1892, May 7</date>
                <event>Born, <geogname>Glencoe, Ill.</geogname></event>
            </chronitem>
            <chronitem>
                <date>1915</date>
                <event>A.B., <corpname>Yale University, </corpname>New Haven, Conn.</event>
            </chronitem>
            <chronitem>
                <date>1916</date>
                <event>Married <persname>Ada Hitchcock</persname>
                </event>
            </chronitem>
            <chronitem>
                <date>1917-1919</date>
                <event>Served in <corpname>United States Army</corpname></event>
            </chronitem>
        </chronlist>
    </bioghist>