Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<imprint> Imprint

Description:

Information relating to the publication or distribution of a work cited in a Bibliographic Reference <bibref> or <unittitle>. In both elements the place of publication, name of the publisher, and date of publication can be encoded as either plain text or wrapped in the <imprint> subelements <geogname>, <publisher>, and <date>. It is seldom, if ever, appropriate to use <imprint> in a citation for an unpublished work cited in a <bibref>.

May contain:

#PCDATA, date, emph, extptr, geogname, lb, ptr, publisher

May occur within:

bibref, unittitle

Attributes:

Example:

    <bibref>
        <title render="italic">Action For Outdoor Recreation For America.</title>, 
        <imprint>
            <geogname>Washington, D.C.</geogname>:
            <publisher>Citizen's Committee For The Outdoor Recreation Resources
            Review Commission Report</publisher>,
            <date type="publication" normal="1964">1964</date>.
        </imprint>
    </bibref>