Open vns2 opened 1 month ago
Will be discussed in more detail by TS-EAS during their meeting on 12/13 August 2024 at the SAA Annual Meeting.
Not discussed eventually during the TS-EAS meeting on 12/13 August due to time constraints. Will now be on the agenda at the EAD team meeting either in September or October 2024.
Creator of issue
Nils Meyer Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg nils.meyer@la-bw.de
The issue relates to
Wanted change/feature
<materialSpec>
is not precise which can lead to a wrong usage of the element. "Material" could refer either to the physical material of the documents or the type of archival material. To address the correct content of the element more exactly, it should be considered to change the name of the element. This way it would be clearer that the element does not describe the physical material of the document but document type specific characteristics.Suggested Solution
<materialTypeCharacteristics>
or something similar that more closely depicts the definition of the element.Context
<materialSpec>
element for years incorrectly to describe the physical material of archival documents (for example: paper, parchment, …). The German profile for EAD2002 - which is the main exchange format for German archives to this day - also features this false use of<materialSpec>
.