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11 months ago At their meeting on 26 July 2023 in Washington, the EAD team decided not to add a new element for definition lists. Examples available to the team back then suggested that the content encoded as a definition list could similarly be encoded in either a simple list or a table with two columns.
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<list>, a new element needs to be created to allow for this option. It should be reviewed how much "definition lists" are used, but also whether the same could be achieved by using the sub-elements of<table>. If<definitionList>is added, it should follow the definition below.Note for working on and testing this issue: When the schema changes are done in development branch, please mark the tasks on the highest levels of the list (printed in bold) by ticking the box. When the changes have been tested successfully, please mark the tasks on the lowest level of the list.
<definitionList><p>,<list>,<chronList>etc. in EAD<definitionList>includes an optional, non-repeatable<listHead><definitionList>requires at least one repeatable<definition_List_Item>(renamed from<defitem>)<definitionList>has the following attributes (all optional)@audience,@id,@target,@languageOfElement, and@scriptOfElement@maintenanceEventReference,@sourceReference, and@conventionDeclarationReference<listHead><head01>(different from EAD3, where all sub-elements of<listhead>are optional)<head02><head03>@audience@target@langand@scriptto@languageOfElementand@scriptOfElement@maintenanceEventReference,@sourceReference, and@conventionDeclarationReference<head01>,<head02>, and<head03><head><abbr>,<date>,<emph>,<expan>,<foreign>,<lb>,<ptr>,<ref><span>as optional and repeatable@audience@target@langand@scriptto@languageOfElementand@scriptOfElement@maintenanceEventReference,@sourceReference, and@conventionDeclarationReference<defitem><definition_List_Item><label>(following the design principle not to have an element and an attribute of the same name)<term>(as defined in EAC-CPF 2.0) as a required, non-repeatable sub-element of<definitionListItem>@audience,@id,@target,@languageOfElement, and@scriptOfElement@maintenanceEventReference,@sourceReference, and@conventionDeclarationReference<item>as required, non-repeatable sub-element of<definitionListItem>