1. KATHERINE M. WISSER & JACKIE DEAN AUGUST 2011 EAD ROUNDTABLE AND EAD FORUM SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS EAD Tag Usage

2. Some initial numbers 1,136 finding aids 108 repositories 30KB5,292 KB12,0333KB File Sizes Mean: 273.22 KB, Median: 50 KB, Mode: 11 KB

3. ElementNumber in Sample Number in unique finding aid % in Sample eadid1,136 100.0% filedesc1,136 100.0% profiledesc1,114 98.1% revisiondesc372 32.7%

4. ElementNumber in Sample Number in unique finding aid % in Sample editionstmt45 4.0% notestmt103 9.1% publicationstmt1,081 95.2% seriesstmt110.1% Titlestmt1,136 100.0%

5. ElementNumber in Sample Number in unique finding aid % in Sample Creation1,076 94.7% Descrules486 42.8% Langusage1,047 92.2% ElementNumber in Sample Number in unique finding aid % in Sample Change55234530.4% List7,575272.4%

6. ElementNumber in Sample % in Sample titlepage25992.8% div62.2% empty145.0% (n=279)

7. Values for @level within @level valueNumber in Sample % in Sample collection1,03390.9% fonds554.8% class30.3% recordgrp161.4% series70.6% subfonds30.3% subgrp111.0% subseries00.0% File40.4% item10.1% otherlevel10.1% Total1,136

8. Elements within the / ElementNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample abstract1,08598486.6% container1040.4% langmaterial1,0421,02189.9% materialspec18 1.6% origination1,2161,01189.0% physdesc1,1761,10497.2% physloc55731627.8% repository1,1411,13299.6% unitdate1,6511,10297.0% unitid1,1511,02490.1% unittitle1,5821,136100.0%

9. Other elements within the ElementNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample accessrestrict99197986.2% accruals81 7.1% acqinfo79677268.0% altformavail15214412.7% appraisal57544.8% custodhist16316014.1% originalsloc39 3.4% otherfindaid14613511.9% phystech48 4.2% prefercite970 85.4% processinfo67664556.8% userestrict80877668.3%

10. Other elements within the ElementNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample arrangement76174465.5% bibliography13411510.1% bioghist1,11899287.3% controlaccess3,54396685.0% fileplan770.6% index48141.2% odd2141109.7% relatedmaterial49445840.3% scopecontent1,1111,06193.4% separatedmaterial17816814.8%

11. ElementNumber in Sample % in Sample One 1,02690.3% Multiple s272.4% No s837.3% (n=1,136)

12. @type for @type valuesNumber in Sample % in Sample Total s1,10597.2% (n=1,136) no type attribute908.1% (n=1,105) analyticover565.1% (n=1,105) combined73566.5% (n=1,105) in-depth18516.7% (n=1,105) othertype393.5% (n=1,105)

13. - (n=1,053) ElementNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample c113,13311711.1% c0131,79292788.0% c02189,14876372.5% c03239,02944041.8% c04104,16121720.6% c0531,30611310.7% c0610,820484.6% c073,127212.0% c081,54670.7% c0948530.3% c101010.1% c011 = 0c012 = 0

15. Values for @level within (n=1,053) @level valueNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample collection509222.1% fonds1270.7% class1,535131.2% recordgrp3170.7% series8,39081877.7% subfonds119181.7% subgrp339333.1% subseries14,96237235.3% file357,26259956.9% item130,17825524.2% otherlevel25,877969.1%

16. Elements within the - / (n=1,053) ElementNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample abstract7,128262.5% container704,88486982.5% langmaterial10,078646.1% materialspec8,395141.3% origination20,549858.1% physdesc124,76357354.4% physloc11,354615.8% repository2,65130.3% unitdate470,67395490.6% unitid233,95248646.2% unittitle697,2461,04198.9%

17. Other elements within the - (n=1,053) *Note: in the presentation at SAA the number for prefercite was erroneously reported as the archdesc-level value. ElementNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample accessrestrict6,72711310.7% accruals000.0% acqinfo3,613474.5% altformavail5,518282.7% appraisal4370.7% custodhist5,504232.2% originalsloc150111.0% otherfindaid463242.3% phystech570161.5% prefercite *210.1% processinfo740403.8% userestrict848343.2%

18. Other elements within the - (n=1,053) ElementNumber in Sample Unique finding aids % in Sample arrangement2,12820019.0% bibliography1,435161.5% bioghist1,099484.6% controlaccess58,366545.1% fileplan000.6% index2,94370.7% odd16,525767.2% relatedmaterial1,701464.4% scopecontent110,64864561.3% separatedmaterial000.0%

19. Content tags in (n=1,053) ElementNumber in Sample Number in unique finding aid % in Sample corpname11,384888.4% famname251181.7% function000.0% genreform28,082666.3% name23,555151.4% occupation20440.4% persname66,19713612.9% subject28,767494.7%

20. Digital Archival Objects ElementNumber in Sample Number in unique finding aid % in Sample dao24,997877.7% daodesc2,21713612.0% daogrp5,5031069.3% daoloc12,19312310.8%

21. Date attributes AttributesNumber in Sample calendar193,658 certainty5,101 datechar4,229 era193,669 type111,125 type=“inclusive”110,744 type=“bulk”381

22. @relatedencoding @relatedencoding value StandardNumber in sample % of all @relatedencoding relatedencoding1,662 MARC1,07966.5% Dublin Core52132.1% ISAD(G)v2191.2% MidosaXML30.2% Number of @relatedencoding Number in Sample % with relatedencoding (n=885) @ in sample (n=1,136) one22225.1%19.5% two56964.3%50.1% three9410.6%8.3%