Manual encoding

Layout

Paragraphs

Paragraphs within elements must be correctly wrapped in tags. This applies to all fields within <archdesc>, except those within <did>, eg:
<bioghist>
... and Highfield Hall was lent to the Red Cross Society.
The College continued to expand ...
</bioghist>

Tables

The Hub's software does not support EAD tables. Instead, please make appropriate use of paragraphs or lists, or consider whether the information might be better presented in several lower-level descriptions.

Lists

Instead of using paragraphs, line breaks, semi-colons and so on for lists, use the <list> and <item> elements.
<list> and <item> produces bullet points in an unordered list:
<list>
<item>Appointment to the Chair of Anatomy, 1938-1940, 1945</item>
<item>Memos left by Professor Lockhart, 1938</item>
</list>

This displays on the web as:

Appointment to the Chair of Anatomy, 1938-1940, 1945
Memos left by Professor Lockhart, 1938

Using <list type="ordered" numeration="arabic"> and <item> produces an automatically numbered list.
This would display on the web as:

Appointment to the Chair of Anatomy, 1938-1940, 1945
Memos left by Professor Lockhart, 1938

You may embed lists within lists, to get multi-level lists, eg:
<list>
<item>English counties:
<list>
<item>Cheshire</item>
<item>Lancashire</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>Scottish counties:
<list>
<item>Aberdeenshire</item>
</list>
</item>
</list>

Line breaks

You may use line break tags <lb/> (please do not use ), or use or <list> if they are more appropriate.

Also, many EAD elements should be (or may be) repeated instead of using line breaks:
<origination>Peter Buchan (1790 - 1854)</origination>
<origination>William Walker (1840 - 1931)</origination>

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