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Appendix A - Society of American Archivists

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no need for this part <strong>of</strong> thecontent standard. I emphaticallydisagree, and I think you're goingin absolutely the wrong directionhere. We should be taking theend-user meaninglessness thatwe know ispapers/records/collections anddoing something constructiveabout it, not just saying,essentially, "anything goes."2.4.4 This example doesn't reallyillustrate the rule it is attached to.These are not two types <strong>of</strong> datesas defined in the Purpose andScope for this element. These arethe date(s) <strong>of</strong> creation for twodifferent versions <strong>of</strong> the samedocument. Its a good example,but not really relevant for thisrule. I'm also not sold on the use<strong>of</strong> parentheses here and think itis misleading in terms <strong>of</strong> DACSwithout some explanation.Parentheses in DACS are typicallyused to enclose parallelinformation, as in the examples in2.4.5. The date <strong>of</strong> the manuscriptcopy in this 2.4.4 example isn'tparallel, it is a different version <strong>of</strong>the same document.editorialChange made2.5.4 The example you've deleted is alegitimate way <strong>of</strong> recordingextent at lower levels <strong>of</strong>description. I think the language<strong>of</strong> 2.5.4 needs to be tweaked tobetter accommodate the examplerather than deleting the example.Something like "... physical exentas linear or cubic feet, number <strong>of</strong>Committeedisagreed with thiscommentAction: DACS Revision Page 90 <strong>of</strong> 158 0113-II-A-DACS

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