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Appendix A - Society of American Archivists

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Level <strong>of</strong> Description element from ISAD(G). While five levels <strong>of</strong> arrangement anddescription are recognized in ISAD(G), experienced archivists understand that complexholdings <strong>of</strong>ten include many more levels <strong>of</strong> hierarchy. At this time, there is no consensusin the U.S. as to how existing terminology might be applied when there are more thanfive levels <strong>of</strong> arrangement. There is no benefit in prescribing data that cannot be appliedconsistently, especially when such uniformity is a primary requirement for the use <strong>of</strong> theinformation. Moreover, the simple recording <strong>of</strong> the level element, even if it could beassigned in a standardized way, is obviously insufficient for linking togetherinformation in the various parts <strong>of</strong> a multilevel description. As a more pragmaticsolution, Chapter 1 <strong>of</strong> DACS simply requires that an information system employ somemeans <strong>of</strong> linking together the various levels <strong>of</strong> description. This could involve linkedMARC records, nested components in EAD, associated tables in a relational database, orsome other local solution.#*

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