Sources of evidence

Schema: EAC-CPF 2.0

Context: Source of evidence used for the establishment of the description of the CPF entity in the EAC-CPF instance.

Description: Within the element any source of evidence for any information within an EAC-CPF instance can be given. The element <source> is repeatable within its plural element <sources>.

Use the required child element <reference> to include a textual identification of the reference, like author and title of a publication or article etc. In the case of online sources, use @href with <reference> to provide a URI.

Use the optional child element <citedRange> to point to a specific location within a source, like page numbers.

Use the optional <descriptiveNote> for any additional notes about the source.

Use the optional <objectXMLWrap> to embed XML documenting the source from any namespace.

Add the attribute @id in <source> in order to identify this particular element. Use the attribute @sourceReference in any of the the elements of the identity area, the description area, and the relations allows for linking back to this particular element <source> in the current EAC-CPF instance.

Information given in the elements <source> and <maintenanceEvent>, cf. Maintenance agency, history and status, lay the foundation to the description of an assertion to the EAC-CPF description.

Example

<eac>
  <control maintenanceStatus="revised">[...]
    <sources>
      <source id=”SourceWiki”>
        <reference href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_IV._Adolf_(Schweden)"> Wikipedia</reference>
      </source>
      <source>
        <reference href="https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13318">Svenskt biografiskt lexikon</reference>
        <descriptiveNote>
          <p>Stand: 03.12.2020</p>
        </descriptiveNote>
      </source>
    </sources> [...]
  </control> [...]
</eac>