Extents are entered consistently across all ArchivesSpace component levels and content models in which they appear.
Required fields will appear in bold.
| Portion | |
| Description | The extent of the described Resource or Archival Object covered by the extent being encoded. |
| Local Rules | Select either 'Part' or 'Whole'. Whole represents the entirety of the described Resource or Archival Object; Part represents only a portion thereof, and should be used in conjunction with other Extent sub-forms to measure the whole of the described Resource or Archival Object. |
| Examples | |
| ArchivesSpace Key | extent.portion |
| Number | |
| Description | The amount of material being described by the extent being encoded, in conjunction with its assigned Type. |
| Local Rules | This number is paired with the corresponding Type. For example, if you are encoding separate Extents for Items and Gigabytes, you would add two Extents to the record, each with separate Number/Type property/value pairs. |
| Examples | |
| ArchivesSpace Key | extent.number |
| Type | |
| Description | The unit of measurement for the extent being encoded. |
| Local Rules | Select from the drop-down list. |
| Examples | |
| ArchivesSpace Key | extent.extent_type |
| Container Summary | |
| Description | An optional summary of the physical containers in which the Resource materials are stored. |
| Local Rules | In the note field, include a qualifying count/description in parentheses following the unit description. If there are more than two types of containers, record the quantity of containers/boxes only. When describing the type of material in the note field, use the appropriate thesauri for the material type. |
| Examples |
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| ArchivesSpace Key | extent.container_sumamry |
| Physical Details | |
| Description | Information about the physical nature of the materials being described, such as the material with which they were made, or a brief condition statement. |
| Local Rules | |
| Examples |
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| ArchivesSpace Key | extent.physical_details |
| Dimensions | |
| Description | The units of measurement of the archival object for which the extent is encoded. |
| Local Rules | Encode in the form 'n x n x n [unit].' |
| Examples | 24 x 20 centimeters |
| ArchivesSpace Key | extent.dimensions |