# Appendix A. Accession Record Elements Crosswalk

An asterisk \* indicates when an element is required by that particular standard or system. (For *DACS*, this refers to the minimum required elements for single-level description).

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th>Accession Record Element</th><th>DACS Element</th><th>ISAD(G) Element</th><th>CAAIS Element</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>1. Name and Location of Repository*</strong></td><td>Name and Location of Repository (2.2)*</td><td><p>Reference code(s)</p><p>(3.1.1)</p></td><td>Repository (1.1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2. Date Accessioned*</strong></td><td>Description Control (8.1)</td><td>Date(s) of descriptions (3.7.3)</td><td>Event Date (5.1)*</td></tr><tr><td><strong>3. Accession Identifier*</strong></td><td>Reference Code (2.1)*</td><td><p>Reference code(s)</p><p>(3.1.1)</p></td><td>Identifiers (1.2)*</td></tr><tr><td><strong>4. Title*</strong></td><td>Title (2.3)*</td><td>Title (3.1.2)</td><td>Accession Title (1.3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>5. Material Date(s)*</strong></td><td>Date (2.4)*</td><td>Date(s) (3.1.3)</td><td>Date of Materials (3.1)*</td></tr><tr><td><strong>6. Extent(s) Retained*</strong></td><td>Extent (2.5)*</td><td>Extent and medium of the unit of description (3.1.5)</td><td>Extent Statement (3.2)*</td></tr><tr><td><strong>7. Creator(s) of Materials *</strong></td><td>Name of Creator(s) (2.6)*</td><td>Name of creator(s) (3.2.1)</td><td>Source of Material (2.1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>8. Scope and Content of Materials*</strong></td><td>Scope and Content (3.1)*</td><td>Scope and content (3.3.1)</td><td>Preliminary Scope and Content (3.3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>9. Conditions Governing Access*</strong></td><td>Conditions Governing Access (4.1)*</td><td>Conditions governing access (3.4.1)</td><td>Rights (4.2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>10. Conditions Governing Use*</strong></td><td>Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use (4.4)</td><td>Conditions governing reproduction (3.4.2)</td><td>Rights (4.2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>11. Languages and Scripts of Materials*</strong></td><td>Languages and Scripts of the Material (4.5)*</td><td>Language/scripts of material (3.4.3)</td><td>Language of Material (3.4)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>12. Immediate Source of Acquisition*</strong></td><td>Immediate Source of Acquisition (5.2)</td><td>Immediate source of acquisition or transfer (3.2.4)</td><td>Source of Material (2.1)*</td></tr><tr><td><strong>13. Rights Statements for Archival Description*</strong></td><td>Rights Statements for Archival Description (8.2)*</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>14. Date Acquired</strong></td><td>Immediate Source of Acquisition (5.2.3)</td><td>Immediate source acquisition or transfer (3.2.4)</td><td>Event Date (5.1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>15. Extent(s) Received</strong></td><td>Extent (2.5)*</td><td>Extent and medium of the unit of description (3.1.5)</td><td>Extent Statement (3.2)*</td></tr><tr><td><strong>16. Condition Description</strong></td><td><p>Physical Access (4.2);</p><p>Technical Access (4.3)</p></td><td>Physical characteristics and technical requirements (3.4.4)</td><td>Preservation Management Requirements (4.3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>17. Custodial History</strong></td><td>Custodial History (5.1)</td><td>Archival history (3.2.3)</td><td>Preliminary Custodial History (2.2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>18. Appraisal Decisions</strong></td><td>Appraisal, Destruction and Scheduling Information (5.3)</td><td>Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information (3.3.2)</td><td>Appraisal (4.4)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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