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If the fonds as a whole is being described, it should be represented in one description. If description of the parts is required, they may be described separately. The sum total of all descriptions thus obtained, linked in a hierarchy represents the f

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If the fonds as a whole is being described, it should be represented in one description.

If description of the parts is required, they may be described separately.

The sum total of all descriptions thus obtained, linked in a hierarchy

represents the fonds and those parts for which descriptions were made. For the purposes of these rules, this technique of description is called multilevel description. [Abridged.]

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ISAD(G) 2000

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If the fonds as a whole is being described, it should be represented in one description. If description of the parts is required, they may be described separately. The sum total of all descriptions thus obtained, linked in a hierarchy represents the f

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