8. Date
Obligation: Recommended
Occurrences: 0-n
Definition: Different dates relevant to the work.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD or any other format or level of granularity described in W3CDTF. Use RKMS-ISO8601 standard for depicting date ranges.
Example: 2004-03-02/2005-06-02.
Years before 0000 must be prefixed with a - sign, e.g., -0054 to indicate 55 BC.
Sub-properties:
Example XML
<dates>
<date dateType="Issued">2022-08-01</date>
<date dateType="Other" dateInformation="Conceptualized">2020-01-01</date>
</dates>
8.a dateType
Occurrences: 1
Definition: The type of date.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
If Date is used, dateType is mandatory.
Controlled List Values:
See Appendix 1: Controlled List Definitions - dateType for definitions and recommendations.
8.b dateInformation
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: Specific information about the date, if appropriate.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Free text.
May be used to provide more information about the publication, release, or collection date details, for example. May also be used to clarify dates in ancient history. Examples: 55 BC, 55 BCE.