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CONTENTdm Cookbook: Date Issued

Recipes for metadata entry for UofL Digital Initiatives

8b. Date Issued

This field is optional.

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Repeatable No
Field Name Date Issued
DC Mapping Date.issued
Search No
Hide No
Vocabulary No
Definition Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
Usage

This may be used for faculty collections.

Follow W3C-DTF standard (ISO 8601) of YYYY-MM-DD.

Use only as much of the date as is known.

  • If only the month and year is known, use YYYY-MM.
  • If only the year is known, use YYYY.

Use a question mark to show a date is approximate or a circa date.

Use dashes to indicate uncertainty within a decade or a century.

  • YYY-?
  • YY--?

Do not use "Unknown"--just leave the field blank.

For a range of dates, put a dash in between dates.
Examples

2006-10-31

2006-10

2006
Template Yes. If all items in a collection were issued on the same date, use the Template Creator to input the data once for all records.
Nickname data