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Hyku Cookbook: Date Original

Recipes for metadata entry for UofL Digital Collections

Date original

This field is mandatory if available. If the date is not known and cannot be estimated, leave it blank.

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Hyku term date_original
Mapping http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
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Definition Creation or modification dates for the original resource from which the digital object was derived or created.
Usage

Follow W3C-DTF standard (ISO 8601) of YYYY-MM-DD. Beware of this field in CSVs opened in Excel - the software will reformat the dates! It's best to edit in an Excel version and then save as a CSV without reopening the CSV before upload.

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

1930-06-12
1942-06
1946
1904?
191-?
19--?
1946-1948