INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT DEFINITIONS
Date Issued

 

  • Element Attribute
  • Definition & Guidelines
NAME Date Issued
OBLIGATION TO USE

Optional
DEFINITION The date a particular version or rendition of a media item has been made ready or officially released for distribution, publication or consumption.
ELEMENT DEPENDENCIES  
CONTROLLED VOCABULARY Free Text
QUANTITY PERMITTED 0-1
DATA TYPE Text String
NOTES/GUIDELINES

This is the official release of the digital asset. It is likely a date later than the creation date indicated in Copyright Year. A specific time may also be associated with the date.

Format:
Follow ISO 8601 for format (YYYY-MM-DD).

Year (YYYY): 0000 to 9999.
Month (MM): 01 to 12.
Day (DD): 01 to 28, 29, 30 or 31 as applicable.

The separator between date fields is a hyphen, (-).

If the full date is unknown, month and year (YYYY-MM) or just year (YYYY) may be used.

If a date is approximate, add a question mark, leaving a space between the year and the question mark: 1922 ? .
FORMAT/EXAMPLES

1984 ?
1997 (YYYY)
1997-07 (YYYY-MM)
1997-07-16 (YYYY-MM-DD)
1997-07-16 14:23 (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM)

VERSION NUMBER v 1.2

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