The examples in the proposal show (hypothetical) encoding schemes for
Identifiers using a namespace convention. There is an open question as to
whether this is acceptable within a component of a DCSV. If it is
acceptable then a date could be expressed as e.g.
dateTime=W3CDTF:2000-06
or using any other defined encoding schemes appropriate to the calendar in
question once they have been agreed and registered.
Robina
-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca S. Guenther [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 April 2002 19:34
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Qualifiers for Creator, Contributor, Publisher
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Judith Hopkins wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Clayphan, Robina wrote:
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The proposed labels which may be encoded within DCMI Agent Detail are:
> >
> >
> > Affiliation Location Label: affiliationLocation Definition: The
> > affiliation or location of the agent at the time they made their
> > contribution to the described resource. This can be the name of an
> > institution in the case of a personal agent or an address or
> > geographic name in the case of a publisher or corporate agent. Note:
> > It is not envisaged that this would be updated, the rationale being
> > that e.g. the affiliation of the author at the time of the creation of
> > the resource is an attribute of some significance to the resource and
> > remains the same for the resource even if the agent subsequently moves
> > on.
>
> Am I correct is assuming that the location can be given in a
> variety of forms or fullness and that the choice of form or
> fullness will be up to the person providing the metadata, i.e.,
>
> affiliationLocation=State University of New York at Buffalo; or
> affiliationLocation=SUNY at Buffalo; or
> affiliationLocation=University at Buffalo; or
> affiliationLocation=The University at Buffalo;
>
> would all be considered equally valid?
Yes, it would be up to the person providing the metadata. For
organizations, it might be an address or a place; for persons, it would be
an institution however the metadata creator wants to express it.
> > Date Time Label: dateTime Definition: The date and time at which the
> > agent executed its role in the life of the resource. Note: This is
> > regarded as important for event-type agents where the date the agent
> > executed the given role may differ from the date the resource was
> > created or issued.
> >
>
> Is there a required format for the dateTime? Today's date,
> April 5, 2002 could be represented as:
> 4/5/02 or 4/5/2002 (U.S.)
> 5/4/02 or 5/4/2002 (Europe)
> 02/04/05 or 2002/04/05 or 2002/4/5
> (not to mention representations in other calendars such as
> the Jewish, Islamic, etc.)
No, no required format, although I would expect it to primarily be used
for events. We haven't specified that it should be given say in ISO 8601
form or textual. I would see it more as perhaps a conference date where
the year is used, but as it is described it is not limited to that
(example in the proposal gives a W3CDTF form 2000-07).
These were good questions.
Rebecca
> I apologize in advance if these questions have already been
> answered by other documents that I am not familiar with,
> e.g., one specifying exactly how dates of any type are
> to be represented.
>
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