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Yvonne, You have stumbled into one of the most venerated of conundrums that this group has encountered. DATE is not simply DATE Yes, we realize we have to own up to this little lie. I think we'll see a standard of practice emerge soon and be ratified at the next workshop and on the list. > From [log in to unmask] Mon Jul 14 19:42:50 1997 > X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:32:48 +1200 > From: [log in to unmask] (Yvonne Ingram) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: belated comment on dates > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Disposition: inline > Sender: [log in to unmask] > > dear colleagues > > am a relative new comer to Dublin Core and have been reading the meta2 > list with interest although the depth of the discussion is occasionally too > much in the deep blue for me. > > i would however like to comment on the discussion about dates that is > currently going on. > > i have been using metadata for managing information in our company for > about 10 years (long before i knew it was called metadata!) > > As well as using metadata for info retrieval and other traditional uses, > (being a librarian by trade) I use it for "performance management" of > information and its content. > > One of the areas in great use at present is that of dates, namely > > when an idea is first conceived > when it is due for completion and publication > date of publication > date due for review > date of archivingwithdrawing/destruction > > i hope that the standards being developed can take this functionality also > into account > > > Regards > > Yvonne Ingram > Documentation Controller / Standards Registrar > Telecom New Zealand Ltd > > email : [log in to unmask] > > >