I've been asked:
> ...
>
> My main concern at this stage is over the data format. If I am to start
> implementing DC in preparation for the day when it is recognised by
> institutions, organisations and search engines I would like to get things a
> correct as possible. Hence the query - which date format?
>
> I ask this because the definition of the DC elements at
> http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements indicate that the date format
> is as per ANSI X3.30-1985 [yyyymmdd] while there is now discussion on date
> format as per ISO 8601[yyyy-mm-dd].
>
> ...
As many of the original developers of DC were (and are) Americans, various
parochial national standards were referenced. This will hopefully get fixed
with the belated discovery of the rest of the planet. It reminds me of that
poster (by New Yorker magazine?) showing a map of the world from the point of
view of a resident of New York ...
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