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Contents
A - Detailed Date Encoding  |  B - Examples  |  C - MARC21 to DLDD Conversion  |  D - Change Log

A. Detailed Date Encoding Instructions

DLDD TAG
ELEMENT NAME
CONTENT
COMMENTS
ddDateValue Date Value

Date numeric in ISO 8601 Format

e.g.,
  2002
  17970110
ddDateRange Date Range 's'  Single date
'b'  Beginning date of a range
'c'   Start date of (serial) item
      currently published
'e'  Ending date of a range
'a'  Alternate single date
 
ddDateSchema Date Schema 'b'  Common Era BCE (BC)
'c'  Common Era CE (AD)
'h'  Hebrew calendar
'a'  Arabic calendar
'o'  Other, not specified
 
ddDateType Date Type 'o' Date of original
'r' Date of reproduction
'm' Date of intermediate item
'c' Copyright Date
Corrected from "ddDateVersion" 10/31/02.
ddDateConfidence Date Confidence '1'  Known date
'2'  Date identified with
      high degree of certainty
'5'  Probable date
'7'  Highly speculative date
'9'  Date known to be incorrect
 
ddDateOther Other Date Attribute

'sc' Serial item still being published
'sx' Serial item no longer being published
'ib' Inclusive dates of bulk of collection

Not yet implemented

B.  Examples: Detail Date Encoding vs. Simple Date Encoding

1) Original probably created between BCE 1000 BCE 500.  Reproduction created in 1997.

Option 1

ddDateValue | 1 | 1000
ddDateRange | 1 | b
ddDateSchema | 1 | b
ddDateType | 1 | o
ddDateConfidence | 1 | 5

ddDateValue | 2 | 500
ddDateRange | 2 | e
ddDateSchema | 2 | b
ddDateType | 2 | o
ddDateConfidence | 2 | 5


ddDateValue | 3 | 1997
ddDateRange | 3 | s
ddDateSchema | 3 | c
ddDateType | 3 | r
ddDateConfidence | 3 | 1
     

Option 2

dd046_a | 2 | m
dd046 | 2 | -1000
dd046 | 2 | -500
dd046_a | 1 | s
dd046 | 1 | 1997


2) Original created in either 25 BCE or 34 CE.

Option 1

ddDateValue | 1 | 25
ddDateRange | 1 | s
ddDateSchema | 1 | b
ddDateType | 1 | o
ddDateConfidence | 1 | 5

ddDateValue | 2 | 34
ddDateRange | 2 | a
ddDateSchema | 2 | c
ddDateType | 2 | o
ddDateConfidence | 2 | 5
   

Option 2

dd046_a | 1 | m
dd046 | 1 | -25
dd046 | 1 | 34

 

C.  MARC21 to DLDD Conversion

008/06
code
ddDateRange ddDateSchema ddDateType ddDate-
Confidence
Comments
b
n/a n/a n/a n/a Do not convert
c b c o 1 Serial current
d - Date1 b c o 1 Serial ceased
d - Date2 e c o 1 Serial ceased
e s c o 1 Detailed date
i - Date1 b c o 1 Inclusive dates
i - Date2 e c o 1 Inclusive dates
k - Date1 b c o 1 Bulk dates
k - Date2 e c o 1 Bulk dates
m - Date1 s c o 1 Multiple single dates
m - Date2 a c o 1 Multiple single dates
n n/a n/a n/a n/a Do not convert
p - Date 1 s c o 1 Production / Distribution
p - Date 2 a c o 1 Production / Distribution
q s c o 7 Questionable Date
r - Date 1 s c o 1 Reprint / Original
r - Date 2 a c r 1 Reprint / Original
s s c o 1 Single date
t - Date 1 s c c 1 Copyright / Publication
t - Date 2 a c o 1 Copyright / Publication
u - Date 1 b c o 5 Serial Status unknwn [?]


MARC21:  008 Date-Type Codes

06 - Type of date/Publication status

b - No dates given; B.C. date involved
c - Serial item currently published
d - Serial item ceased publication
e - Detailed date
i - Inclusive dates of collection
k - Range of years of bulk of collection
m - Multiple dates
n - Dates unknown
p - Date of distribution/release/issue and production/recording session when different
q - Questionable date
r - Reprint/reissue date and original date
s - Single known date/probable date
t - Publication date and copyright date
u - Serial status unknown
| - No attempt to code



D.  CHANGE LOG
  1. 2002-10-31:  Marked ddDateOther as "not yet implemented"
  2. 2002-10-31:  Completed Marc21 to DLDD Detailed Date table
  3. 2002-10-31:  Updated Option 2 examples to show dd046 rather than ddDate_1 and ddDate_2; included new 046_a in examples
  4. 2002-10-31:  Corrected detailed date BCE examples by removing minus sign from ddDateValue
  5. 2003-09-11:  Corrected examples to remove extraneous sequence numbers. (SPD)

 



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