On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 02:27:37PM +0200, Bram Luyten wrote:
...
> *dc.date.issued *is the most commonly used field for a "publication" date.
> For content that doesn't exist elsewhere, dc.date.issued can coincide with
> dc.date.available. But very often, the date of publication in another
> medium, website, or journal is used there.
> The submission form user interface date format allows:
> YYYY
> YYYY-MM
> YYYY-MM-DD
> 
> But I'm pretty sure (not tested though!) that if you would fill it out with
> a timestamp, like 2018-01-07T08:55:55Z, it would work as well.
> 
> You generally don't want to fill it out with "circa YYYY", or "195X"
> 
> The main areas that you are risking to break are the Browse by Issue Date
> pages, cfr http://demo.dspace.org/xmlui/browse?type=dateissued
> Or you may have items not showing up in your Discovery date facets. (see
> screenshot)

Allow me to underscore the fact that, in this field, there are not
just established guidelines to consider; this field will be
interpreted by software and must use a syntax that is recognized by
the software if you want to avoid unfortunate and mysterious behavior.

-- 
Mark H. Wood
Lead Technology Analyst

University Library
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
755 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-0749
www.ulib.iupui.edu

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