David,

I've responded to your email in general.

Cheers,
Mark

On Monday, February 13, 2012, Isaak, David C wrote:

>  Hello,
>
> I did not receive any responses on DSpace-Gen, so I thought I would repeat
> my two metadata questions here:
>
> First, for dc.language.iso, is it better to use ISO 639-1 or ISO 636-2?
> The vast majority of the documents I am describing are in English with
> other languages represented rarely.
>
> Second, for dc.date.issued, is there a best practice for formatting dates?
> As I have been harvesting most of my metadata from PubMed records, I had
> been using the MEDLINE format (4-digit year, a 3-character abbreviated
> month, and a 1 or 2-digit day). Is there an advantage to using ISO 8601
> (YYYY-MM-DD)? Will the format affect using the date as a facet in Discovery?
>
> Sincerely,
> David
>
> *________________________________*
> *David Isaak, MSLIS*
> Digital Projects Librarian
> Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
> 3800 N. Interstate Ave. Portland, OR 97227
> 503.335.2437 (tie-line 60-2437)
>
>
>


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