On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Michael Hale <[email protected]>wrote:
> Yes, I think once qualifiers are enabled you would just have something
> like:
> ...
> Property(head of local government)
> ...
> Value(Elizabeth I) - Qualifier("1558-1603") - Sources()
> Value(James VI and I) - Qualifier("1603-1625") - Sources()
> ...
> ...
>
> There was a discussion about whether qualifiers should have specific
> datatypes other than just string, but I think we should only do that if
> needed.
>
Clearly the example that you gave is one where non-string datatypes are
critically important. If you don't know that they're dates, you have no
way of telling when they were in those roles.
Tom
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