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Date and Time Requirements
These requirements have informed the development of a prototype at SMK. It is used to generate date information based on the elements selected. This tool is based on an existing tool within their collections management system. The specification is described in the power point slides above.
1. Date entry in our current system generates Display strings in a predictable way.
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Update 07 Sept 2010: A prototype has been created for this module, based on the specification included in the slides above.
Update 18 Nov 2010: Sample screen shots will be added to this page to demonstrate how the prototype works.
2. Date text is more detailed than the date ranges.
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There is no explicit mapping to the SMK date format described in Kim's mapping spreadsheet. The decision has been taken to use the Date - earliest/single, Date - latest and Date text fields to represent all SMK date information (examples are shown below).
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
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Day | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 26.07.1970 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty |
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| > Date - earliest/single qualifier |
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| Date - latest |
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| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | 26.07.1970 |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
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Year | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1970 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier |
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| Date - latest |
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| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | 1970 |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
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Segment | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 01-01-1970 |
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| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 30-06-1970 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | First half 1970 |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Before | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1870 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 1970 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | Before 1970 |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
After | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1870 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 1970 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | After 1870 |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Circa | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1950 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 1954 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | Circa 1970 |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Period | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1970 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 1984 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | 1970 - 1984 |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Decade | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1970 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 1980 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period | |
| Date text | 1970s |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Decade | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1970 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 1975 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period | |
| Date text | First half |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Century | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1900 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 1950 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | Beginning 20th |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Millenium | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 500 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier |
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| Date - latest | 1000 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period | |
| Date text | Second half of |
Globus Group | CS Date Information representation | Example data |
Century by | Date - association | |
| Date - earliest/single | 1900 |
| > Date - earliest/single certainty | |
| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | |
| Date - latest | 2000 |
| > Date - latest certainty |
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| > Date - latest qualifier |
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| Date - period |
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| Date text | 1900's |