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replaced.

                I've changed a fair number of the dates in the PAHMA

                       <xs:element name="inscriptionContentDate"

            Was create these structured dates in

                       <xs:element name="inscriptionContentDateGroup"

                       <xs:complexType

                       <xs:complexType

                       <xs:complexType name="contentDateGroup">
                                                    <xs:sequence>

                    <field id="inscriptionContentDate" ui-type="date">

                       <field id="inscriptionDescriptionDate"

                    <field id="contentDate" ui-type="date" >

                       <field id="inscriptionContentDate"

                       <field id="inscriptionDescriptionDate"

                       <field id="contentDate" section="anthropology"

Just concluded a summit of the chronometric working

I can tell you, though, that you'll probably

 can reason,
 or

 from some of the existing text fields. By very

 we only consider fields like year, month, day, and

 produce two scalar dates (early and late), which

 range, or define a point (if they are

 date /cannot/ model the idea of "some time/any

 before) a date".

 *From:* Chris Hoffman

 *Sent:* Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:01 AM
 *To:* Patrick Schmitz
 *Cc:* 'Christopher Pott'; 'Aron Roberts';

 Hi Patrick, I think it's fair to say there's no

 there's been no discussion :-) It's possible that

 want to use structured dates differently,

 add any intelligence or even predictability to

 However, I also think that if a

 the same best practices.

 Thanks,
 Chris

 On Aug 24, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Patrick

 Aron was out yesterday, and Rick is out for a few

 done a lot of the structured dates work to date.
 The last I heard, Aron was hoping to get

 about how we map all the text fields to

 can reason on (for search, ordering,

 be no such consensus, which will preclude search,

 on structured dates. I would think that

 dates quite a bit less useful...
 Perhaps (I hope) my understanding is out

 to implement the logic. Perhaps Aron can jump in

 gets in.
 Patrick

     *From:*

     *Chris Hoffman
     *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:05 AM
     *To:* Christopher Pott
     *Cc:* talk@lists.collectionspace.org
     <mailto:talk@lists.collectionspace.org>
     *Subject:* Re: [Talk] what's the best way to

     structured dates?

     Hi Chris,

     Thanks for asking these questions. We've been

     same things. Have you changed any existing

     fields to structured dates or added new

     fields? I think this is all quite new, and

     be able to come up with some best practices

     migration and data entry).

     I suspect that search and advanced search of

     fields is going to be an issue for those of

     CollectionSpace. Our users will want

     structured dates, interpreting

     bet that we won't see much as much as we

     proved wrong! :-)

     Chris

     On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Christopher

     Hi,

     I'm looking at the structured date

     represent dates migrated from our

     about the following would be much

     1. I see some different/overlapping

     recording an object creation date. For

     "1718" (display date) one could

     a) a single date, providing year only (1718)

     b) an earliest date (01.01.1718)

     c) a single date (01.01.1718) with a

     Is there any difference in the meaning of

     would they all be treated equally by

     advanced search)? Our migration data is

     'b' but the other formats are sometimes

     input.

     2. How are date "certainties" and

     advanced search?

     I've specified "1718", as a

     "circa". Will a search for objects created

     in a hit?

     Or is it necessary to use

     to define exact limits for this type of

     3. Is the Date schema locally

     hold an English translation of the display

     4. Will Advanced search by creation date

     Thanks,

     Chris

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what's the best way to represent structured dates?