How should the TYPE attribute be interpreted/applied to <unitdate>. Are we describing the date or the material? Examples:

<unitdate>1924</unitdate>
a folder with multiple items all from the year 1924. TYPE = "single" or "inclusive"

<unitdate>n.d.</unitdate>
a folder with multiple undated items. TYPE = "single" or "inclusive"

<unitdate normal = "1800/1900">[18--]</unitdate>
1 single item. TYPE = "single" or "inclusive"

<unitdate>ca. 1920/1925</uitdate>
1 single item. TYPE = "single" or "inclusive"

We can find no guidance in Tag Library, OAC BP, RLG BP, etc.




Jocelyn Gibbs
Head, Special Collections Cataloging
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute
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